An officer was dispatched to a weapon offense at a business in the 1100 block of 12th Street on Wednesday, Dec. 21. The reporting party advised that someone had shot out their window overnight. The officer arrived, and she showed him the window, which was completely shattered but intact, held together by safety glass. Security surveillance video showed a van parking at the front entrance of the business, a man exiting the vehicle and peering through the front entrance. The man then gets back into his vehicle and parks in the parking lot. The window then cracks, and there is movement in the driver’s side window. It is unclear if the man fired a weapon, and nobody was inside the store during the incident. The investigation continues.
Anacortes Police also investigated these other cases.
Friday, December 16, 2022
Dispatch was contacted regarding a vehicle prowl that occurred at a residence in the 1400 block of Dakota Avenue. An officer responded and found that the home at the address was under construction, and the reporting party was an employee of the construction company working on the site. A construction trailer had been damaged and broken into. The following day, an APD officer took a 29-year-old Anacortes man into custody for a separate offense and observed tools from the construction company in this case inside the man’s truck. The officer asked about the tools from the jobsite, and he said, “I stole a couple things, and I’m sorry.” The vehicle was impounded by the Mount Vernon Police Department, and the man was transported to the Skagit County jail.
A 43-year-old Anacortes woman reported that two packages had been taken from her porch. She was able to provide video of a woman walking to the front of her residence, bending over for several seconds and then leaving with two packages in her hand. The responding officer distributed images from the video for possible identification.
Saturday, December 17, 2022
A 44-year-old Anacortes man reported a male subject walking in the roadway and yelling at cars in the area of Commercial Avenue and 23rd Street. An officer located a subject matching the man’s description at 24th and Q, but he denied being in the roadway. He was cautioned to be careful around traffic anyhow. He declined to identify himself and seemed amused that APD was contacting him.
Sunday, December 18, 2022
APD units were dispatched to a court order violation call at Island Health. The reporting party reported that a 32-year-old Oak Harbor man was visiting a patient at the hospital and that the man was the respondent in a no-contact order in which the woman was the protected person. Officers contacted the man, who said he knew he wasn’t supposed to be with the woman. Officers placed the man under arrest for the violation and eventually transported him to the Skagit County jail.
Monday, December 19, 2022
A 47-year-old Swinomish woman reported that she believed that her car had been taken sometime over the past two nights. She realized after calling dispatch that she had parked it at a friend’s residence.
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
A semi-truck was partially in the median near Highway 20 and Reservation Road. The driver of the semi advised that a tow truck was en route. Officers set out flares and instructed the driver to call back when the tow truck arrived so they could help with traffic control.
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
A black lab was reported missing for about 30 minutes, and it was later confirmed that the dog returned home on its own.
An officer was dispatched to a cold gas theft in the 4200 block of Yorkshire Drive. The reporting party told the responding officer that sometime overnight, someone siphoned fuel from his truck and that the located the gas door open with the gas cap removed. He believed about five gallons of fuel may have been taken.
Thursday, December 22, 2022
An officer was dispatched to a cold vehicle prowl in the 900 block of 26th Street. The reporting party reported that several vehicles there had fuel siphoned out of them while in the parking lot. An employee at the business located at the address advised that there was no security footage of the incident. He said the subject opened the gas doors and forced the locking gas caps off before siphoning from each of them. The officer documented the thefts.