A Bellevue woman known to police and pharmacists for her frequent purchases of a narcotic pain killer was arrested July 16 at a drug store on Grady Way.
But this time – and after her felony arrest – it turned out the prescription was for real.
The suspect caught the attention of the pharmacist because of the numerous times she’s purchased Vicodin with what she subsequently learned were forged prescriptions.
A doctor had alerted her a month earlier that the woman was forging prescriptions using his name. He advised her to call any doctors named on a prescription.
She also found it puzzling that the name on the prescription didn’t match the name on her driver’s license. The doctor on the prescription told her the prescription was a forgery and to not fill it.
The pharmacist called police; an officer remembered her from a similar incident. An officer attempted to reach the doctor on the prescription.
Based on what officers learned, the woman was arrested and taken to the SCORE regional jail.
Then the doctor called the officer. The woman saw him earlier in the day for a tooth pain and he prescribed Vicodin. Shortly, he received a call from the doctor who had spoken with the pharmacist that the woman was “doctor shopping” for medication. It’s then he told the pharmacist the prescription was not good.
Still, the woman had used a legitimate prescription to get the Vicodin, meaning the officer did not have probable cause to arrest her.
The officer drove her back to her car at the pharmacy and gave her a case number for her records.
Facebook post puts her at the scene
A post to Facebook helped convince a Renton Police officer that a 30-year-old woman dressed in a shorts and a polka-dot bikini top should be arrested for shoplifting a pair of sunglasses.
The Puyallup woman dropped by an optical shop of 108th Avenue South July 15 to get her glasses adjusted. The employee then showed her multiple sunglasses.
The employee was called away, but the suspect continued to look at the sunglasses. After the suspect left, the employee noticed that the sunglasses were missing. Surveillance video showed the woman concealing the sunglasses in her large pink purse.
The officer asked the employee to call up the woman’s Facebook page she had looked at earlier. The suspect was wearing the sunglasses and the bikini top.
The officer called the suspect, who said she hadn’t been in Renton that day. But this is what she wrote on her Facebook page (her misspellings, punctuation):
“We are at the water park in rwnton for 8 bucks you get slides wave pool regular pool and river raft what a steal!!” It was date stamped July 15.
The officer didn’t have a good address for the woman, so he couldn’t issue her a citation. But he did forward the case to the city prosecutor.
Handgun stolen from truck
A Smith and Wesson MP40 handgun was stolen from a locked truck July 21 parked at a hotel on East Valley Road.
The gun, equipped with a flashlight/laser sight under the barrel, and some men’s clothing were in a backpack the thief grabbed after breaking the rear driver’s-side window.
The handgun was listed in a database as stolen.
Tools stolen from vehicle
A black backpack filled with hand tools valued at about $150 were stolen from a vehicle parked in a hotel parking lot on Grady Way July 15.
A caliper worth $200 was also stolen.
The thief broke the rear driver’s-side window; the vehicle was locked.
Left behind were a GPS and other items of value.
What came first, the affair or the dead chickens?
A neighbor dispute may be behind the death of chickens in a Renton neighborhood.
A woman found a dead chicken in her backyard, which came from her neighbor’s yard. The neighbor had added two chickens to her flock of four but she told the neighbor the two were hers. The two still stayed with the other chickens.
The dispute is over an affair with a husband.
The woman told an officer her cat went missing in May and one of her two chickens then disappeared. She thinks the neighbor’s wife is trying to get back at her. However, there’s no evidence that’s the case.
