At a family disturbance, officers spoke with a 9-year-old who has been hanging around with gang members. The boy acknowledged that they probably weren?t the best friends to keep. But he also told officers that he has been waiting to be assigned a "Big Brother" for a year but has not gotten one yet. He'd appreciate someone who is into sports and who could help him with his angry feelings. (Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Puget Sound: http://www.bbbs.org/pugetsound; 206-763-9060)

Upset when his wife went out on the town with her friends, a man repeatedly phoned her and ordered to come home. When she DID return, he punched her in the face. Officers arrived and found the bedroom door broken down as well as blood spatter on the walls and floor. The source of the blood was the woman?s hands, which had been sliced open by a broken beer bottle. She was treated at Harborview for the serious wounds, and her husband was booked into King County Jail for investigation of domestic violence assault.

In South Park, a woman walked into a room and saw her husband spanking their 4-year-old daughter with his shoe. When she tried to intervene, dad punched her in the mouth twice and once on the head. Officers arrested the man for domestic violence assault and discovered he also had warrants for DUI ($2,000) and for a previous domestic violence assault in the amount of $25,000.

In North Admiral, a young man drank a bottle of wine and half a bottle of whiskey while staying at his grandparents' home. He got out of control, spoke gibberish, and smashed a window.

On 12th SW, a burglar rifled through underwear drawers and threw the garments all over the back yard.

Burglaries by block: 9200 12th SW, 3000 36th SW, 7900 20th SW