The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.

A 37-year-old man received a deep cut to the head May 29 during an argument over a lighter near Fred Meyer on 108th Avenue Southeast.

A large pool of blood had formed on the ground around the man’s head when officers arrived. The suspect had fled. A K9 unit began a track just after 8 p.m.

Meanwhile, a 28-year-Renton man caught the attention of a King County sheriff’s deputy when he ran across State Route 167 to Southwest 41st Street. It was soon determined the man was the suspect in the assault moments earlier.

He told officers he became infuriated when the victim refused to return his lighter. He hit the victim in the head with his elbow, knocking him out.

He was booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault.

The victim, a transient who possibly stays at the homeless camp off Carr Road, was treated at Valley Medical Center.

LOST CASH: A 61-year-old Seattle woman reported she lost $9,000 to $12,000 at Walmart on Rainier Avenue May 28 that she got from the sale of a sailboat.

The money, all in $100 bills, was in her purse that doesn’t close. She had purchased a cellphone and belt and never let the purse out of her sight.

She delayed reporting the missing money because she had to sail the boat to a new location for the new owner.

Security video showed her pulling out a large bundle of cash to make a purchase, but she didn’t leave anything behind nor did she drop something.

CLERK INJURED OVER BEER THEFT: A store clerk was hit in the head early on May 31 when two men, including one in a wheelchair, tried to steal to six packs of beer from a convenience store on Rainier Avenue South.

The men entered the store at about 2:30 a.m. and found only one of the coolers unlocked. The clerk walked toward them. He took the beer from the man in the wheelchair, but the second man hit him in the head. The clerk grabbed the man and they fell to the floor in a struggle.

The suspect, a 19-year-old Renton man, was booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of fourth-degree assault.

ABUSE LANDS HOMELESS MAN IN JAIL: A homeless woman was beaten repeatedly at about 4 a.m. May 16 by her boyfriend in the car where they lived during an argument about breaking up.

The 35-year-old Seattle woman was hit on her face and head and choked and at one point blacked out.

When she revived, the 38-year-old Issaquah man was outside the Infiniti G20. She locked the doors but he got inside through a broken window and began the assault again.

She was able to escape. The suspect was found about an hour later on North Landing Way, not far from where the assault occurred. He was booked into the county jail for investigation of second-degree assault.

He asked for an attorney and didn’t answer questions. At the jail he made an unsolicited comment: “The bump on her head is from an abscess. It is infected.”

The victim was taken to Valley Medical Center for treatment of her injuries.

MAN CHASES WOULD-BE ROBBER: A Spanaway man was nearly robbed of his cellphone at the Metro Transit Center downtown at about 9:30 p.m. May 15 by a man who pushed a small pistol into his stomach.

The victim and suspect talked for a bit while the former waited for a bus. The suspect walked off to a nearby group, all in their late teens. He returned and demanded the victim’s cellphone.

But the victim used a “martial-arts technique” to sweep the gun away and the suspect ran off. The victim kept his cellphone.

About a week later, the victim spotted the suspect of Tukwila at the transit center again. He handed his cellphone to a stranger and told her to call 911 and chased after the suspect.

The chase ended at Safeway, where employees, who know the suspect, stopped a confrontation. The victim expressed frustration the suspect hasn’t been caught because he’s frequently at the transit center about the same time.

WATCH YOUR STEP: A Renton Police officer checking a house May 27 on South 200th Street with no running and where residents apparently use the backyard for a bathroom arrested a resident on an outstanding warrant for breach of piece.

Yes, the house has no running water because the bill wasn’t paid, but no one is using the backyard as a toilet, she told the officer.

After her arrest for the warrant, she told the officer she had a needle in her bra, along with a package of methamphetamine, a vial of water and a vial with cotton inside. She had used the meth earlier in the day.

She was booked into the SCORE regional jail for investigation of drug possession.