Sisterly fight full of hair pulling, tasing | Renton police blotter

Police arrived at the Burnett Restaurant and Lounge to see two females fighting just outside the door. The two would not respond to police commands to stop fighting. The younger sister had such a tight grip on the older’s hair that officers worried the woman would lose a portion of her scalp if officers forcibly separated them, so they tased the woman after she ignored more warnings. She fell to the ground and released her hold on the older sister’s hair.

The following information was compiled based on City of Renton police reports.

Two Burien women fought and one was arrested for assault Aug. 26.

Police arrived at the Burnett Restaurant and Lounge to see two females fighting just outside the door. The two would not respond to police commands to stop fighting. The younger sister had such a tight grip on the older’s hair that officers worried the woman would lose a portion of her scalp if officers forcibly separated them, so they tased the woman after she ignored more warnings. She fell to the ground and released her hold on the older sister’s hair.

At this point, the older sister then grabbed handfuls of the younger sister’s hair and the younger sister started to swing punches at the officers trying to detain the duo.

During this time, the crowd around the police began to grow hostile. After more warnings, the officers tased the older sister. Once the two were separated, police quickly got the women out of the area as the crowd was turning chaotic and trying to get the women out of the police cars.

The older sister later told police why she was fighting. “I was trying to control my sister, she gets crazy when she is drunk.”

The younger sister was arrested for domestic violence assault.

Fight erupts over Xbox remote

Two men fought and a window ended up broken Aug. 17.

The trouble started when a group of friends was hanging out drinking in the 1100 block of Edmonds Avenue. The group started to get overly intoxicated and so they went home. A short time later, one of the friends returned to pick up a forgotten Xbox remote.

The resident took issue with how quickly his friend entered the residence and brushed past him. Words rapidly led to blows and the two started to wrestle in the apartment breezeway.

After the fight ended, the resident headed back inside and shortly after heard a loud crash. He noticed his bedroom window was broken and then called the police.

Since no one had seen the accused man actually break the window, police determined there was not enough evidence to make an arrest.

Teenagers beat, rob woman

Two teenagers harassed, beat and robbed a woman in Heritage Park Aug. 14.

The victim described the male and female suspects as about 15 years old. She was walking around Kiwanis Park when the two tried to start a fight with her and followed her. Becoming scared, the victim left and walked to Heritage Park.

The two followed and continued to harass her. The female suspect grabbed the victim and threw her to the ground. She then got on top of the victim and held her down, punching her. The male grabbed the woman’s phone and stole it, then ran away back in the direction of Kiwanis Park.

Police were unable to find the suspects.

Man shoves DVDs down pants

A Renton man stole DVDs from Walmart Aug. 14.

Police arrived to find the 38-year-old man stealing DVDs. He was cutting open the cases with a knife and shoving the DVDs down his pants. Police contacted the man as he was standing in front of a DVD case, looking at the selection.

In all, the man damaged 20 DVDs. His method of opening the discs caused them to become scratched.

Police cited the man for malicious mischief.

Car broken into, antiques gone

A woman’s car was broken into Aug. 13 outside of a Holiday Inn.

The woman parked her car at night and returned in the morning to find the right rear window shattered. She said almost all of the items she had purchased at an antique show in Seattle the previous day were gone. The victim stated she didn’t have time to make a list of what was taken.

Bully punches man in nose at gym

A Renton man assaulted another man while at the gym.

The 52-year-old was bullying another man at the LA Fitness at the The Landing. A 19-year-old stepped in and told the bullying victim not to worry about it. The bully then started verbally assaulting the younger man. The younger man put his headphones on and walked away.

About 10 minutes later, the bully approached the younger man, ripped off his headphones and started yelling at him. The bully pushed the younger man up against the wall and punched him in the nose. At that point the younger man tackled the bully and controlled him on the ground. Then he walked away.

The bully is known around the gym as being aggressive and rude toward other people while they are working out. ce are investigating the man for felony assault.