Police and fire agencies in the Snoqualmie Valley responded to the following calls:
Snoqualmie Police Dept. (covering North Bend)
Saturday, June 6
Car Prowl: At 7:17 a.m., a caller reported a white four-door SUV standing at Railroad Avenue Southeast and Southeast Fir Street, Snoqualmie, with its doors open. The car had been searched and burgled.
Sunday, June 7
Suspicious: At 7:44 p.m., an officer on patrol checked on a report of a suspicious man waving a three-pound sledge hammer and yelling at people on Southeast Fir Street, near Railroad Avenue S.E., Snoqualmie. The man was described as 5’8”, with dark hair, wearing shorts but no shirt and he had a dog with him. The officer contacted the man. No crime had occurred.
Indecent exposure: At 6:19 p.m., police checked on a report of a man who had urinated in public in the 45500 block of S.E. North Bend Way, North Bend. The caller said the man left a business and went over to his semi, where he urinated. An officer talked with the man. He said he’d gone behind his truck after checking on his dog. The officer warned him that he could get charged with indecent exposure if it happened again.
Monday, June 8
Theft: At 5:23 p.m., a cab driver called police to report a theft of services. He said two people had hired him to drive them from Issaquah to North Bend and then refused to pay. The passengers were still on the scene. Police took them into custody.
Thursday, June 11
Odor: At 3:07 p.m., a caller on Center Boulevard Southeast, Snoqualmie, reported a bad smell that had been getting worse for days, as if something had died, in some nearby bushes. Officers checked the area, but did not find anything besides trash cans.
Friday, June 12
Theft: At 3:37 p.m., a store in the 7700 block of Center Boulevard Southeast, Snoqualmie, reported that two boys were detained after attempting to steal a watermelon. The caller asked police to ban the two from the store.
Fall City Fire
Thursday, June 11
Short of breath: At 5:12 a.m., Fall City firefighters responded to the 4300 block of 334th Place Southeast for a female patient who was experiencing shortness of breath. They transported her to a local hospital.
Accident: At 6:59 p.m., firefighters responded to a motor-vehicle accident on S.R. 202 near 308th Avenue Southeast. The driver was taken into custody by Washington State Patrol.
Friday, June 12
Alarm: At 1:39 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the 33600 block of Southeast Redmond-Fall City Road, where an automatic fire alarm had been triggered. The cause was found to be food that burned on the stove.
Chest pain: At 3:09 p.m., Fall City Fire assisted an 88-year-old man who was complaining of chest pain. Medics from Bellevue Fire also responded and transported him to a local hospital.
Saturday, June 13
Pain: At 5:41 p.m., firefighters assisted a woman complaining of abdominal pain in the 7000 block of Lake Alice Road Southeast. She was taken to a local hospital.
Fireworks: At 6:29 p.m., the fire department got a complaint of someone setting off fireworks in the area of 324th Avenue Southeast. Firefighters spoke with the subject and advised him to stop because of dry conditions.
Sunday, June 14
Wildfire: At 11:04 a.m., firefighters responded with Eastside Fire and Rescue units to a wildfire in the North Bend area. A patch of dry grass caught fire and was slowly spreading. Firefighters controlled and extinguished the fire.
Emotional problem: At 7:14 p.m., the department assisted a 50-year-old woman who said she was feeling emotionally overwhelmed. She refused treatment.
Monday, June 15
Cardiac arrest: At 11:07 a.m., firefighters responded to a report of a patient in cardiac arrest on West Snoqualmie River Road. The patient had a pulse, and no CPR was required.
Tuesday, June 16
Hallucinations: At 5:04 p.m., Fall City firefighters responded to the 4000 block of Preston-Fall City Road Southeast for a woman reported to be hallucinating. They transported her to a local hospital.
Snoqualmie Fire Dept.
Friday, June 12
Alarm: At 1:49 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to the Salish Lodge for an automatic fire alarm. Firefighters found the alarm had been set off by a smoldering log that had been removed from a fireplace.
Missing child: At 6:25 p.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to the area of Melrose Lane Southeast for a report of a missing child. Snoqualmie Police and Fire began a full-area search for the child to include the wooded areas close by. The girl was found unharmed in a nearby neighborhood about an hour after she was reported missing.
Saturday, June 13
Alarm: At 1:27 a.m., Snoqualmie firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at a residence off Southeast Kinsey Street. The crew arrived and contacted a houseguest who had accidentally set off the alarm because he didn’t know how to use the alarm system. There was no fire.
Alarm: At 11:45 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to the Snoqualmie Valley Hospital for an automatic fire alarm.They investigated and determined it was a false alarm.
Sunday, June 14
Alarm: At 11:46 a.m., the fire department received a report of an automatic fire alarm in the Snoqualmie Ridge retail area. Upon arrival, they found that a cleaning crew inside a restaurant set off the alarm while forgetting to turn on ventilation fans.
Medical aid: In addition to the above calls, Snoqualmie EMTs responded to 15 medical aid calls bringing the total number of incidents to date to 539.
