The following information was taken from City of Renton police reports.
A 16-year-old boy stole merchandise from an electronics store on Jan. 1.
The 16-year-old was observed in Fry’s Electronics Store, 800 Garden Ave. N., selecting and concealing several items on his body.
He did not attempt to pay for them before leaving the store. The boy picked up a screen cleaner and some head phones.
Loss prevention specialists had the boy in custody when police arrived after 4 p.m.
He told police that he was shopping for other items when he saw the head phones’ box was slightly open and decided to take them.
Police arrested the teen for investigation of theft.
Concrete man carries guns into Walmart
Police responded to a man armed with two loaded guns for breaching the peace at an area store on Jan. 1.
Police arrived at the Renton Walmart, 743 Rainier Ave. S., to stop a man coming out of the store with a holstered loaded gun.
They also discovered another loaded gun hidden under his clothes with a suppressor attached to it.
Store staff said that the 40-year-old Concrete man was in the money transfer center and was agitated. His ATM card was not working.
Before he left the store he talked loudly into his phone to his mother, making threats against the store.
The man was cooperative with police and they took his guns and a knife from him and impounded them.
He was also trespassed from the store for one year.
Woman finds bullet in her vehicle
A woman discovered a bullet in her vehicle on Jan. 1.
Police were called to a residence in the 700 block of Shelton Avenue Northeast at 12:35 p.m.
The 70-year-old woman told police she heard a loud bang earlier that morning. She went outside and only discovered her newspaper delivery person, who didn’t see anyone near the car.
The woman came outside later in the day to discover the bullet hole in her car door.
Police found the bullet lodged just inside the floor of the car.
Police believe the bullet traveled from the street about a block away.
Police break up another big party
Police broke up a loud party on Dec. 31.
Police were called to a residence in the 11900 block of Southeast 160th Street at 1:34 a.m.
A nearby neighbor told them of the disturbance and past incidents of loud parties.
While police were talking to the frustrated neighbor, multiple party-goers exited the residence and left in cars.
Police had previously contacted the 21-year-old renter about other parties.
The man told them that he was throwing a party for his friend who just got back from Iraq.
Police told the man that was the same excuse he used two weeks ago when they were called to his place.
Police smelled marijuana emanating from the residence.
They told him that there are no more warnings and he is going to be charged with breach of peace from now on.