Two Kent men told police they\u2019d stolen more than $1,400 worth of ski gear at about 1:20 p.m. Dec. 24 from a store in the 25900 block of 104th Avenue Southeast because they had no jobs or money to buy Christmas gifts.<\/p>\n
Kent Police arrested the men for investigation of third-degree theft. A store employee initially chased the two men as they ran with the items from the store, but then men escaped on foot over a fence into a nearby apartment complex.<\/p>\n
The men, described as in their late teens or early 20s, were caught by police after an off-duty Washington State Patrol trooper them running with items from the store, followed them and saw the men get into a Honda Civic. The trooper wrote down the license plate number of the vehicle and gave it to Kent Police.<\/p>\n
Police located the car later on Dec. 24 in front of a house in the 11700 block of Southeast 264th Place. Officers saw a man drop a ski jacket, ski backpack and snowboard boots near another car on the street.<\/p>\n
Officers then apprehended the two men as they were walking on a street about a block east of where police found the Honda Civic.<\/p>\n
One suspect told police he wanted to get Christmas gifts for his girlfriend and family, so he and his friend decided to steal the items from the store.<\/p>\n
They reportedly took two ski backpacks to carry many of the items. Several of the items were dropped in the ensuing chase with store employees.<\/p>\n
Assault<\/p>\n
An argument about whether a husband should cook one or two eggs for his wife for breakfast turned into a domestic dispute at about 10:20 a.m. Dec. 24 at a home in the 25100 block of 23rd Place South.<\/p>\n
Police arrested the husband for investigation of fourth-degree assault after he reportedly tightly squeezed his wife\u2019s cheek and slapped her in the face, according to the police report.<\/p>\n
The wife, who fled to a neighbor\u2019s house before calling 911, told police her husband told her she could have only one egg even though she wanted two eggs for breakfast.<\/p>\n
The husband told officers his wife became upset because she wanted two eggs and he made only one egg. He said she kept arguing and brought up an ex-husband who had physically abused her. The man told officers he squeezed her cheek and slapped her to get her to stop yelling.<\/p>\n
Police said woman had a red mark on her cheek consistent with being tightly squeezed or slapped by someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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