An officer responded to a rollover one-car crash Monday afternoon, Feb. 24, on Marine Dr. just outside the city limits. The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle was still belted in the driver’s seat and was unresponsive. The 38-year-old woman was being strangled by the positioning of her neck in relation to the shoulder belt. Officer Alves broke out the window and cut the belt. Paramedics arrived, revived the woman and transported her to Island Hospital. Firefighters credited Officer Alves’ quick response in saving the woman’s life.
Here are some of the other cases Anacortes Police worked on this week.
Friday Feb. 21
2:13 pm. Officers were called to a home in the 4600 block of Anaco Beach Rd. to a report of a domestic. A 56-year-old man told officers that his 24-year-old wife had bit him during an argument. The woman admitted to the bite and she was arrested and taken to jail. A few days later, on Feb. 25 at 1231 an officer stopped the couple on 41st for speeding through a school zone. A no contact order was in effect and the woman was arrested for violating the order.
Saturday, Feb. 22
1:50 am. Police were summoned to the area of Longview Ave. and “Q” Ave. after a resident complained of loud skateboarders in the area. Two boys were contacted and one appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested for Minor Consuming Alcohol and released to an adult relative.
Sunday, Feb. 23
12:48 am. A 22-year-old Anacortes woman was arrested for DUI after the vehicle she was driving turned in front of an officer who was traveling NB on “O”Ave from the downtown area. The woman than made a quick right hand turn on 7th St. and was exiting the vehicle when contacted by the officer. The woman showed obvious signs of intoxication. She was taken to the Police Department for a blood alcohol test and then released to a sober adult.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
11:49 am. A resident in the 1300 block of 14th St. reported the theft of a package from her front porch. The woman told officers that she had ordered a shirt and discovered that it had been delivered on Feb. 19 but she had not received it. She reported that the box the shirt had been delivered in was found on the Whitney School grounds and the sweater was found in some bushes but had been damaged from the weather. The mail order company agreed to replace the shirt.
Thursday, Feb. 27
5:08 am. A resident in the 1200 “I” Ave. reported to police that she returned home and saw that her estranged husband and his new girlfriend were inside her residence. She told officers that there was a valid no contact order between her and her husband and he did not have permission to be there. Officers entered the residence and contacted the 32-year-old man and his 24-year-old girlfriend. During the course of the investigation officers learned the man was also prohibited from being with his new girlfriend as the result of a court order issued between a domestic violence event between the two of them. The man was arrested and booked into the jail for residential burglary and 2 counts of violation of a no contact order.
3:54 pm. An elderly woman reported her vehicle had been prowled while she was visiting a friend in the 1500 block of 39th St. She told officers that she was visiting from 10AM to 1PM and had left her car parked unlocked on the street. Later she discovered a box containing 20 silver dollars valued at about $400.00 was missing from the glove box of the car.