Compiled by P. Waters from Woodinville Police reports

Just like the old song

April 14: On a routine check of an abandoned home in the 13600 block of NE 205th, Woodinville’s valiant code enforcement officer found a large amount of fairly recent residential garbage dumped on the property. At great risk to his personal safety, he dug through the garbage and located several pieces of mail showing a name and nearby address.

Remember in Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant,” when Officer Obie nailed Arlo as the illegal dumper of Alice’s trash? Google it if not.

The officer contacted the named person at the nearby residence and informed him that dumping trash on private property was illegal and asked him if he thought no one would care. He answered that in fact he did think no one would care and explained that he and his roommates had just moved in and didn’t have trash pick-up arranged yet.

They did have a lot of trash, however. He offered a sincere apology and assured the officer that they would set up garbage service that very day. And (like Arlo) the officer required them to pick up all the refuse, but (unlike Arlo) didn’t transport them in handcuffs to jail or take any glossy photographs.

Felony in the lunchroom

April 18: Police were contacted by the Woodinville High School lunch supervisor and shown an obviously counterfeit one-dollar bill that had been passed during lunch. She explained that lunchtime is very busy and so no one could remember who gave them the bill.

The officer noted it to be oddly shaped with a strange weight and texture. She noted the serial number, submitted the bill into evidence at the precinct, and forwarded the matter to the U.S. Secret Service.

Well-armed for grocery shopping

April 18: Police were called on this snowy spring day to a one-car non-injury accident at the 18200 block of Woodinville-Duvall Road about 4:30 p.m.

There they found a newer Mustang sitting at 90 degrees to the center line, its back end smashed, blocking one lane of traffic.

The driver was in the vehicle, and when police approached they noted he seemed flustered and had constricted pupils.

He told police he had not been going that fast, that he “barely accelerated and the back end kicked out.”

He provided a driver’s license and proof of insurance.

As he stepped from the car, officers asked him if he had any weapons, and he said he did. A search revealed a fully-loaded handgun in a cooler in the front passenger seat. He provided an expired concealed pistol license but said the new one was probably in his mailbox at home.

A police check returned the pistol as unregistered with no information about a pending application. Officers also found 13 shotgun shells, a bandoleer containing 25 rounds of ammunition, and multiple loose rounds of .45 ammunition in various bags. Also found were at least four different pain medications and psychopharmaceuticals, prescribed to the driver.

He said he was on his way to the grocery store to get soup for his pregnant wife after stopping at their apartment to pick up the gun and ammunition.

He was arrested for negligent driving and possession of an unlicensed concealed weapon.