A citizen was scared after hearing someone pounding on and trying to open the front door and the gate to a rear yard. Officers responded to the scene and found a heavily intoxicated man "hunkered down" in a 2-foot gap between the caller's screen door and the interior door. On checking his ID, they discovered that he lived across the street and was simply seemed confused about his address. The man was delivered to his wife.

On Christmas morning, a 33-year-old was booked into King County Jail after he became violent when he couldn't find his debit card. He knocked over furniture, broke lamps, and then locked himself in a bedroom with his girlfriend and refused to let her out. When officers arrived, they found him standing over her, yelling as she crouched on a bed. The suspect's speech was slurred and he was agitated and had obviously been drinking. He is being held for investigation of assault and property damage. His girlfriend refused to provide a statement, said she didn't want to pursue charges or have him arrested.

A woman in a camouflage jacket was walking along 22nd and Barton while carrying something that caused several men to get out of her way. A passerby called 911, and when officers arrived, they ordered her to drop the 7-inch knife and ratchet wrench. The 27-year-old transient was booked into King County Jail for investigation of unlawful use of weapons.

Although she has a no-contact order against him, a woman let her boyfriend into her residence. He then locked her out of the house and remained inside with their children, refusing to come out. He became increasingly hostile and refused police orders to leave the residence. Concerned for the children's safety, officers forced entry through the second floor. The suspect was arrested as he tried to escape on the ground floor. He was booked into King County Jail for violating a court order and for an outstanding municipal warrant.

A woman called police to say that her boyfriend was angry and spitting on her. When the officer arrived, they found the woman crying, hysterical, and uncooperative. The man denied any assault but admitted he was, indeed, angry: His girlfriend had gone on a crack binge and given their child to someone a few days earlier. The child is now missing. The man asked for help from Child Protective Services so that he can get a parenting plan in place or obtain custody of the child.

Unknown persons continue to break into locked money boxes on car washes and air compressors at local businesses.

Though he or she left a trail of blood behind, the person who broke into Cleveland High School (on Delridge) last week remains unknown. It was apparent that the suspect tried to get into a number of classrooms throughout the building, but it is currently unclear whether any items are missing.

When a bank customer was told that her account had been frozen, she became irate, threw a pen at a teller, and then threw a card-swipe machine to the floor. The 61-year-old then left in an unknown direction.

Up to $6,000 worth of tools were stolen from a construction site on 45th SW, and packages were snatched from the porches of several Alki area homes last week.

Burglaries by block: 6300 23rd SW, 9800 Marine View Drive, 4000 51st SW, 7700 5th S, 5900 Delridge, 9400 45th SW, 4700 44th SW, 4700 45th SW, 8600 24th SW, 7500 35th SW, 1600 Sunset, 1300 44th, 4300 SW Genesee, 9000 30th SW.

Seventeen domestic violence incidents and seven car prowls were reported in greater West Seattle last week.