Stopped on Sylvan Way for driving with only his parking lights illuminated, an 17-year-old had only a driving permit and no insurance. He said that he had just purchased the Buick Century from a man in a White Center park—and that the kindly “salesperson” had let him take the car even though he didn't have the $290 in cash at the time. Officers searched the car and found a flat screen TV in the trunk and a registration and insurance card for a woman living on 11th SW. Officers were unable to contact her to verify the story. In the meantime, the car was impounded and the driver was released to his mother.

A man was on his daily jog at the Madison Middle School track on Tuesday when a small off leash dog repeatedly came after him and nipped. When the runner warned the male and female owners that he'd have to kick the dog if it continued to try to bite him, the man began making “extremely intense” threats and seemed to be trying to start a fight. The runner ignored this, while the pair walked off northbound with the small dog and an unleashed black Labrador.

Rollerblading in the “wheeled vehicle” area on Alki SW, a man announced “on your left” as he passed a couple walking in the lane. As he passed, the woman called him an “a*&hole.” The skater stopped to inquire why he deserved such a moniker, and he was shoved to the ground by the male walker, landing on his back. The responding officer noted that the victim had trouble getting around and complained of major back pain. The suspects walked off and remain at large. They are a white male and female in their 40s. The man was heavyset and wore a blue pea coat and blue jeans. The female was “fat” and wore a light blue coat.

In the 34th and Andover area, a resident was arrested Tuesday after threatening a fellow homeowner, ripping a tree from his yard, throwing a bird feeder into a pond and slamming his fist into (and breaking) a window in the neighbor's residence. The problem: The neighbor had accidentally cut (and apologized for doing so) some ivy off a shared fence. When officers went to speak with the suspect, he refused to obey their orders and had to be handcuffed. He was eventually booked into King County Jail for investigation of property damage and harassment.

Someone set fire to an apartment-building mailbox on Avalon on Tuesday.

Unknown persons stole two boxes of textbooks that had been delivered to the doorstep of an apartment on 63rd SW.

In North Admiral, a 26-year-old woman was sitting in her living room when she saw someone approach the open kitchen window and throw a large chunk of concrete against the window frame.

Thinking their father had passed away, a family called their pastor to the home. All were quite surprised when dad suddenly “woke up.” They asked dad if he wanted to go to an urgent care facility, but he declined. He passed away a little later that day, with his family at his side.

Burglaries/break-ins/car prowls by block: 10000 44th SW, 6300 Fauntleroy, SW Raymond @ California Ave. SW, 2900 Fairmount SW, 3700 California Ave. SW, 9800 49th SW, 2400 SW Andover, 3400 SW 111st, 1600 42nd SW, 1700 Victoria Ave. SW, 3900 SW Arroyo, 4700 37th SW, 3200 California Ave. SW, 4000 Beach Drive SW, 2900 Alki SW, 8400 37th SW, 3800 Beach Drive SW, 3500 SW Southern