When a bus driver refused his request for a special bus transfer, a young man spat a large mouthful of saliva-soaked Cheese-Puffs all over him.

Seventeen young people were admonished by officers Thursday afternoon after they left an event at West Seattle High School, climbed aboard a Metro bus, and began arguing loudly, throwing a yogurt and spilling a drink on other passengers. The driver pulled over at SW Charlestown, and a group ran southbound. A little later, some teens were rowdy on a bus headed eastbound from the Junction. They refused to leave the bus, and the driver refused to pull from the curb until the police arrived to remove the kids. All were warned that they could be suspended from the transit system for such behavior.

A visible water trail tipped off an apartment manager that someone had stolen a new washing machine from the building's laundry room.

When citizens complained about an occupied suspicious vehicle parked in the 4000 block of 37th SW, officers put the car under surveillance. The people inside claimed to be homeless. The car interior was cluttered with used syringes and in the glove box officers found a syringe loaded with a black liquid that was likely heroin. The couple, and their paraphernalia, including a bag of marijuana, were taken to the Southwest Precinct. The female was booked into King County Jail for investigation of drug charges.

Investigating reports of a drive-by-shooting in the 9400 block of 27th SW, officers found bullet fragments and six shell casings. No one was injured.

Two businesses on 35th SW had their coin-operated air machines ripped from their foundations overnight Sunday. In both cases, it appeared that a vehicle had been used to pull the machine out.

When a local man's financial circumstances changed, he decided to cancel his plans to buy a home. He already had nearly $10,000 sitting in a trust account that he had placed with a broker. The broker has not returned the funds and allegedly keeps changing the story about what the man needs to do in order to obtain the money.

A citizen called 911 to report that a white male "jumped out" at her as she rode her bicycle to Hiawatha Playfield Wednesday afternoon. After meeting up with her daughter, she found out that the same man had been following her daughter around the park. The caller saw the suspect get into a 1985 Ford Econoline van occupied by two other males. An area search was unsuccessful.

On 14th SW, a woman was startled to see a stranger in her backyard trying to look through her window. When she asked what he wanted, he became nervous and left. He was a black male in his 20s, medium build, with his hair in braids.

A girl was taken from a local high school to Harborview after she took 20 Ibuprofen tablets and 4 Vicodins. She allegedly said, "I did it to make the pain I was feeling go away."

A local couple got into an argument after the male sold some of the baby's diapers for money to buy crack.

Officers responded to a noise complaint of loud music. When the arrived, they could hear Eric Clapton's "Layla" playing from the apartment next door. But the woman there said that she had to play the music too loud in order to cover up the "sex noise" coming from the complainant's apartment.

A 13-year-old girl reports that a Hispanic male, aged 20-30 and driving a beat-up older Honda Civic, drove alongside her at Avalon and Genessee and tried to make contact Thursday afternoon. The man's hair was in a ponytail, and he had a thin mustache and a patch below his bottom lip.