We have had a busy week at the Bremerton Police Department. The warm weather seems to be making people a little restless.

No beer in jail

Saturday, Corporal Tim Garrity and Officer Jen Corn responded to a convenience store on Callow Avenue to investigate the theft of a case of beer.

The suspect, and no, we are not making this up, was described as wearing a Charlie-Brown-style shirt, complete with zig-zag pattern, when he stole the beer and ran out.

Officer Corn found him nearby crossing the street. He had ingeniously removed the shirt, but was still carrying it; along with — you guessed it — a case of beer. The man told the officer he had legally purchased it over three hours ago from a different store, but had no good explanation for why it was still ice cold in 80-degree weather.

He went to jail, where they do not serve beer.

Don’t supplement painkillers and drive

I am often asked if we have seen a significant difference in incidents since the decriminalization of marijuana. My answer is generally no, but we do have a few come up.

Officer Bryan Hall handled a collision in a parking lot last week which occurred directly in front of a marijuana store in West Bremerton.

The driver had some medical problems, and had chosen to supplement his pain killers with alcohol and marijuana. He drove into another car as he was entering the lot to buy some more. He was arrested for impaired driving after being checked by a drug recognition expert.

Reunited and he’s feeling good — or at least better

On Sunday, Officer Frank Shaw was called to a report of a man lying in the street at the 900 block of Park Avenue. The man had apparently been riding his bike from work to his house when he had a heart attack, fell off the bike and had injuries to his head. No one had seen it happen, but a passerby called us.

The 900 block of Park Avenue, by the way, is the Fire Department’s headquarters, so assistance would have been very close. As bad luck would have it, however, firefighters from that station were out on another call, so a different station had to be called.

The man was administered CPR on the street as well as in the back of the ambulance, until medics were able to use their equipment to “shock” him back to a rhythm.

When medics and the officers got to the hospital with the man, a woman came walking up, wondering if we had seen a man on a bike riding in the area as he was on his way home from work. She was concerned, as he had a heart condition and was overdue.

Putting two and two together, husband and wife were reunited at the hospital. We hear he is doing better.

Putting out fires, literally

Last week, officers were able to provide assistance to our partners at Bremerton Fire when several callers reported an alarm and heavy smoke coming from an apartment at the 3500 block of Almira Drive. Officers arrived quickly and were able to get the door unlocked by a manager.

There was heavy smoke coming from an unattended pot on a stove. After officers extinguished the fire, arriving firefighters told them to move their squad cars so they could properly position their fire trucks. Officers patiently explained that they would have moved them earlier, but they were busy … putting out a fire.

Cleaning up the filthy three

Our “Unlucky 13” is available online, and you might notice that we are lacking some of our usual “Filthy Three” houses this week. That is because our Community Resource Officer Joe Sexton has been doing a very good job of working with apartment and rental owners to get problem renters and residents evicted and properties cleaned up! We appreciate the cooperation and partnership with our area’s property managers.

Welcome home

Finally, on behalf of all of our officers and staff we want to welcome back the USS John C. Stennis to its homeport here in Bremerton.

— Bremerton Police Chief Steven Strachan