Compiled by P. Waters from Woodinville Police reports

Loss of job brings threats

April 24: An employee of a local contractor reported to police that over the last four months she has been receiving phone calls from a former employee who had been let go. The former employee initially asked for help getting her job back, but the employee kept telling her there was nothing she could do about it.

Eventually the phone calls degenerated into threats and abuse, such as “I’ll hunt you down and get you.” This prompted the employee to notify police. Police recommended the employee get a protection order.

Upon contacting the former employee, police confronted her with the threats and abuse. She said that her words about hunting the employee down were not a threat, but she could not say what they were exactly, either, if not a threat.

Police told her if she continued her calls she would be arrested. Police will follow up, with charges to be brought at a later date.

Long distance threat

April 24: A Woodinville veterinarian reported that a client left a threatening voice mail on the office phone. He identified himself and demanded that someone meet him at his house to sign some papers.

If this didn’t happen, he said, “All hell will break loose.”

The client was apparently in the Netherlands at the time of the call. The veterinarian told police the caller is a very demanding client. He intends to end their professional relationship and wanted the matter documented in case there are issues in the future.

Not a cheeseburger

April 26: Residents of a Woodinville neighborhood came together recently to pick up trash from the sides of the road through their neighborhood.

In the 1800 block of 160th Place NE, one volunteer noted a McDonald’s bag in some brush, looking as though it had been there for some time.

She picked it up to add to her pile of trash, but to her surprise, out dropped a handgun. Her husband examined the gun and noted that not only was it loaded, but a round of ammunition was in the chamber, ready to be fired.

He unloaded the gun and called police, who entered the gun, magazine, and ammunition into evidence at the Woodinville substation. A serial number check of the gun yielded no results.