An Already Chilly Morning/Carkeek Park/Sun May 6/8:40 am: Officer Towne reports: "Witness was walking along the beach in Carkeek Park when he observed a woman floating in the water. He pulled her out of the water, she was conscious and alert, but was crying too hard to answer any questions. The witness waved down another passerby and used his cell to call 911. The woman was crying when I arrived with Seattle Fire Department. I located a note in her bag. The note was apologetic and stated she wished to be a fish and swim away. I placed the note into evidence.
...I believe the subject was a danger to herself, a fact not only expressed in her written words, but also by the action of going into Puget Sound in normal street wear on an already chilly morning."
My Argentine Mother/Westlake/Sat May 5/10:10 pm: Officer Rice reports: "Upon my arrival, I contacted complainant. He told me that he had been arrested on 5-1-07 for a domestic assault and had been released with a No-Contact Order. I was familiar with this incident as I was the officer who had arrested him. Complainant said that since he was arrested, his ex-wife has been calling his mother in Argentina and telling her things that are not true. Complainant said that his mother has had an anxiety attack as a result of these telephone calls.
"I explained to complainant that the No-Contact Order limits his behaviors and ability to contact his ex-wife and explained to him how to obtain a Protection Order to prevent her from calling his mother."
I can picture this foul call. The phone rings in an apartment in Buenos Aires. An old woman answers the call. It's the North American woman, the one who was once married to her son. The North American woman says something that shocks the South American mother into a panic attack. "Your son calls it a sweet rose," says the malicious North American woman. "Yes that's what your son calls it, 'a rose,' and that's how likes it—all red and rosy." "¡Dios mĂo!" says the South American mother, her heart beating hard against the walls of her chest.
The Gardener/West Seattle/Thurs May 3/7:00 am: Officer DeBella reports: "Suspect has been doing yard work for victim for about three years. Their relationship has been business in nature, with suspect working on victim's yard about every other week. On 5-3-07, at about 0700, suspect showed up at victim's house unexpectedly. They were speaking in the front yard when suspect unexpectedly hugged victim and planted several kisses on her lips. Victim did not wish to be in a relationship, and wanted suspect to just work in her yard. She made this clear verbally, while pushing him away with her hands and arms. Suspect continued to kiss for several seconds and then eventually stopped. She told him never to do it again...." But of course he will to do it again. What is a gardener if he/she doesn't have the desire to plant kisses on lips?
A quick note: The best part of this incident report is what's written in two of the three classification boxes. In the Tool/Weapon box, Officer DeBella wrote: "Touching"; and for the Method of Tool/Weapon Use box, he wrote: "Unwanted Kisses."
