Food fight ends in fisticuffs at 7-Eleven | POLICE BLOTTER

This week's police blotter includes a food fight that escalated quickly, an Amazon package thievery and the case of the missing musical instruments.

The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department incident reports.

A 7-Eleven employee contacted police Sept. 4 to report he was assaulted by a customer.

According to the victim, a customer tried to pay for his nachos with his EBT card. When the victim told the customer that he couldn’t use an EBT for his nachos, the customer threw the nachos at the victim. The victim then hit the suspect in the face and head with the nachos.

The suspect grabbed bananas from a stand, threw it at the victim, then attempted to pull the card reader out. He then went around the counter and punched the victim in the head, face and upper body several times before the victim fell to the ground. The suspect kicked him several times before walking out of the store.

The suspect committed Malicious Mischief in the third degree and damaged 7-Eleven property of $100 estimated value.

Swiper, no swiping: A man contacted police Sept. 1 to report that his neighbor witnessed a suspect attempting to steal an Amazon package that was delivered and placed at his front doorstep.

The neighbor described the suspect to be a female with a thin build, dyed blond hair, and tattoos on her back and arms. When the neighbor yelled, “Hey! You don’t live here and you need to leave,” the female got back into her maroon, 90s Honda Accord and left with the package, which had an estimated value of $50.

The victim later spotted the suspect’s car Sept. 15 at a Starbucks parking lot on 108th Avenue Southeast and called the police. The police and arrived and contacted the suspect who was sleeping in her car. Upon a search, an officer found that the suspect had a $10,000 misdemeanor warrant for her arrest regarding a DUI.

She was arrested and transported to SCORE jail in Seatac.

Stolen melody: A man contacted police on Sept. 4 regarding a burglary report that occurred in his house the day prior. The storage shed was kicked in and a banjo, violin, viola, and cases for each instrument were missing.

A contractor who was working at victim’s residence reported that some of his tools were also missing. The rear entrance of the victim’s residence was found to be opened without any sign of forced entry.

Police found a trail of stolen items leading from victim’s garage though the back of the house and eventually into his neighborhood. Police also found the contractor’s tools.

Victim said he suspected a former classmate’s 35-year-old son to be the perpetrator of the burglary and that he believes the suspect was involved with a number of vehicle prowls seven years ago.

Police went to suspect’s residence but no one was home.