Passersby on the dock as Seafarers Park Thursday morning (Mar. 6) discovered a man in a partially submerged dingy boat that was tied to the dock. They took steps to revive the man until aid arrived at the scene. The 50-year-old Anacortes man was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for hypothermia. Officers are unsure how the man ended up in the boat. He is not well enough to be interviewed yet.
Here are some of the other cases Anacortes Police worked on this week.
Friday, Feb. 28
10:00 am. An elderly woman reported a fraud case to officers on Friday morning. She had received a letter in the mail from Canada that she had won $100,000. There was also a check for $2,450 from Sun Coast Schools Credit Union in the envelope and instructions for the woman to cash the check immediately and send the money back to pay taxes and fees. The woman’s bank advised her it was probably fraudulent activity. Officers confirmed that Sun Coast Schools Credit Union is in Florida, not Canada and that the check was a fraud.
11:52 am. Officers were summoned to lockers at the Cap Sante Marina. Staff at the marina found several large bags of trash in the metal recycling bin. Mail in the trash indicated that it had come from the home of a couple in the 1300 block of Erie Ave. Officers contacted the couple who claimed that they had cleaned house and had given the trash to a friend who was going to dispose of it in the regular trash as the net lockers as the friend rents a locker there.
Saturday, March 1
2:02 am. An officer who was parked in a turnout on Oakes Ave near Erie Ave. observed a car coming westbound slowly toward his vehicle. He saw that the car was well over the fog line and would strike his car if it did not correct back into the lane of travel. The vehicle did correct and then turned onto Florida and W. 2nd St. The officer stopped the car and noted that the windows were down and he could smell intoxicants prior to reaching the car. The driver of the vehicle was a 30-year-old Anacortes woman who showed signs of intoxication. She was asked to perform field sobriety tests, which she failed. The officer noted that she smelled strongly of intoxicants. She was arrested, taken to the Police Department for a blood alcohol test, was cited and released to a sober adult.
8:47 am. An officer on routine patrol in the area of 32nd and “H” Ave. observed a pick up being driven by a 44-year-old man he knew from previous traffic incidents to have a suspended license. He confirmed the man’s license was still suspended and stopped the truck in the 1100 block of 32nd. As he spoke with the man, the officer observed obvious signs of intoxication. When asked if he had been drinking, the man reportedly replied that he was not drinking this morning but had been drinking last night. He then failed field sobriety tests and was arrested and taken to the Police Department and then Island Hospital for a blood draw. He was cited and released to a sober adult.
7:45 pm. A resident in the 1700 block of “D” Ave. reported that while they were gone during the day, the man door to their garage was forced open and someone had entered their home. The only thing missing was some credit and bank cards. There are no suspects and the victim did not want the officer to enter their home and check for physical evidence.
Sunday, March 2
11:45 am. A resident in the 1100 block of 15th St reported that their unlocked house was entered by a person known to family members. Inside the home, the suspect took cash and pills from a bedroom. The case is under investigation.
Monday, March 3
5:23 pm. Two men attempted to stole a radio from Walgreens and fled in a small green SUV. However the suspects had to wait for a red light at the intersection of 17th and “Q” Ave. The store manager confronted the thieves at the intersection and they reluctantly returned the stolen radio to him. Police are waiting for surveillance video to help identify the two men.
8:30 pm. A resident in the 1100 block of 5th St. returned home to discover that the two resin Adirondack chairs from their porch were missing and a rocking chair had been placed on the porch. The resident said this also happened to a neighbor. The resident was not sure if this a prank or a theft.
Tuesday, March 4
4:50 pm. An officer stopped a car on SR 20 near Reservation Rd. for a minor traffic offense. While running a routine check on the driver’s license the officer discovered that the 26-year-old Anacortes man had a valid no contact order with a 23-year-old woman. As there was a young woman in the car, the officer asked her for identification. The young woman and the driver both gave the driver a name that was different than the person in the court order. As the woman had no identification on her person the officer checked the name she gave him and discovered she was not that person but was the person in the court order. The woman admitted she had lied about her name because she knew the man was violating the court order. She was cited and released for providing a false statement to a law enforcement officer. The man was booked into jail for violating the court order.
Wednesday, March 5
12:58 am. A woman in the 2100 block of 32nd St. reported that she had been the victim of a domestic assault and that her husband had just left their home driving and he was intoxicated. She told officers that her husband had shoved and pushed her. An officer en route to the call saw the man driving the car on “D” Ave. and observed the vehicle swerve into the oncoming lane as it turned east onto 13th St. The car stopped in a parking lot and the officer contacted the driver who displayed obvious signs of impairment. The 50-year-old man refused to perform field sobriety tests and was transported to the Police Department for a blood alcohol test. His vehicle was impounded and he was booked into the jail on charges of Assault 4th domestic violence and DUI.
2:35 am. Police were called to a report of a recklessly driven vehicle that was spinning its tires and turning tight circles in the area of the 6000 block of Parkside Dr. The officers located the car parked outside an apartment where a party appeared to be occurring. Officers noted empty liquor containers and plastic beer cups strewn about. They contacted six individuals, including the young man renting the apartment. All six were under 21 years of age but over 18. All were cited with minor in possession/consumption of alcohol and the man who hosted the party was cited for furnishing alcohol to minors.
8:24 am. A resident in the 1300 block of Broadview Ave. called to complain that a woman had walked by their residence with a large dog which had defecated in their yard. The caller explained that the woman bagged the feces, but then left it next to the resident's car. He did not believe this was a random act; his wife had had a falling out with woman and he believed that she left the bag there intentionally. Officers contacted the woman, who told them that she had in fact left the bag there because of her dislike for the woman who lived in the house. She told officers her actions were inappropriate, she was remorseful and it would not happen again.
Friday, March 7
2:19 am. An officer on routine patrol contacted a 19=year-old Whatcom County man at the Cap Sante Lookout. The man was smoking marijuana. He also had in his possession four marijuana smoking pipes and 2 water bongs. As the man was under 21, he was cited for illegal possession of marijuana and his pipes and bongs were confiscated for destruction.