An unknown Hispanic male had a history of making crank 911 calls, claiming, through the translation line, that he had been stabbed and robbed in the Delridge area. Around midnight, just after another one of these false calls, an officer noticed a Hispanic male walking in the area, with no one else in sight. On a hunch, he drove alongside the man and asked if he had a cell phone. (The officer could see the outline of one in the man?s pocket.) When he said, "no," the officer stopped him and had a dispatcher call the number that the 911 calls originated from. The man?s phone rang. He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of false reporting.

She refused the breathalyzer test, so we don?t know exactly how intoxicated the 23-year-old was. But making a right-hand turn off Roxbury, she lost control and her car careened across two front yards and came to a stop against a tree. With the vehicle stuck in landscaping wood and bark, the woman frantically spun the tires trying to get free. She got out of the car, began screaming and digging at the tires by hand. When officers arrived she was covered in dirt and had pine needles in her hair. She told officers she wasn?t sure how her car got there, but that she was "pretty sure" that she was on Admiral Way. She was cited for DUI, negligent driving in the first degree, and no proof of insurance.

An Iraq veteran who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (but who has been denied assistance by the VA) handed over his crying infant daughter when family members gently suggested that he might be accidentally hurting her by carrying her somewhat clumsily. (His wife could tell by the way he was acting that he was struggling with a PTSD episode.) After handing the infant to his father-in-law, the vet packed some clothing and left the house. The entire family knows that he had no intention of harming anyone.

Confronted by another driver after she cut into the ferry line, a 48-year-old Vashon Island resident pointed a handgun at a car carrying a mom, dad, and two children under the age of ten, and refused to go to the end of the line. Officers recovered a handgun magazine with four rounds of ammo and a 32-caliber semiautomatic handgun from her car. The suspect admitted she had been drinking alcohol. She was booked into King County Jail for investigation of aggravated assault with a gun.

A reminder to lock your doors if you are doing yard work outside. On 35th, while the home owner mowed the lawn, someone came in through an unlocked rear door and stole a diamond ring and a jar filled with coins.

Burglaries/break-ins/car prowls by block: 8000 Fauntleroy Way (2), 9400 35th SW, 3800 SW Lander, 8200 35th SW, 1900 Harbor Ave. SW, 4000 California Ave. SW, 2100 Bonair, 9000 36th SW, 6000 Fauntleroy Way, 8800 14th S, 2600 SW Brandon, 800 S. Rose, 5200 17th SW, 6300 16th SW, 6000 29th SW, 6300 26th SW, 6000 35th SW

Ready for more cops, crooks and capers? Enjoy Megan Sheppard?s citywide police blotter, The Thin Blue Blog: www.thinblueblog.com