The following cases were filed in Kitsap County District Court:
• A 23-year-old Bremerton man was charged with theft in the third degree. He allegedly tried to shoplift $203 worth of Pokemon and Yugion cards from Walmart Dec. 31. He said he used meth about a month prior.
• A 26-year-old Bremerton man was charged with DUI, unlawful carrying a loaded pistol in a vehicle and driving while license suspended or revoked. The man allegedly crashed his Ford F-150 pickup truck in a ditch near Poulsbo March 22. Witnesses said the man had been weaving the truck all over the road before crashing. He told a state trooper he had taken valium. A warrant was acquired for a blood draw. The man had a prior DUI in 2015 and said he smoked marijuana but that he had more of a tolerance for it than other people because he smokes it all the time.
• A 47-year-old Tacoma man was charged with theft in the third degree. The man allegedly attempted to shoplift Fireball whiskey from the Silverdale Target store Jan. 29, 2014. He told deputies that he stole the whiskey so he would be arrested so that he would not be able to drink any more. He said he tried to go into rehab for alcoholism but had been kicked out because he was too drunk.
• A 19-year-old man was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. A sheriff’s deputy observed a Honda Accord driving at night with a dirty, unlit license plate. The driver of the Honda sped away at 70 mph in a 35 mph zone along Kitsap Way. The deputy briefly followed, then decided to end the pursuit.
A short while later, the deputy and a Bremerton Police officer located the same car on Arsenal Way in Bremerton. The car was unoccupied, but the engine was still hot. The vehicle was registered as a gold 1988 Honda, but had been spray painted with white primer. A police dog was used to try and locate the driver. They located two other spray painted Hondas. The officers searched a home and located the man pretending to sleep in a closet. Tools used for vehicle theft were found near the man. Bail was set at $25,000.
• A 29-year-old Bremerton woman was charged with possession of heroin. An employee at the Port Orchard Goodwill saw the woman take clothing and a backpack into a fitting room. When she exited the room, the backpack was larger. $133 worth of items was found in the back pack along with meth and heroin. The woman admitted to stealing the items and said she had no money. Bail was set at $30,000.
• A 30-year-old Bremerton man was charged with possession of heroin and with failure to register as a sex offender. The man allegedly passed out after using heroin while sitting in a running vehicle Jan. 7. His vehicle struck a parked car. A sheriff’s deputy had to knock on the vehicle’s window loudly and yell to get the man’s attention.
• A 42-year-old Bremerton woman was charged with theft in the second degree. A Seattle woman left her cell phone and credit card at a blackjack table at the Suquamish Clearwater Casino March 28. When she returned to the table, the phone and card were gone. Sheriff’s deputies later determined the woman had taken the items and made a $25 purchase at the Bremerton Jack in the Box with the stolen card. A deputy contacted the woman at her home and recovered the phone, but she said she could not remember where she put the card.
• A 66-year-old Renton man was charged with DUI. Several Bremerton residents called 911 to report an erratic driver with multiple near-collisions. Bremerton Police stopped the driver on Sheridan Avenue. A state patrol trooper observed the man had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and a can of beer. The man told the trooper he had a beer because of jaw pain.
• A 30-year-old San Diego man was charged with DUI. He allegedly passed out in the drive-thru at the Bremerton Jack in the Box March 25. The man told a state trooper he drank a six pack of beer. “(The man) drove next door to Jack in the Box, which was within reasonable walking distance. (The man) explained that there was a long line in the drive thru and he fell asleep.”
• A 49-year-old Bremerton man was charged with malicious mischief in the third degree. He allegedly got into an argument with a woman he knew and grabbed her iPhone and threw the phone to the ground, causing the screen to shatter. He then fled the scene and was later arrested.
• A 27-year-old Bremerton man was charged with vehicle prowling in the second degree after a deputy saw the man allegedly remove a license plate from a stolen vehicle March 28.
