The following was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.

An apparent burglary turned violent when a 35-year-old Renton man started swinging a knife at a resident who had answered the door the morning of Oct. 21 on Pelly Avenue.

The suspect wanted to speak with someone inside but he was asleep. That person later jumped out his bedroom window and called police from a nearby business.

During the struggle near the door, the suspect pulled a 7-inch knife from his rear pocket, trying to stab the 59-year-old resident, who retreated to the kitchen. He picked up a pot to defend himself. Another resident, who had heard the suspect threaten to kill everyone, was able to calm the suspect.

The three were able to leave the house, but the suspect remained inside. Officers disabled a security camera just in case he could watch their movements. He eventually surrendered and was treated at Valley Medical Center. A victim was treated at the scene.

There was probable cause to arrest him for first-degree burglary and first-degree assault.

ASSAULT AT GAS STATION: A man getting gas for his green Acura Integra was verbally abusive Oct. 20 toward other customers at a gas station off Rainier Avenue.

Another customer who confronted him was threatened on and off until he told him to “go away.” This back-and-forth threatening manner continued.

The victim stepped toward him, at which time the suspect hit him in the face. As he got into his car to drive off, the suspect threatened to shoot the victim.

FINGERPRINT NABS THIEF: A 42-year-old Toppenish man didn’t get far after he walked into the parking lot at Fred Meyer on Renton Center Way Oct. 20 with two baskets of stolen stuff.

One basket had several items of meat and the other was full of beer.

He was trespassed from the store, which didn’t want to press charges. However, the officer needed to confirm his identity using a fingerprint scanner.

He was allowed to leave the scene. But then results of the fingerprint scan came back. He was wanted on a state Department of Corrections warrant for escape from community custody.

He was stopped in the east side of the parking lot and booked into the SCORE regional jail.

$3.28=JAIL: Something the 26-year-old Kent man wanted to eat cost only $3.28 but it landed him in jail.

As Walmart store security watched, he ate it and then started to walk out. He was stopped and trespassed from the store.

However, the store asked a Renton officer for help in confirming his identity. He was wanted on a $5,100 Kent warrant for tampering with property.

He was booked into the Kent City Jail.

SODA ASSAULT: A 50-year-old Renton woman watched Oct. 19 as a woman opened the door of her car and drop a bag of garbage on the ground in a parking lot of South Grady Way.

She walked over, picked up the bag and hooked it to a windshield wiper arm. In retaliation the woman inside the car got out and threw a partially consumed can of soda at her.

The can hit the victim on the chin and its contents spilled over her face and clothes. The car drove off but not before the victim tried to get a license plate number. She wasn’t hurt but was upset.

EQUIPMENT DAMAGED: Nearly $3,000 worth of damage was done when someone shot out the windows on two pieces of heavy construction equipment Oct 18 or 19 on South Second Street.

The damage was discovered the morning of Oct. 19. It’s believed a pellet gun was used to shoot out four windows on a backhoe and two on an excavator.