Giant Stone Obelisk Stolen From Redmond Home

REDMOND, WA - Redmond police want to know: Why would someone steal an 8-foot stone obelisk from a garden? More importantly, how did they manage to do it?

Well, it happened last week at a home along the 9700 block of 132nd Avenue Northeast. The theft happened around 4 p.m., but police don't know how the thief (or thieves) stole such a heavy object in the middle of a relatively crowded neighborhood.

Here are more incidents from the Redmond police blotter from last week:

June 4, 2018

• Time: 12:02
• Type: Commercial Burglary
• Location: 8100 block of 161st Ave NE
• Case Number: 18-002988

A shop owner called police after discovering someone had tried to kick down the front door to her business. The suspect was not successful in gaining entry but the door frame was damaged.

June 5, 2018

• Time: 07:41
• Type: Stolen Vehicle/Drug Offense
• Location: 17700 block of NE 76th St.
• Case Number: 18-003002

Police responded to a call from a person who witnessed two adults apparently using drugs while seated in a car in a business parking lot. Upon arrival, officers found the vehicle had been stolen and the male and female suspects were in possession of illegal drugs and paraphernalia. Both were arrested.

June 6, 2018

• Time: 08:00
• Type: Vehicle Prowl
• Location: 1700 block of NE 107th St.
• Case Number: 18-003019

A wallet and various personal documents were stolen out of a vehicle that was left unlocked overnight.

• Time: 06:32
• Type: Residential Burglary
• Location: 17600 block of NE 76th St.
• Case Number: 18-003016

A man called police after he awoke in his motor home to find a stranger inside his residence. The startled man tackled the intruder and held him on the ground while he called 911 and waited for officers to respond. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of burglary and being in possession of illegal narcotics.

• Time: 08:02
• Type: Vehicle Prowl
• Location: 8500 block of Willows Road
• Case Number: 18-003020

An unknown suspect stole all four tires off of a vehicle that had been parked in a construction site parking lot.

June 7, 2018

• Time: 21:40
• Type: Malicious Mischief
• Location: 8500 block of 163rd Court NE
• Case Number: 18-003059

Police tracked down and arrested a man suspected of road rage and damaging another driver's vehicle. The victim reported the suspect had pulled up next to her vehicle, started yelling, and then threw a bottle at her car. The victim took photos of the suspect's vehicle as he drove off which helped officers find him at his residence. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of Malicious Mischief and booked into jail.

June 8, 2018

• Time: 08:54
• Type: Fraud
• Location: 12100 block of 167th Place NE
• Case Number: 18-003062

Police investigated a fraud where the suspect was attempting to rent out a house online that didn't belong to him. The owner of the house had put the property up for sale and came across a rental posting by an unknown suspect that he had not authorized.

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