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

It all started at about 6:20 a.m. Oct. 25  as a Renton man was getting ready to drive the 300 miles to Pullman to watch WSU play Arizona.

A shadowy figure grabbed a 19-inch TV from his car he had only left unattended for two minutes. His wife caught a brief glimpse of the thief.

The next night, at about 9:30 p.m., he flagged down a Renton Police officer to tell him his story of a visit to see his son in “college” at Washington State “University.”

He was planning on traveling to the barren confines of Pullman on the same fateful day of WSU’s poor football team would lose yet again in an embarrassingly poor performance against the University of Arizona. The loss further illustrated the futile efforts to establish any respectability whatsoever in the Pac 12 Conference.

He had tried to find the suspect before he left; however, much like WSU’s defense, the suspect was nowhere to be found.

The officer gave him a case number and asked him to call police if he finds out anything about the missing television or the whereabouts of WSU football’s pride.

As with all Renton Police Department reports, this one ends with:

“I certify (declare) under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington that the foregoing is true and correct.”

Shoplifter makes getaway: The male in his late teens dressed in a Seahawks jersey walked out of Target at The Landing Oct. 23, pushing a cart carrying a Philips speaker system he didn’t pay for.

It didn’t take too long before he returned, this time wearing a black windbreaker over the Seahawks jersey.

A store security officer recognized him as the man who earlier shoplifted the speaker system, which was caught on security tape.

The officer kept an eye on him. He walked into a back storage room, where he grabbed a 50-inch TV and placed it in a shopping cart near the storage-room door.

He left the store without paying for the TV but was stopped by the security officer. He pushed the officer and ran to a waiting car.

No sales to minor: A store clerk is facing a citation because he refused to provide the identity of a minor who was asking people to buy him liquor inside the minimart on Oct. 28.

A Renton man who had refused to buy him liquor called 911; the minor ran as soon as an officer arrived at the mini-mart on Northeast Third Street.

The clerk told the officer the minor is a frequent customer. He knows his name but doesn’t want him trespassed because he buys things.

The officer told the clerk the store’s liquor license would be at jeopardy if he didn’t cooperate. He didn’t care because he didn’t want to get the minor in trouble.

An enforcement officer with the state Liquor Control Board is interested in the case. Anyone who handles or distributes liquor is held to higher standards and is required to cooperate with law enforcement.

The case report was sent to Renton prosecutors.

Halloween party gets physical: A Halloween Night party turned physical Oct. 31 near downtown Renton when some partygoers ignored the hosts’ request to leave because of verbal disputes.

A 24-year-old Woodinville man told officers he was punched in the nose just as they were leaving by a man wearing black overalls.

Officers then talked with the Enumclaw man in the overalls, who relayed that the Woodinville man’s friends were trying to start a fight. He admitted he hit the man, but only because he feared he was about to become aggressive with a woman he had challenged to a fight.

The Woodinville man began crying, saying he couldn’t get justice but admitting the officer had to listen to both sides.

He then drove off, his girlfriend at the wheel.