Friday, May 13, 2022
Dispatch advised of a theft in progress at an Anacortes grocery store. The store manager advised that a man had taken items from the store but had given the items back when he saw her calling 911. He had then left in a motor home. Officers responded and contacted the manager. She gave her account of what had happened and provided a voided itemized list of all the items recovered from the man’s grocery cart, totaling to about $774. She also provided a blue composition notebook left behind by the man. The notebook contained phone numbers for several people. The officer contacted one, the man’s father, who advised that he doesn’t know where the suspect is. The officer later obtained security footage of the incident. The investigation continues.
Dispatch advised of a theft at an Anacortes grocery store. The store manager advised that a man had been seen taking liquor and leaving in a car. The manager said the theft was witnessed by a customer, who saw him acting strangely before walking out of the store without paying for a bottle of vodka, putting it in his trunk and driving away. The investigation continues.
The reporting party was trying to catch a rabbit, which she thought was domestic. An officer left a message stating that if it was domestic, she should be able to walk up to it, and that it was most likely a feral rabbit.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Dispatch advised of a fire on a docked ferry. The responding officer was advised that the fire had actually been an overheating vehicle.
Dispatch advised of a fraud in progress in the 1300 block of Commercial Avenue. A business employee was reporting that a woman had passed a counterfeit $20 bill and that she was waiting for her order in the parking lot. The bill appeared to be genuine in texture and appearance but was slightly smaller than a real bill. The responding officer contacted the woman, a 30-year-old Oak Harbor woman, who said she had received the bill as change for a fuel purchase.
Sunday, May 15, 2022
An officer was dispatched to the 1800 block of 40th Court for an in-progress vehicle prowl. The reporting party, a 37-year-old Anacortes woman, said she had seen the lights come on and the door shut to her truck parked in her driveway. She said she did not see the suspect in the truck but only heard the door and saw the lights. The responding officer walked to the end of the road looking for other victims and heard a vehicle alarm going off from the area of the 4100 block of Orchard Avenue. A few moments after the alarm shut off, the officer observed a 30-year-old Anacortes man walking east. Dispatch informed the officers on scene that the man had an outstanding warrant for possession of a stolen vehicle and that the jail would accept him. One of the officers who had arrived on scene asked how many cars he had been in, and he said, “Just the two.” He was later transported to the Skagit County jail.
Monday, May 16, 2022
A 57-year-old Anacortes man reported that a vehicle had been doing donuts in a gravel parking lot near a church in the 12000 block of Thompson Road and had broken three windows. An officer responded and spoke with the reporting party, who said he believed it appeared the man was trying to break the windows. The officer reviewed video footage and saw a green truck with two or three occupants inside doing donuts and spraying gravel at the building, breaking the windows. The officer dispersed a photo of the truck to Skagit County law enforcement, and a detective was able to recognize the vehicle and identify the potential suspect. The investigation continues.
An officer was dispatched to a theft complaint in the 3600 block of Portage Lane. A 57-year-old Anacortes woman wanted to report a theft of a sculpture. She advised that a custom-made sculpture had been taken from her mother’s home. She said she will check with her mother’s neighbors about possible surveillance footage.
An 88-year-old Anacortes woman reported that a doe attacked her dog while they were walking in the area. An officer advised her that the doe was most likely protecting her fawns and to avoid the area for a while.
A 29-year-old Anacortes woman advised that their puppy got its head stuck between two wood posts and was requesting APD assistance. The reporting party called back a short time later and advised that the puppy had gotten unstuck and requested to cancel the call.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
A 60-year-old Anacortes woman reported that a moving truck had rolled across the street and into a yard in the 5500 block of Sugarloaf Street. It was determined that a 38-year-old Anacortes man was in the process of moving. The emergency brake had apparently failed, and the unoccupied truck had rolled across the street and collided with landscaping shrubs and a wood fence. The property owner and the renter of the truck had already exchanged information and there was non-reportable damage.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
A 38-year-old Anacortes woman reported that there was a two-year-old at her house. Officers responded and contacted the child, who was in good spirits. Shortly thereafter, the child’s father, a 38-year-old Anacortes man, arrived and advised that his kid had climbed out his window while in his room for a nap and had walked to the reporting party’s house. The father advised that he would fix the window.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
An officer was dispatched to a theft that had just occurred at a store in the 1500 block of Commercial Avenue. The officer was told that a man had possibly stolen something and fled toward R Avenue. The officer arrived and spoke with the manager, who said the suspect was someone he recognized as having come into the store before. He walked to the cell phone accessories section and was asked to leave his backpack out front, and when he exited, the alarm at the door went off, indicating that he had something that he had not paid for.