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

A Renton man thought he could get away if he just turned off his headlights. But he didn’t see the blackberry bushes and K9 Boss coming.

Renton Police started tracking the 35-year-old Renton man late on July 23. He was driving north on East Valley Road in an older white Cadillac, possibly used as the getaway car in an armed robbery at the Big Foot Java on East Valley Road in Kent at about 11 p.m.

A Renton officer spotted the Cadillac just moments after dispatchers aired its description. It also matched the description of the getaway car used about 90 minutes earlier in the armed robbery of a Subway shop on Southwest 43rd Street at East Valley Road, which the officer investigated.

East Valley Road in Renton is the same road in Kent, only its name changes to 84th Avenue South.

The suspect turned east on 43rd Avenue, south on Davis Avenue and then blacked out – turned off his headlights – as he drove through an apartment complex. At Talbot Road South, he turned right, turned left on South 200th Street and made a U-turn in someone’s yard.

He was now headed west on South 200th and tried to ram an officer’s car.

Without his lights on, he missed a sharp left turn at 92nd Avenue and plowed into blackberry bushes not far from where the Big Foot Java was robbed across State Route 167.

He crawled out the passenger-side door and dove into the blackberry bushes.

Minutes later, K9 Boss arrived with his handler, who yelled out, “This is the police department. This area is going to be searched by a police K9. Surrender or you will be bit.”

The Sheriff Office’s Guardian 1 helicopter was overhead.

The suspect was described as a thin white male, shaved head and wearing a white t-shirt. Boss was equipped with a tracking harness and two reflective yellow patches with the word Police in black. There was no wind, the temperature was about 66 degrees, perfect for catching a scent.

Boss tracked along a fence line and after about 40 yards alerted, but the officer couldn’t see anything in the thick brush.

Boss started again and soon lofted his head into the air – an indication the scent was strong. He found two shirts, one white and one black. About 40 feet into the brush, Boss started barking.

He ordered the man to come out with Boss, but he refused. Crawling on his hands and knees, the officer could finally see the suspect in the bushes. Boss was biting his arms. The suspect refused to stop grabbing Boss.

The officer called out to Boss to heel, but the suspect grabbed Boss’s snout. Boss continued to bite him.

The officer crawled deeper into the blackberries, stood up for a technical advantage, and called Boss back to him. The suspect surrendered and was handcuffed by another officer. He told the officer Boss bit him, but the bite marks were minor.

The Renton man admitted to officers he robbed the Big Foot Java and the Subway. He was turned over to Kent police.

Pregnant woman kicked in melee

A melee broke out at a Renton apartment July 18 during which a woman who is seven months pregnant was kicked in the stomach.

About 30 people had gathered at the apartment on Petrovitsky Road. Initial reports indicated children had been hurt.

The melee happened after one woman hit another in the face with her fist. The victim’s family then jumped the assaulter, who is seven months pregnant, and kicked her in the stomach.

Because of the numbers, it was impossible to identify all those involved. Both sides claim they were wronged.

The pregnant woman agreed to go to the hospital for evaluation. The officer had enough evidence to cite her for fourth-degree assault.

Tires, airbags stolen from BMW

A Renton woman returning from an out-of-town trip July 24 found her 2000 BMW on blocks in her driveway, its passenger side wheels and tires missing.

Inside, the rear airbags were missing.

She was gone for about three days.