Residents were asked to report personal data during the call. The calls were fraudulent and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was advised.
Here are some of the other cases Anacortes Police worked on this week.
Friday, Sept. 6
2:35 pm. An officer arrested a 22-year-old Anacortes woman as she exited a vehicle in the 1100 block of 12th Street after confirming the woman had a warrant for her arrest out of Mount Vernon for a previous charge of “making a false statement.” The woman was later released after being given a new court date due to jail overcrowding.
3:13 pm. An Anacortes woman reported that someone had made approximately $2,000 worth of fraudulent charges to her credit card in the Bellevue area. The victim believed that the card might have possibly been stolen out of her mailbox as she was expecting a replacement card from her bank and had not received it. The victim’s bank reversed the charges.
7:38 pm. Police responded to the report of two men “drinking heavily” in front of a vehicle parked on Cabana Lane. Another witness then reported the vehicle the men were in was moving very slowly on Skyline Way. An officer passed by the vehicle and then turned and contacted the occupants after they turned into a convenience store on Skyline Way. The driver was identified as a 56-year-old British Columbia man who smelled of intoxicants and stumbled as he walked. After failing field sobriety tests the man was placed under arrest. His mood then changed and he shouted at his friend, “Get me out of this” and then yelled profanities at the officer. The man was uncooperative and verbally abusive during processing and he refused to take the breath test. He was issued a citation charging him with DUI and released to a sober friend.
Saturday, Sept. 7
3:41 pm. A man reported that he had been assaulted by his 34-year-old wife at their home in the 600 block of Hillcrest Drive. The couple had reportedly been arguing about their pending divorce and the woman then allegedly threw a bottle of Windex at the man. She also allegedly shoved the man into the refrigerator and hit him in the face. The man had fresh scratches on his abdomen and arms and redness to his face. The woman also allegedly tore a piece of metal off the screen door and threatened to cause more damage. She was placed under arrest and booked into jail on charges of domestic violence assault and malicious mischief.
Sunday, Sept. 8
6:54 am. A car parked curbside in the 1100 block of 20th Street was hit and damaged sometime during nighttime hours. The victim’s car was hit with enough force that it was pushed up and over the curb and damaged the rear bumper and left rear quarter panel. Although the hit and run suspect vehicle is unknown at this time, a piece of bumper trim was found at the scene that was determined to be from a 2005-2009 Toyota Sienna.
10:54 am. Two businesses in the 400 block of Commercial Avenue were discovered to have burglarized after employees arrived for work and found money missing. One business had $50.00 to $100.00 stolen from a tip jar and the other business had $300.00 stolen from a cash drawer. The businesses share a common interior back hallway
3:19 pm. An officer driving through a parking lot in the 900 block of 11th Street recognized the driver of a car pulling into the lot as a 22-year-old Fidalgo Island man who had a felony warrant for his arrest from previous eluding and violation of no contact order charges. The man also had a misdemeanor warrant for domestic violence assault. The man was contacted after he exited his car and placed under arrest. He was booked into the county jail.
11:45 pm. An officer contacted the 22-year-old male driver of a car that had just pulled to the shoulder of the road in the 1300 block of N Avenue after confirming that the Anacortes man had a warrant for his arrest from a previous DUI arrest. The man’s driver’s license was also suspended. When the officer advised the man that he was under arrest on the warrant, the man attempted to run from the scene. The officer grabbed the man who then aggressively struggled against the officer and used his foot to smash the officer’s flashlight. The officer told the man to stop resisting or he would use his taser. The man then shouted an expletive, broke free, and ran away. A canine unit from the Mount Vernon Police Department arrived to assist in searching for the man and he was located a short time later on top of a fence in the 1100 block of 11th Street. He was placed under arrest and booked into jail on the warrant and new charges of resisting arrest, driving with a suspended license, and driving without an ignition interlock device.
Monday, Sept. 9
11:38 am. A witness reported a man trying to get into two vehicles parked near 17th Street and O Avenue. The man was described as a white male wearing a blue sweatshirt, camouflage shorts, a camouflage hat, and carrying a backpack or rucksack. One of the cars was a convertible with the top down and the owner discovered that she was missing approximately $7.00 from the center console. The man walked away before police arrived and officers were unable to locate anyone matching that description.
12:34 pm. An unknown women’s mountain bike valued at $75 and a Motobecane brand women’s mountain bike valued at $400 were stolen out of a storage shed at a home in the 1600 block of 7th Street. The thefts occurred over the past two months and the shed had been unsecured.
2:09 pm. A brown colored 1958 homemade utility trailer filled with gravel was stolen from where it had been left on the shoulder of the road in the 8300 block of S. Marches Point Road. Police checked and the trailer had not been impounded. The trailer was reportedly valued at $2,000.
5:40 pm. Two pressure washers with a total value of $500 were stolen from outside of a garage at a home in the 2000 block of 11th Street sometime in the previous week.
10:58 pm. An officer stopped a pickup on Commercial Avenue for driving at night without its headlights being turned on. The driver seemed somewhat confused when informed his headlights weren’t on and the officer noticed the driver smelled of intoxicants and had droopy bloodshot eyes. The driver, a 63-year-old Fidalgo Island man, kept trying to hand the officer an expired vehicle registration when the officer asked for his proof of insurance. The driver also said that he was heading home from fishing all day and offered to show the officer the fish he had caught. The man stumbled getting out of his pickup and performed poorly on field sobriety tests. The man told the officer that he “wasn’t that drunk.” He was placed under arrest for drunk driving and later provided breath samples that were approximately one and a half times the legal limit. He was cited for DUI and released to a sober friend.
Tuesday, Sept. 10
10:30 am. A woman reported that her son’s Specialized Rock Hard Bicycle was taken overnight from an unlocked basement in the 1200 block of 4th St. The basement room is often used by transients. She explained her adult son is fishing in Alaska and she left the bike at the home. The bike is valued at $150.00.
Wednesday, Sept. 11
1:59 am. A Kirkland man filed a stolen vehicle report with police after a woman he had loaned a car to failed to return the vehicle and failed to return his messages. According to the report the 32-year-old woman asked to borrow the car for a couple days but had it for several weeks. Officers were able to contact the woman and facilitate the return of the car.
1:40 pm. A 31-year-old Mount Vernon woman was arrested for DUI after the red 1998 Honda Civic she was driving struck a planter box in the median of “R”Ave. north of 17th St. According to witnesses it appeared as if the vehicle was going to turn westbound at the intersection but kept traveling north, striking the planter box with the right front quarter panel of the vehicle. Officers noted the woman appeared lethargic and she told them she was taking a medication that could cause drowsiness. A Drug Recognition Expert from WSP arrived on the scene and the woman was taken to the hospital for additional drug testing.
10:00 pm. A fast food restaurant in the 1300 block of Commercial Ave. reported that they had taken in a counterfeit $10.00 bill sometime during the afternoon. They were unable to provide any further information on who might have passed the bill. The bill was printed on a different paper stock and did not have a magnetic strip in it.
Thursday, Sept. 12
5:17 am. A 24-year-old man was arrested in the parking lot of a grocery store in the 900 block of 11th St. after an alert officer recognized the man and knew that he had two outstanding misdemeanor warrants for his arrest. After contacting the man it was discovered he was in possession of over 20 grams of heroin, a small amount of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. The man was not booked into jail because of overcrowding but was given new dates to appear in court for the warrants and will be charged at a later date with felony possession of drugs.
9:52 am. The APD Community Service Officer noticed a man acting very suspicious in the 1000 block of “B” Ave. After seeing the APD vehicle the man, who was dressed in dark clothing, ran and hid in the driveway of a residence. Thinking the man might be involved in a daytime burglary, the CSO summoned a police officer to the scene. The officer located the 31-year-old man on the beach below a private residence. When asked about his behavior the man told the officer that he had just had an argument with his girlfriend and she had dropped him off at the beach so he could think. The officer pointed out that he used a well posted private driveway to access the beach. The man was released, however a short time later his girlfriend was located returning to the area in a vehicle. She had two outstanding misdemeanor warrants as well as drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. She was released as the jail was too crowded to accept her on the warrants.
3:36 pm. A resident in the 1700 block of 32nd St reported that two packages delivered by UPS were taken from his front porch sometime between 3:30 and 4PM. The items in the two packages were valued at $50.00 total.
5:22 pm. A 36-year-old woman will be charged with theft after she was caught on surveillance video shoplifting from a clothing store in the 700 block of Commercial Ave. The woman took some canvas purses and exited through the back door of the business while the clerk was distracted. An officer who viewed the video was familiar with the woman from previous contacts.
11:20 pm. Police were summoned to a fast food restaurant in the 1300 block of Commercial Ave. after a man reportedly urinated on the building. On their arrival they located the man driving a pick up truck through the drive thru. Officers asked the man to step from his car so they could speak with him. The man showed obvious signs of intoxication, urinated again in the parking lot, and reportedly told officer’s he would not submit to any tests to determine intoxication. The 19-year-old Anacortes man was arrested and taken to the station where he did submit to a blood alcohol test. He was cited and released to a sober adult