Renton police were told that a Seattle woman was stabbed in the arm at about 4:35 a.m. Sept. 2 as she walked on North Fourth Street.

However, upon further investigation, police uncovered a different story. The suspect is her boyfriend, a Renton man.

When an officer arrived at a house on Williams Avenue North, the victim was holding a towel or rag over her arm and her arm was bleeding, according to police.

She told police that as she was walking from a gas station along North Fourth Street, a male approached her on the north side of the street. The man stabbed her arm and fled on foot. He was wearing a hat and black clothing.

At the residence where they contacted the woman, officers could see blood on the floor and wall just inside the open door. Because of that, officers searched for anyone else in the house. The report noted that a violent crime had occurred in the area recently.

Police found a six-inch kitchen knife with blood on the tip. Officers now suspected the stabbing occurred inside the house.

Outside, an officer interviewed the boyfriend, who said he and his girlfriend argued and she had walked outside to “cool off.” She returned with blood on her arm, the boyfriend told police. But the officer told the man that wasn’t true, because there were indications an assault had occurred inside the home, according to police.

The man then changed his story, saying the woman cut herself with the knife during the argument. She called 911 and told the boyfriend to throw the knife in a closet, according to the report.

The report indicates that although circumstances were suspicious, the boyfriend was arrested, then released. The knife was placed into evidence.

Man arrested

at City Hall

A Renton man was arrested at about 9 p.m. Sept. 1 outside City Hall for investigation of fourth-degree assault – domestic violence after he and his girlfriend, also of Renton, both came to the after-hours police window to report a fight.

The two needed to be separated from each and the suspect was told to sit down on the curb. The woman was crying and shaking, according to police. She had red marks on her upper arms, forearms and wrists and scratches elsewhere.

The injuries occurred during an argument at their home on Morris Avenue, according to police. He was booked.

Man arrested

in burglary

A Bellevue man was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. Sept. 1 after police responded to a burglary in progress at Jimmy Mac’s Roadhouse on Southwest Seventh Street, according to Renton police.

An officer spotted a male wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, carrying a backpack and holding several bottles of liquor run away from the area of Jimmy Mac’s northbound on Southwest Seventh.

The officer pursued him in his police vehicle. The officer ordered the suspect to stop, which he did.

Using expletives, the suspect said, “you caught me. It was me. I don’t even know why I did it.”