Store manager’s wallet stolen, card used | Police blotter

A Newcastle woman was robbed while working at a Renton retail store on May 18.

The following information was collected from Renton Police Department reports.

A Newcastle woman was robbed while working at a Renton retail store on May 18.

The 54-year-old woman is the store manager of C’est La Vie in The Landing. She noticed her wallet missing at about 3:30 p.m. She left her purse with her wallet in it near the back office on the floor.

The woman noticed a suspicious man come into the high-end women’s fashion boutique sometime after 1 p.m.

He was a white male, 6-feet-tall, about 40-years-old, medium build with scraggily pepper-grey beard, wearing a blue jacket and carrying a target bag.

The woman made eye contact with him and he immediately left the store.

She then noticed her Luis Vuitton wallet was missing with her bank cards inside.

While she was calling her bank to report the loss, the bank informed her someone had just tried to withdraw $800 from her account from an ATM on South Grady Way.

Police were to review video surveillance of the shop.

Youths prowl cars at Renton Technical College

Four youths were suspected of car prowling at Renton Technical College May 18.

A 50-year-old man on campus witnessed three youths trying to break into a vehicle at about 9:45 a.m.

The man described two Hispanic men in their 20s and another man of unknown race also in his 20s prying something against the rear passenger side of a vehicle.

One of the Hispanic males was wearing a black baseball hat, dark blue sweat shirt and pants. The other Hispanic male was wearing a dark blue sweat shirt and dark blue pants. The third male outside of the vehicle was wearing black and red shorts.

The 50-year-old also noticed what he thought was a get-away vehicle and driver of possible East Indian descent, running the engine while talking on the phone.

As the man approached the group, the three got into the vehicle and took off.

Police later apprehended the suspects, but the 50-year-old only recognized one as being the driver of the so-called get-away vehicle.

The driver was a 17-year-old Kent man, who told police he was playing hooky from school and didn’t know the other men with him.

The 17-year-old was arrested for investigation of malicious mischief but later released to relatives because the Juvenile Detention Center declined to book him.

Mother reports luring attempt at Target

A woman reported that someone tried to lure her son while in Target on May 18.

The 39-year-old woman was at the register checking out when her 8-year-old son went to the restroom at the Target, 1215 North Landing Way.

The son came back to the woman and said someone tried to lure him into a stall.

The boy said he went into the bathroom and heard a voice whisper from a closed stall, “Come into the bathroom.”

Target security investigated but could not find a person matching the boy’s description of the suspect’s shoes in the bathroom.

The store security officers were told not to call police unless they could identify a suspect.

Police were to review store surveillance video.

Attempted burglary reported

Police responded to an attempted burglary on May 19.

Someone called police around 11 p.m. to report they witnessed a man putting on gloves and picking up a rock and walking to the back side of a residence in the 4100 block of Northeast 19th Street.

When officers arrived, they discovered a rock was thrown through the back sliding glass door of the residence.

A 74-year-old woman was the only resident inside, sitting on her bed.

She told police she was asleep when she heard a loud crash downstairs.

It was unclear if anything was taken at the time.

The suspect was described as a black male of unknown age, wearing a white hat with long hair in a ponytail.