The following information was compiled from City of Renton police reports.
A Renton woman was robbed at gunpoint in front of her children on Dec. 27.
Police responded to the robbery in the 17100 block of 126th Avenue Southeast at about 6:50 p.m.
The 27-year-old woman was upset and crying as she tried to tell police what happened.
She was on her way to the store and had just put her children in her vehicle. She noticed a black man wearing all-black clothing walking toward her.
The woman walked around her vehicle to the driver’s side and the man pulled out a dark-colored handgun and pointed it at her.
He demanded her purse and she gave it to him.
The suspect is described as approximately 6-feet-tall, medium build, wearing all black with a black hooded-sweatshirt.
Police did a K9 check of the area but were unable to locate the suspect.
Fur-like clothes stolen
A 28-year-old Seattle woman was arrested for stealing fur-like clothes from Walmart on Dec. 27.
The theft happened just before 6 p.m. at the Walmart, 743 Rainier Ave. S. in Renton.
A store employee witnessed the woman conceal merchandise and pass by all points of sale without paying and leave the store. She was confronted and detained by store security.
When asked why she did it, she said she is homeless and needed warmer clothes.
Man beats parked car
A 22-year-old Seattle man was arrested for taking his frustrations out on parked car on Dec. 16.
A witness called police to say the man was kicking a black sedan and screaming at about 1:56 a.m. in the 600 block of South Fourth Street in Renton.
When confronted by police, the man denied doing anything to the car.
Police observed 26 kick marks on the vehicle along with numerous scratches.
Police contacted the owner of the car and she wanted to press charges.
So, the 22-year-old was arrested for investigation of malicious mischief. Inside the police car, he began kicking the door, window bars and attempted to kick the rear glass. After being warned to stop, he was pepper-sprayed. Medics treated him.
Fight over affair
A Utah man was arrested in a domestic dispute in Renton on Dec. 17.
The 27-year-old man was arguing with his 29-year-old wife when the dispute turned violent.
Apparently he had discovered pictures of his wife with another man on his cell phone. According to her, he began slapping her repeatedly while they were driving. The woman tried to escape when they pulled into a parking lot on East Valley Road.
Police arrested the man for investigation of fourth-degree assault.
