A 34-year-old Anacortes man called on Friday, June 17, to report that a 20-year-old Anacortes man had his vehicle stolen in the 2000 block of Skyline Way. It was initially reported that a man had been robbed at gunpoint and had his vehicle stolen from him. It was then reported that the male suspect had been gesturing and reaching for his waistband, though a firearm was not seen. The vehicle was later relocated by an APD detective, and an officer tried to initiate a traffic stop on it as it was approaching the Highway 20 Spur. The suspect failed to yield to the officer and drove recklessly, causing multiple collisions before travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes of the Highway 20 Spur. The pursuit was discontinued, and the suspect turned southbound onto Reservation Road. The extensively damaged stolen vehicle was followed from a distance by Swinomish Tribal Police Department officers. The suspect was subsequently contacted by APD and STPD officers in the 15900 block of Indian Road in the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and taken into custody. The suspect was found to be in possession of a knife, and there was a second empty knife sheathe in his waistband. The suspect was subsequently booked into the Skagit County jail on an investigative hold for multiple charges including first-degree robbery, theft of a motor vehicle, and hit and run. The stolen vehicle was recovered, and the investigation is ongoing.
Anacortes Police also investigated these other cases.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Dispatch was contacted by an 84-year-old Anacortes man who said he believed someone had accessed his garage via door code and stole his vehicle. Due to the odd circumstances of the incident, the responding officer requested the man contact his wife via phone. During the call, the man was reminded that he left his vehicle in town. The officer transported him to the vehicle, and he advised that no additional assistance was needed.
Dispatch advised that a 45-year-old man out of Lacombe, Alberta, had called regarding his vehicle, which had been reported stolen in Alberta. The man said it was currently tracking to the state ferry terminal in Anacortes. He advised that the suspect was a 34-year-old Friday Harbor woman. He said the woman was his roommate and that he had given her permission to use the vehicle, but she had not returned the car for over a week. They had been in contact via phone, and she told him that she was not bringing the car back. Officers and dispatch could not initially confirm that the vehicle had been reported stolen, but an officer contacted the woman and learned from dispatch of an outstanding felony warrant out of Jefferson County for custodial interference. Dispatch advised that the Skagit County jail would accept her for booking. She was placed under arrest and booked into jail.
A City of Anacortes employee requested contact regarding a damaged beaver dam in the area of Cranberry Lake Park. The employee advised that a specific beaver dam had been vandalized four or five separate times over the previous couple of weeks. He said someone had completely removed it from the water on several occasions. The man said he had recently placed a wildlife camera in the area and had captured a man on camera at the dam June 15. The photo was distributed to attempt to identify the man.
Friday, June 17, 2022
The reporting party, a 54-year-old Anacortes woman, reported that her 48-year-old roommate was drunk and running around naked. Officers responded and found the man passed out on the ground wearing shorts. He could not talk due to his high level of intoxication. Medics subsequently transported him to Island Health.
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Officers were dispatched to a storage facility in the 8800 block of Stevenson Road for a burglary complaint. The manager reported that there was a break-in sometime overnight and that the fence and recording equipment had been damaged. There was evidence of multiple vehicle prowls and damage to multiple vehicles. The manager was still in the process of determining the extent of the missing items and damage. The investigation continues.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
An officer was dispatched to a malicious mischief complaint in the 1100 block of 12th Street. A 50-year-old Anacortes woman reported a male spray-painting the side of a building and said he had since left northbound on O Avenue. The officer arrived and could not find the matching vehicle but did find the word “TASK” spray-painted on the west side, outlined in white and filled in with red. The same word was spray-painted smaller above the larger one. The same word was spray-painted on a nearby city dumpster as well. The officer contacted the reporting party, who provided photos that a witness had provided her. The photos have been distributed for identification of the suspect.
Monday, June 20, 2022
A 49-year-old Anacortes woman reported receiving a third-party report of a man in the play area of a school she is the director of. The responding officer checked the area and could not find the suspect. She said one of the classes at the school was preparing to go outside and that she was alerted to the fact that a man had been seen looking into one of the storage sheds in the back fenced area of the schoolyard. When he was confronted, she said he jumped the fence and left. The officer later received a still image of the suspect and distributed it for identification.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
A 63-year-old Anacortes woman called to note that there was a large pile of dog feces in her yard and that she doesn’t own a dog. She was asking if an officer could find out whose dog did it. She was told to call if she saw a dog in her yard.
Dispatch received an anonymous complaint regarding a welfare check involving a male laying across the sidewalk in the area of 9th Street and R Avenue. An officer responded and contacted the man, who advised that he was fine and was simply enjoying the heat from the sidewalk on his back.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
The reporting party advised that two kids had locked their bikes up in a tree in Causland Park so they wouldn’t be stolen. An officer responded and told them to lock them up somewhere else.
Dispatch advised that a 43-year-old Anacortes woman had reported her vehicle stolen from her garage. She reported receiving a call from her husband as she drove home and two missed calls from her son earlier asking which car she was driving. She arrived home to find her car missing. Her son reported that he had noticed the garage door open and later heard the car leaving the garage at what sounded like a fast rate of speed. Later, dispatch advised that a Washington State Patrol aircraft was directly above and following the stolen vehicle on Interstate 5 southbound in Tacoma. WSP later found the vehicle abandoned and unoccupied.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Dispatch advised that a 73-year-old woman reported that a truck had pulled up to a house in the 1000 block of 9THStreet. She stated that a man may have been trying to break into the house. Officers responded and found a truck blocking in two other vehicles and noticed a nude male in the bushes to the east of the house door, later identified as a 45-year-old Anacortes man. Another man, later identified as a 36-year-old Anacortes man, exited the home and was actively bleeding from his arm. He yelled at the man in the bushes and called him names. The cut man was transported to Island Health and treated for his injuries. The formerly nude man in the bushes, now covered and out of the bushes, stated that the other man had broken into the bedroom where he was asleep with his girlfriend, the 37-year-old occupant of the residence. His eye was almost swollen shut and he had blood on his face, and he said this was from the man’s attack. His girlfriend then exited the home, covered in blood, but stated the blood was not hers and she was uninjured. The bushes man said the other man broke into the house and began punching him and then trying to choke him until he was almost unconscious. He said he leaned forward to throw the other man over his head, resulting in a broken glass vase that cut the alleged attacker. The man said he then stomped the other man’s head twice before his girlfriend stopped him. The fight continued, and the man ran outside into the bushes; officers arrived shortly after. Both were treated at Island Health for their injuries, and the 36-year-old Anacortes man was booked into Skagit County jail.