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

A 51-year-old transient lying on the sidewalk screaming at other transients Oct. 6 on South Third Street hit a woman in the face who tried to help her.

An officer recognized her from multiple previous contacts and could smell a strong odor of intoxicants. She screamed “no” when the officer asked her whether she understood her Miranda rights.

She was booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault. An officer went through her three bags of belongings, separating them into trash, into something she could take with her to jail and finally into stuff to inventory.

The 18-year-old woman who tried to help her was treated at Valley Medical Center.

INDECENT EXPOSURE: A 33-year-old Renton man upset that he had just hit and killed a bird while driving on State Route 167 Sept. 30 decided he needed some coffee and a cigarette to calm down.

He pulled into the shopping area on Grady Way, where he caught the attention of a woman in the drive-through of a restaurant.

She reported that he was exposing himself in the parking lot outside a coffee shop. An officer investigating a collision nearby responded. The man’s pants were unzipped but he denied he had exposed himself. He was checking his car for any feathers from the bird he had hit and certainly wouldn’t do that with his privates exposed.

The woman was confident of what she saw and gave a detailed description.

He finally admitted his pants were unzipped and he may or may not have had some exposure but he didn’t do it on purpose.

He asked the officer whether he was free to go if he confessed; the officer told him he couldn’t make that deal.

The suspect was booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of indecent exposure.

MAN URINATES NEAR SCHOOL STOP: A man was reported urinating near a school bus stop at about 9 a.m. Oct. 8 near Davis Avenue South.

The reporting party did not want to have the man cited for indecent exposure. But he was concerned that children walking in the area could see him.

Police determined the man is a registered sex offender; he’s listed as a transient. The case was forwarded to Renton Police detectives for review.

VEHICLES PROWLED: The personal vehicles of several City of Renton employees parked at the Liberty Park were broken into early Oct. 3.

Security video at the park showed two suspects get out of a gold sedan at about the time of the vehicle prowls.