The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.
Three men were assaulted within about 30 minutes Jan. 14 on South Third Street downtown by the same man they identified as their assailant.
The first man was assaulted at about 6 p.m. as he filled his gas tank at the Shell gas station at 300 Rainier Avenue South.
Two other assaults were reported closer to 6:30 p.m. One man, a Metro Transit bus driver, was hit in the head by the suspect while walking near Safeway at 200 S. Third St. A third man was walking in the 700 block of South Third Street when the suspect walked past him, then immediately turned back and hit him. The suspect then asked him, “What’s good?” and then punched him again, knocking him to the ground,
The 19-year-old Seattle man was pointed out by a victim to an investigating officer as he walked near the Shell station.
The suspect was booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault.
A BOEING TRESPASSER: A blue VW Golf, its lights on and keys in the damaged ignition in a private Boeing lot on Garden Avenue, caught the attention Jan. 6 of company security.
Two men returned to the car at about 10:30 p.m. as the security guard stood there. One fled, one remained behind and he was trespassed from Boeing property and released.
The 24-year-old Oak Harbor man who fled managed to get as far as a Boeing secure area near North Sixth Street and Nishiwaki Lane. An officer found him on his back, arms at his sides and palms up, refusing to talk or get up.
After the man was arrested, the officer found a cigarette pack in his pants pocket that contained a black substance the officer recognized as heroin that was later weighed at 2.56 grams. The officer also found $640 in cash and a butterfly knife.
Meanwhile, back at the VW Golf, an officer could see inside more tinfoil with black track marks, which is a byproduct to ingesting heroin or oxycodone.
The Oak Harbor man passed out on the way to the SCORE regional jail. He was taken to Highline Hospital where he recovered. He asked for something to eat but there was no food in the ER.
On the way back to the jail, the officer stopped to buy him a cheeseburger.
He was booked for investigation of drug charges, possession of a dangerous weapon and criminal trespass.
DRUG BUST: Two men smoking marijuana inside a car Jan. 16 on Sunset Boulevard quickly got out and went inside a nearby laundromat – and continued to look back at an arriving officer.
One of them walked back outside and apologized to the officer. The other man remained inside but was seen walking through a door and apparently into a storage unit. He agreed to come out and officers discovered a $7,500 warrant for his arrest.
While he was being searched, a baggie fell from his jean pocket. Field testing determined it was .54 grams of methamphetamine. He as booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of drug possession.
The other man was turned over the Issaquah Police Department on a $600 warrant for driving with a suspended license.
SMOKIN’ POT GROW: A Renton Fire lieutenant had never seen powerlines burned off from a main powerline to a residence, so he called in Renton Police to help investigate.
No one answered the door when an officer checked on the residents on Jan. 6 in the 400 block of Index Avenue Northeast.
Puget Sound Energy was called, which advised it would take a strong load of electrical power to melt the wire insulation.
Firefighters entered the home to make sure everyone was OK and were hit with a strong odor of marijuana.
Tubs were set up in the basement to grow marijuana and upstairs rooms were filled with marijuana in different stages of growth. Some buds were hanging to dry.
There were no livable spaces and the front door was walled off. The Special Operations Unit was called in to investigate, which is ongoing. A report isn’t yet available.
