Thief Stole Puyallup Widow's Urn, Police Say

PUYALLUP, WA — A newly-widowed Puyallup woman was the victim of a heartbreaking crime recently.

The woman, who lives along the 2900 block of 14th Avenue Southwest, left home on a recent morning to go out to breakfast. When she came home, she found that someone had entered her house through the front door.

The thief stole a necklace and an urn containing the woman's husband's ashes. Those were the only two possession the woman had left from her husband, who died about two months ago, police said.

Here are more incidents from the Aug. 16 Puyallup police blotter:

Assault 2, Malicious Mischief 2, Paraphernalia, 1720 River Road
A male was in the parking lot, naked. He attempted to have a conversation with a female who ignored him. He then attempted to get into the truck of a customer. The customer was armed with a pistol and told him to leave. The male got dressed, thankfully, but did not leave. The female employee called 911. When he saw her on the phone he threw a brick through the window she was standing in front of. He was located, arrested, and booked at Pierce County. Lesson: Please wear clothes while out in public, invade people's space while naked, or throw bricks.

Reckless Driving, 800 River Road
An officer attempted to stop a male driver for speeding (48 in a 35). The driver made high speed turns into a neighborhood, squealing his tires and leaving marks on the roadway. Unfortunately for him, he turned south on 12th ST CT NW from 12th Ave NW and was trapped in a cul-de-sac. He was taken into custody without incident, arrested, and booked.

False Statements, Obstructing, 800 31st Ave SW
A male was contacted for riding a bike without a helmet. He lied about his name and when confronted by the officer about lying he took off running, uphill, from two officers. He made it approximately 100 feet before being detained. Turns out the male had a contempt of court warrant out of Pierce County. He was booked at Puyallup for local charges.

UPCS – Narcotics, 3310 S Meridian
Officers were dispatched to a potential theft in progress with a vehicle waiting outside. The male driver of the vehicle was contacted and found to be in possession of narcotics. K9 Otto assisted with a search of the outside of the vehicle, which he alerted. Consent to search the inside of the vehicle was granted. During the search an unlabeled prescription bottle was located in the center console. The bottle contained 19 suboxone sublingual strips which are classified as a controlled substance and available by prescription only. Also, in the vehicle were numerous items of drug paraphernalia included a digital scale, hypodermic needles, and aluminum foil amongst other things. The driver was booked.

DV Assault 4th Degree, Exposing a minor to DV, Bradley Lake Park
A father was attending his 4-year old son’s birthday with family at the park when he lost it over his mother-in-law giving the child a present after she was told not to do so. Tempers skyrocketed into a verbal exchange, and the 4-year old tore out of the area running away and up a grassy hill nearby (perhaps to escape to another birthday party). When the father caught him, he grabbed his arm and set him down firmly on the table still angry. Seeing the party deteriorating rapidly, the mother stepped in trying to calm the father. He grabbed her by the collar and starting to shake her around until she escaped. The father let out just one more burst of party fail by drop kicking the BBQ before he stormed off and walked to Good Samaritan Hospital for his sore foot. The victim drove home to Bonney Lake before she called PD. Units contacted the father at the hospital and placed him into custody.

Found Property, Tractor Supply Co.
While on a security check, the sergeant on duty located a large safe, which appeared to have been dumped as the lock had been drilled and the safe was empty except for the shelving. It’s possible this safe was taken from a burglary or is unreported as we were unable to locate a recent case involving this manufactured safe within the area.

Damage to Property (DV), 2900 block of 32nd Ave Ct SE
A female was involved in a dispute with her boyfriend which resulted in damage to their vehicle. The female openly admitted that she used a kitchen knife to slash the tire on a silver Volkswagen Jetta. When asked why she did that, she claimed he had been drinking and she didn't want him driving away. (He was completely sober). Probable cause was established, and she was taken into custody. She was booked.

Shoplift, 3500 S. Meridian
Two males left Macy's after one of the males was seen by LP concealing $482.98 dollars’ worth of cologne and sunglasses on his person. The theft suspect got into a Silver Honda driven by the second male and they fled the parking lot.

Missing Person/MIP/Warrant, 303 River Road
A 13-year-old male and 15-year-old female were reported as passed out behind the Starbucks. Fire arrived and were able to wake the juveniles. During the officer’s investigation both juveniles provided breath samples. The male blew a 0.164 and the female a 0.153. The male was released to his father and charges were forwarded to Remann Hall. The female was listed as missing person and had a warrant. She was cleared at Good Samaritan Hospital and booked at Remann Hall.