Police Blotter Week of 7-8-13  Divorce and a “stolen” TV A woman
living on Delridge Way S.W. called police on June 17 to report
her 32-inch flatscreen TV had been stolen while she was at work.
The victim told police she believed her soon-to-be ex-husband
was to blame, based on the fact that he moved out several months
ago and the two had been fighting back and forth over who gets
the television, which they bought together. The responding
officer told the victim Washington is a “community property
state,” so although he would file the report as a burglary, it
may not be charged as such if it is found the estranged husband
was in possession. In community property states, most property
acquired during marriage is automatically considered jointly
owned under the law. The ex-couple was not yet legally divorced.
Melee on the bus On June 24 a young woman was heading home on a
Metro bus near the 9000 block of 20th Ave. S.W. when a woman she
was sitting next to started calling her “degrading names” and
threatened to