The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.
An alcohol-fueled Halloween party turned noisy and violent and five residents of the house on Monroe Avenue Northeast were cited for breach of peace after officers responded three times.
One of the cited residents was given a verbal warning at about 11:15 p.m. He answered the door when officers returned at about 1:45 a.m., extremely drunk but polite.
He remembered the earlier visit and agreed to tell everyone to leave. “Everyone needs to go. The cops are here.”
At the height of the party, police figured about 50 people were at the house.
A smaller number left but congregated in the middle of Northeast Eighth Street. They argued and threw wild punches. An officer heard someone rack a round but no one yelled gun. Weapon in hand, an officer took cover behind a nearby car. Officers were outnumbered in the chaotic scene but so far no crime had been committed. Slowly, everyone left.
At about 2:30 a.m., officers returned. Maybe someone had a gun. More gang rhetoric was yelled. Traffic was stopped on Northeast Eighth. Officers using a PA system called for everyone to leave the house; no one did.
Officers walked to the front door and people inside started to leave using other exits. Inside, officers found multiple liquor bottles and beer cans. There was blood on the walls; the rooms smelled of marijuana. Ten guests were locked inside the bathroom and bedrooms. They were escorted out and told not to return.
Man fires round into ground
A Renton man who feared for his neighbor’s safety fired a round of his handgun into the ground Nov. 3 to scare off an intruder.
The man wasn’t cited for illegal discharge of a gun but he turned over the gun to an officer for safekeeping.
The man heard the neighbor’s dog barking and saw a man standing in a backyard whom he believed had assaulted the neighbor a couple nights earlier and returned to “finish the job.”
He yelled “freeze,” but the man didn’t. He then fired a round into the ground and told officers he didn’t fire at the suspect. The suspect ran from the yard and through the woods.
Cell phone lands two in jail
A cell phone he stole from a women’s bathroom in Olympia landed a Renton man and his girlfriend in jail Nov. 4.
Using her boyfriend’s phone, the victim, a Tukwila woman, tracked her stolen cell phone to Smithers Avenue South. Officers then traced the cell phone to a specific house on Smithers.
A woman came to the door. She’s the girlfriend. Officers recognized the house as associated with the 34-year-old Renton man who is linked to thefts and other crimes.
She told officers she intended to return the phone and had called the owners several times. She didn’t have an answer when asked why she didn’t leave the phone with a gas station clerk. Her boyfriend was going to the bathroom in the women’s restroom real quickly.
The boyfriend was waiting in the girlfriend’s car in an alley as she talked with officers. He has a felony and a misdemeanor warrant.
After arresting him, officers found two clear baggies, one with a white powder-like substance and one with a crystal-like substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. Also in the vehicle were stolen pieces of identification, including a library card and drivers licenses.
The woman was booked into the SCORE regional jail for possession the stolen cell phone and the man was booked for possession of the stolen identification.
