Police blotter for Friday, Nov. 20, 2015

This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent.

Assault

• At 12:06 a.m. Thursday, a 45-year-old man reported he was assaulted and his cell phone taken in the 6500 block of Glacier Highway.

Fight

• At 1:37 p.m. Wednesday, Joshua Koch, 43, was placed under citizen’s arrest for disorderly conduct on Ferry Way. Koch had allegedly challenged another person to a fight, grabbed the person and threw him to the ground. He was taken to Lemon Creek Correctional Center and held on $250 bail.

Shoplifting

• At 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, an investigation continued into the theft of Listerine in the 600 block of Willoughby Avenue.

• At 12:12 p.m. Wednesday, an investigation continued into the theft of four steaks in the 600 block of Willoughby Avenue.

Traffic hazard

• At 6:28 p.m. Wednesday, a vehicle was impounded for safekeeping in the 11000 block of Glacier Highway.

• Trespassing

• At 8:19 p.m. Wednesday, two people were contacted for trespassing in a business in the 100 block of Marine Way. Investigation continues.

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