By DEAN A. RADFORD

dradford@rentonreporter.com

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

A reported domestic violence in downtown Renton Oct. 3 turned into a police pursuit of a stolen car in which a pedestrian was nearly hit and a McLendon semi-truck hit.

Officers responded to the assault report at about 10:25 a.m. on Bronson Way North, apparently involving a man and woman tied to red Honda Civic. The woman had walked away and the Civic had fled.

Instead of stopping when an officer tried to stop him, the driver of Civic picked up speed, running a red light, cutting off a Metro bus, narrowly missing another vehicle and nearly hitting a pedestrian in a crosswalk on South Fourth Street. The officer had already backed off but maintain sight of the Civic.

On Shattuck Avenue, the Civic hit the front end of the McLendon truck, then backed up and fled again. The McLendon driver wasn’t hurt nor was the truck damaged. It’s estimated the Civic reached 50 mph in mostly 25 mph speed zones.

The pursuit ended after the Civic blew a red light on Rainier and continued south, almost hitting another vehicle. The driver wasn’t caught.

The Civic was reported stolen. The woman was located; she had merely fallen down and didn’t want to cooperate with officers.

TIRES SLASHED: Someone slashed the tires on four Renton School District vans sometime between Sept. 25 and early Sept. 28 that were parked at Lindbergh High School.

Fourteen tries were damaged. Officers were checking surveillance cameras.

STREET RACING: Cars and pedestrians had filled the street and parking lots along Thomas Avenue Southwest at just after midnight Sept. 20 when an officer on special detail arrived to investigate a report of illegal street racing.

The officer found 75 to 100 vehicles on both sides of Thomas, some blocking the street pedestrians were everywhere. The officer had to drive down the middle of the street to avoid hitting someone.

Staged in front of the officer was a Ford Mustang and a motorcycle, which raced down Thomas and continued northbound at a fast pace, comparing and contesting their speed. For safety reasons and the chaos the officer couldn’t pace either vehicle but their speed was more than double the posted 25 mph.

Finally, the officer was noticed by the crowd, which scattered in a chaotic fashion.

Meanwhile, the motorcycle turned right on the Southwest Seventh Street and the Mustang did a U-turn and headed back toward the waiting officer. The officer activated his lights and the Mustang stopped.

The driver, a 25-year-old Graham man, was arrested for reckless driving/racing. He told the officer he had a concealed pistol on his left hip.

He told the officer he made a “huge” mistake and didn’t want to go to jail. He was booked into the SCORE regional jail and his Mustang was impounded. The 26-year-old rider of the motorcycle also was stopped and was arrested for driving with a suspended license.

On the way to SCORE, they talked about what they were doing when arrested.