Police Beat

Published 2:30 pm Thursday, December 20, 2007

Here are the latest reports from Mountlake Terrace, Brier and Lynnwood police.

Dec. 14

Theft. 2300 block of 226th St. SW. A Brier man said someone took three wooden snowmen from his front yard and broke some plastic candy canes.

Dec. 13

Drug possession. 5700 block 220th Street SW., 12:41 a.m. Police cited the driver and a passenger of an Acura Integra for illegal possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The driver also was issued a citation for driving while his license was suspended. Police confiscated 14.4 grams of marijuana with the help of a drug-sniffing dog. A second passenger was not arrested.

Dec. 12

Car theft. 6301 St. Albion Way, Mountlake Terrace, 5:36 p.m. A 20-year-old man told police someone stole his 1993 Acura Legend from its apartment parking spot.

Van stolen. 23300 block of 39th Pl. W. A Brier man said someone took his 2000 Ford Econoline van without his permission from in front of his house after breaking a window of the vehicle.

Dec. 11

Mischief. Mountlake Terrace High School, 21804 44th Ave. W., 7:39 p.m. Police spoke to two boys who’d climbed into the rafters after gaining access through a hole in the boys’ bathroom ceiling. The boys’ parents were contacted.

Drug posssession. 244th St. SW., 1 a.m. Police arrested a 25 year-old Seattle man for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and booked him into Snohomish County Jail. Officers also forwarded driving while license suspended charges to the county prosecutor’s office. A passenger was booked on a Washington Department of Corrections warrant.

Shoplifting. Roger’s Market, 23120 56th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace, 2:53 p.m. Police cited a 45-year-old Shoreline man for attempting to steal a bottle of wine.

Shoplifting. Bartell Drugs, 22803 44th Ave. W. Police cited a 47-year-old Mountlake Terrace man for shoplifting after he attempted to leave the store without paying for a digital photo viewer and an invisible ink pen.