Officers investigated a possible threats complaint at Anacortes High School. A student turned over a paper to officials that he claimed a classmate had completed. The paper had a complex grid system with other students’ names on it, various locations, and other writing that could be construed as threatening. There were no direct threats made toward any students. School staff and officers interviewed the 16-year-old male student who acknowledged preparing the list but denied he had any intentions of hurting his classmates. The student received an emergency expulsion.
The boy and his parents were extensively interviewed at the Police Department. After further investigating officers concluded that the incident did not rise to the level of criminal harassment, as there was no credible threat made toward any students. The Anacortes School District notified parents of the incident and will be working with the student and his family to ensure no further incidents will occur.
Here are some of the other cases Anacortes Police worked on this week.
Friday, Sept. 13
2:01 pm. Police are investigating the alleged theft of $400 worth of marijuana, approximately $125 in cash, and a glass water style smoking pipe from a home in the 800 block of 21st Street. The victim suspected three juvenile boys, all age 12-13, who had been visiting the victim’s son during the timeframe of the theft and officers are working on speaking with the boys.
2:21 pm. An alert Anacortes antiques dealer recognized a classic scam when someone sent the business a check for $1,950 for a chair that they had advertised for sale for $700 on Craigslist. The antique dealer was supposed to send the additional money to an address in Texas although the check came in a pre-paid envelope from Ohio. The information was passed on to federal investigators.
5:21 pm. A maintenance worker at an apartment complex in the 2100 block of Commercial Avenue returned to his van and found that the driver’s side rear window had been broken out. It did not appear that anything had been stolen from the vehicle. The damage was estimated at $300.
8:00 pm. An unknown male tried to pass a counterfeit $20.00 bill at a restaurant in the 1300 block of Commercial Avenue. An employee noticed that the bill was obviously phony due to its smaller size and the back of the bill being upside down. The suspect left on foot and police were unable to locate him. He was described as a white male in his 40’s to 50’s with shaggy hair wearing gray shorts, a gray jacket, and work boots.
10:39 pm. A Fidalgo Island woman reported that her purse and jacket had been stolen from a booth at a bar in the 300 block of Commercial Avenue while she had been on the dance floor. The purse contained the victim’s identification, keys, and her cell phone.
11:17 pm. Officers were advised of a possible drunk driver who was “all over the road” heading into town from the ferry terminal. An officer located the vehicle running in the middle of a grocery store parking lot in the 900 block of 11th Street with the driver holding his cell phone. The driver did not notice the officer standing next to his window for several moments until the officer shined his flashlight on the driver’s face. When asked where he was coming from, the man mentioned an Anacortes motel. When asked where he was going, the man mentioned the same motel. The man had difficulty locating his wallet and he was slow to react to questions. He was identified as a 57-year-old Quincy resident. The man had an open cup of alcohol in his vehicle and a partially full bottle of vodka. After failing field sobriety tests, he was placed under arrest for being in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence. The man refused to take the breath test after admitting that he had made a mistake by driving. He was cited and released.
Saturday, Sept. 14
1:48 am. A 52-year-old Anacortes area transient was arrested for having a felony warrant after an officer contacted her walking in the 1800 block of Commercial Avenue. The warrant stemmed from previous charges of burglary and possession of a controlled substance. She was booked into the county jail.
2:20 pm. A 39-year-old Mount Vernon man was charged with misdemeanor assault after he allegedly fought with and bit a man who had been painting a building in the 900 block of 25th Street. The suspect had reportedly driven by the painter’s location and yelled at him to get a business license. The suspect then reportedly came back and started taking photographs of the painter and his workers. A pushing match ensued and the two men started grappling with each other. The suspect then bit the painter’s arm causing visible teeth marks and bleeding. The painter had his wound treated at the emergency room and the suspect was cited and released.
2:37 pm. An Oak Harbor resident reported his 5-horsepower outboard boat motor and a 3-gallon gas can had been stolen from the beach at a Skyline area marina. A man walking his dog later found the motor and gas tank in about two feet of water off the beach on Cabana Lane. The stolen items were returned to the victim.
Sunday, Sept. 15
12:44 am. Police responded to the report of a “fight” at a bar in the 300 block of Commercial Avenue and learned that an intoxicated 30-year-old Anacortes man had struggled against the bouncers when they removed him from the bar after he became angry about being cut off. Officers arrived and saw the man was bleeding from his face and following a woman outside of the bar while yelling at her. The woman was shouting at the man to leave her alone. An officer pulled the man away from the woman after the man ignored verbal commands and the man then began to push and struggle with the officer. The man was told he was going to be tased if he didn’t stop fighting. The officer then used a taser on the man after the man again pushed the officer and attempted to flee. The man was treated at the emergency room for his initial facial injuries and later charged with disorderly conduct after several witnesses reported that the man had “been trying to fight with everyone around him.”
1:58 pm. An 83-year-old Anacortes woman was fortunately uninjured after her car left the roadway and drove through a yard and crashed through a fence and some landscaping at a home in the 1500 block of 29th Street. The car continued on and struck a residence in the 1400 block of 29th Street. Witnesses reported that the vehicle did not appear to slow down prior to leaving the road and colliding with the property. The woman faces a possible driver’s license re-examination.
Monday, Sept. 16
2:34 am. A 55-year-old Anacortes area transient male and his 53-year-old wife were both issued criminal citations charging them with criminal trespass after they were found camping in the community forest lands near Heart Lake. The couple had been warned numerous times in the past about illegally camping on Anacortes parks and forest land property.
10:45 am. An attempted burglary occurred at a City Parks Department storage shed near the baseball fields at Volunteer Park over the past weekend. A Parks employee discovered that someone attempted to pry open the “man door” of the shed, but fortunately entry was not gained. The door was damaged though and the repair costs were estimated at $1,000.
12:30 pm. A 48-year-old Coupeville man was arrested on an Island County felony warrant for possession with intent to manufacture and deliver methamphetamine An APD Officer and Skagit County Sheriffs Deputy arrested him at a hotel in the 3000 block of Commercial Ave. They located the man who matched the description on the warrant, as he was exiting his hotel room. The man denied he was the person they were looking for and provided false identification to prove his identity. Because the physical descriptors including tattoo information given on the warrant matched the man, he was taken into custody and taken to the police department for fingerprinting. His fingerprints matched the person on the warrant and when confronted with this information the man stopped contesting his identity. Officers received information that drugs, numerous cell phones, and computers were in his hotel room. A search warrant was served on the room and two ounces of suspected methamphetamine valued at over $3,000 was seized as well as other items police suspect link the man to criminal activity. Officer also seized the man’s vehicle and recovered further evidence of possible criminal activity in the car. The investigation is continuing.
1:35 pm. Three bags containing a large cargo net and ratcheting tie downs were stolen out of a utility trailer parked at a home in the 1600 block of O Avenue. The loss was estimated at $300.
Tuesday, Sept. 17
5:50 am. A 33-year-old Roche Harbor man was taken for a mental health evaluation and charged with misdemeanor theft after he allegedly was walking in the roadway and struck a passing vehicle with a fire extinguisher he was carrying in the 1700 block of Commercial Avenue. An officer located the man at a coffee business in the 1700 block of Commercial Avenue where patrons also reported the man had been acting strange. The man said that the fire extinguisher was a “prop” for a “confidential” movie he was making and that he “lived on TV.” The man also said that he made “ten-billion” dollars from a complaint he had made about sound waves coming through the water. It was later learned that the fire extinguisher had been stolen from a dock at a marina in the 1200 block of Q Avenue.
7:00 am. A black-and-gray colored Specialized mountain bike was stolen off of a tent trailer parked at a home in the 1200 block of 32nd Street. The bike was reportedly valued at “several hundred dollars.”
7:11 pm. Police contacted a 39-year-old Seattle man after receiving the report of a man possibly living in a vehicle parked at the corner of 9th Street and Q Avenue. The man was standing outside of the pickup and said that he had just planned on leaving his bags in the back of the truck so he didn’t have to carry them around. It was then learned that the man had a felony warrant for his arrest out of Jefferson County for assault in the second degree. The man was arrested and booked into the county jail.
Wednesday, Sept. 18
12:38 am. A resident of the 2000 block of K Avenue reported that his pickup had been prowled sometime during the previous month and an Android tablet, a digital camera, a power inverter, a multi-media adapter plug, and the victim’s checkbook had been stolen. The victim told police that he decided not to report the incident until he later learned that one of the stolen checks had been forged and cashed in the amount of $500. Police obtained a copy of the forged check and the investigation is ongoing.
3:52 pm. A 72-inch television valued at $800 was stolen from a detached garage that had been converted into a bedroom at a home in the 2000 block of K Avenue. Police later spoke with an 18-year-old man who had been at the home earlier in the day who had mentioned as a possible suspect, but he denied any involvement in the theft.
Thursday, Sept. 19
8:10 am. A doe deer figurine valued at $200 was stolen from the garden of a home in the 1400 block of 11th Street. A figurine of a buck deer that was also in the garden was damaged when its horn was broken off during an attempted theft the week prior. The victim reported that the buck was too heavy to be easily moved.
12:25 pm. A 12-year-old boy was referred to juvenile court on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana after he was caught by school officials with a baggie of marijuana and a makeshift pipe in his backpack at an elementary school in the 2500 block of J Avenue. The boy exhibited the effects of being under the influence of the drug and he admitted to smoking marijuana before he came to school. The boy told an officer that he would only stop smoking marijuana when he got “older” which he described as being “seventy.”
3:52 pm. Officers went to a home in the 1500 block of 7th Street to look for a woman who had a warrant for her arrest. The woman was not at the house, but police did contact a 35-year-old man in a downstairs bedroom who had a warrant for his arrest for disorderly conduct that had a two day jail commit. A domestic violence no-contact order was also if effect that prohibited the man from having contact with a different woman who was at the home. The man was arrested and booked into jail on the warrant and a new charge of violating the no-contact order.
3:53 pm. An Anacortes woman reported that an unknown man had driven his car slowly next to her as she walked in front of a grocery store in the 900 block of 11th Street. The man’s pants were reported to be down and he was exposing his erect penis. The woman then walked into the store and when she turned to get a better vehicle description, the car was gone. The flasher was described as a white male in the 20’s driving an older black Honda Accord type vehicle.
9:43 pm. A 52-year-old Eastsound man was charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly threw a can of beer at the owner of a tavern in the 1900 block of Commercial Avenue. The man had come into the bar earlier but had been denied service due to his level of intoxication. The man reportedly became belligerent, but left. He walked back into the bar a short time later and threw a partially full can of beer at the owner and a bartender. The beer missed both men striking the back wall. Police found the man a couple of blocks from the bar and he was carrying a bag containing a six-pack of beer minus the one he had thrown. The man told police he was “sorry” about throwing the can. He was issued a criminal citation and transported to his motel room.
Friday, Sept. 20
12:11 am. Police responded to a home in the 2400 block of D Avenue after a man reported his 37-year-old girlfriend was “freaking out” and throwing items around the house. When officers arrived, they could hear the sound of breaking glass and when the woman came to the door she appeared to be intoxicated. The man told police that the woman had become angry and accused him of being a bad parent and that he was unable to calm her. The woman allegedly grabbed the man by his shirt collar and shook him back and forth. She also allegedly grabbed the man’s necklace and broke it from around his neck. The man had visible redness around his neck. The woman also smashed a vase and a plate inside of the home. Two children in the home also told police that “mom drank too much and got mad.” The woman said that she had been drinking and smoking marijuana, but that it hadn’t had an effect on her behavior. She was placed under arrest and booked into jail on charges of domestic violence assault and malicious mischief.
2:29 am. An officer contacted a 37-year-old man riding a bike in the 1900 block of Commercial Avenue to educate him about having the need for lights on his bike while riding at night. It was then learned that the man had a warrant for his arrest for failure to pay child support. The man was taken into custody. During a search of the man, an officer located two small baggies containing suspected methamphetamine and a “meth” smoking pipe. The man said that he used meth to “control his ADHD” as prescription medication was “too expensive.” The jail would not accept the man for booking on the warrant and he was released. He faces new charges of possession of a controlled substance.
7:55 am. A resident of the 3500 block of W. 4th Street reported that an unknown subject was in his fully fenced backyard sleeping against the side of his house. An officer arrived and had to shout at the subject to wake him. The officer recognized the man as an 18-year-old Anacortes area transient who told the officer he was “just sleeping.” The man was placed under arrest for trespassing and a small amount of marijuana was located when he was searched. More marijuana was found in the man’s backpack. The man was taken to the police station and cited for criminal trespass and illegal possession of marijuana and then released.