Bothell, Wash. – The Bothell Police Department is asking for assistance in identifying a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 49 year-old woman in Bothell.  The suspect originally met the woman while she waited at a bus stop in Everett during evening hours on January 31, 2010.  The victim rode in the suspect’s vehicle to the Snohomish County portion of Bothell, and they stopped to make a purchase at a convenience store.  The suspect was recorded on the store’s video surveillance.  Shortly after the purchase, the suspect sexually assaulted the woman inside the vehicle.  The victim attempted to phone 911, and the suspect dragged her out of the vehicle by her hair and drove away.  The suspect is described as an Asian male in his mid-20’s, approximately 5’9”, 150 lbs., with shoulder length dark hair.  The suspect vehicle was described as a small, two-door passenger vehicle, white in color.

Anyone with any information regarding the identity of the suspect in the attached photos is asked to call Bothell Police Department’s tip line at 425.487.5551. You can also provide your tips online at www.ci.bothell.wa.us on the Police Department (###)

The Bothell Police Department has joined a program that may help reduce drug overdoses and accidental poisonings, and prevent more people from becoming hooked on powerful prescription painkillers.

This program was designed by the Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force as a means to help educate the community about the dangers of medications, both controlled substances and non-controlled substances.  The program provides a safe location for citizens to take medications that they no longer need.  This helps prevent potential abuse by others, and provides a system of destroying the household medications by way of incineration, which is less likely to contaminate water systems.

Citizens are encouraged to drop off unwanted and unused medications, including prescription narcotics at the Bothell Police Department, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  All drugs will be deposited into a secured collection box.  The box will be routinely emptied and the medications destroyed by law enforcement.  Citizens are not permitted to drop off illegal narcotics through this program.

People dropping off medications are not asked to provide their names, only ZIP codes for research purposes.   (# # #)

Bothell Police Department has added a new feature to the Police Website.  The new feature, 'Can You Identify Me?', was developed to solicit Community assistance in identifying possible persons of interest and witnesses for cases under investigation.  Citizens are encouraged to visit the Website and view the posted photographs.  Citizens with information on persons in the posted photographs can click on a link to send a direct email to the detective assigned to the associated case.  As an alternative, citizens may phone in the information by calling the Bothell Police Department at 425.486.1254.  In no case should there be any attempts to apprehend or contact any of the people in the photographs.

The City of Bothell has implemented a proactive Graffiti Reporting and Removal Program.  Citizens are encouraged to report incidents of graffiti within the City limits of Bothell.  Citizens may either report the graffiti through the City Website, or to the Bothell Police Communications center at (425) 486.1254.  To report via the Website from the City of Bothell home page:  Go to City Services - Public Safety - Police - Forms & Services, and submit the Police Services Feedback form.