The following information was compiled from City of Renton police reports.
A goat’s dismembered head and feet were found in plain view on the south side of the Cedar River Community Center at about 2 p.m., March 11.
A concerned citizen flagged down an officer to report the case of animal abuse. The goat’s head was sitting upside down in a clay plate at the base of the stairs leading into the Cedar River swim area. Three goat’s feet were sitting next to the clay plate and one foot was found approximately three feet away in the water. Officers observed that the feet were cut off with a sharp item.
Animal Control removed the parts from the area.
Apartment trashed
An ex-tenant is suspected of leaving his apartment in shambles prior to leaving on March 12 in Renton.
The 21-year-old male suspect had moved in two months ago, not paid any rent or damage deposit. He was then locked out the apartment but given access again to move his belongings out.
A surveillance video shows the ex-tenant moving out, but it isn’t clear if anyone else entered the apartment while he was out of the residence. After, the manager was alerted to water coming out of the apartment. He entered it to find standing water from a kitchen sink that was plugged and overflowing, all the burners on the stove turned on and the heat in the apartment turned up all the way.
A ‘piano teacher’ con
A female scam artist conned a Renton woman out of $3,900 on March 2.
The Renton woman told police she received an email from someone she thought was her son’s piano teacher, claiming that she had been mugged while on a trip to Spain. The person requested money to pay for her hotel and a taxi to the airport, promising to pay her back when she returned home.
The Renton woman wired $2,300 to the person. Then the suspect emailed that they received the money but would need additional money because they missed their plane. So, the Renton woman sent an additional $1,600. Then the suspect emailed and claimed she miscalculated the conversion and asked for more money.
The Renton woman, becoming suspicious, emailed the person asking her to respond to questions about her son. The person responded negatively.
The Renton woman decided to call her son’s piano teacher and she discovered that she hadn’t emailed her or gone to Spain. The piano teacher said that several other people she knew had received the email from her.
Buildings damaged
A series of malicious mischievous acts were done to property owned by Anderson & Associates between the morning of March 1 and Feb. 25.
The property, 17060 116th Ave. S.E. in Renton, includes tenants Hooters, Bartell Drugs and the “R” Bar. The maintenance supervisor reported a shattered front window to an unoccupied business, a damaged drain spot and graffiti on the east wall of Bartell Drugs.
Concealed weapon
A traffic stop resulted in an arrest of a Renton man on March 9.
Police stopped the 31-year-old man in the 11600 block of Southeast Petrovitsky Road around 8 a.m.
He had two warrants for his arrest, both for driving with a suspended license.
Upon his arrest, he informed the officer that he had a loaded gun in his center console. Police found a 45 caliber Glock with two fully loaded, 13-round magazines in a holster in the man’s center console.
He was booked for his warrants and for carrying a concealed pistol without a permit.
Cousin arrested
A 19-year-old Renton man was arrested for investigation of indecent liberties on March 9.
Police were called to a residence in the 600 block of Shattuck Avenue South in reference to a possible sexual assault in progress.
The 20-year-old victim told them that her cousin had propositioned her for sex and groped her as she was sleeping on a bed. She told him “no” several times and was able to get away and leave the house.
Police found the suspect three blocks away at another residence. They arrested him and transported him to jail.
