Coulee Cops

Grand Coulee Police

9/15 - A Renton woman staying at Sunbanks Resort asked police about getting a no-contact order against the daughter of her ex-husband who resides in California. She reported that she has been receiving unwanted and profane telephone messages from the California woman. The officer explained how she might get a no contact order from the court.

- A Grand Coulee man was arrested and taken to Grant County Jail after allegedly violating an anti-harassment court order. The man contacted a Safeway employee who got the anti-harassment order against him, and the two had a confrontation at the store.

9/16 - Police checked on a report that a man was running up and down Burdin Boulevard yelling. The officer found a man who had abrasions and lacerations on his hands and knees and said he had had a bicycle accident. A friend arrived and said he would look after the man.

- A Nespelem man was taken to Grant County Jail after an incident at Coulee Medical Center. The man allegedly had forcibly taken a cell phone from his mother and subsequently resisted arrest. He had been under mental health care prior to the incident. Charges of first-degree robbery, fourth-degree assault, resisting arrest and obstructing a law enforcement officer are being recommended to the prosecutor’s office.

9/17 - A report of a 3-year-old child missing turned out OK. The Banks Avenue child was found in the family car awaiting transportation of siblings to school.

- A 20-year-old Keller man, who police stated was intoxicated, kept stopping traffic by getting out in the middle of the road near Pole Park. When police confronted him, the man laughed and ran away. He jumped the fence and crashed down over the hill. He eventually came back up, without one shoe, and bent the officer’s thumb back while he was putting handcuffs on him. The officer recommended the following charges: third-degree assault, third-degree escape, resisting arrest, obstructing a public servant, disorderly conduct and minor in possession/consumption of alcohol. He got a free ride to Grant County Jail.

9/18 - Police checked on a vehicle parked inside the fenced area at the Third Powerhouse and found that it belonged to a Wilbur man who was making a delivery.

- A Bureau of Reclamation employee driving a government vehicle damaged her own vehicle when a gust of wind caught her door when she was getting out. The damage to her own vehicle was estimated at $500.

- A Young Street resident told police that she saw a man watching her while she was cutting vegetables and she was uncomfortable. She told police that the man sometimes walked her dog and said he was there to walk the dog while her boyfriend was in jail. Police advised the woman to get a no-contact order and then told the man to stay away from the woman’s property.

- A woman told police that her 5-year-old son had been dropped off at the wrong bus stop and she didn’t know where he was. While with the officer she received a text message that the boy had been found.

9/19 - An Electric City man driving on Sunny Drive was stopped after an officer observed him going 40 mph in a 25 mph zone and debris flying out of the bed of his truck. The driver said he didn’t have a license and no insurance. He was warned on the speeding, but ticketed for the license, insurance and debris violations.

- A man covered in blood, asked by an officer how he got the wounds, said, “I got slapped by a fish.” The man, 20, who gave his address as Toppenish, had a 4-inch cut and refused to tell the officer how he got it. He was seen walking down Spokane Boulevard carrying a gas can. A local man joined the two and said that the gas can had been stolen from his residence. The man with the gas can is being charged with third-degree theft and as a minor intoxicated in public. He was taken to a residence on Burdin Boulevard where a relative lived.

- A man with a Seattle address was seen leaving a vacant residence on E. Grand Coulee Avenue and driving away. The man was stopped and told police that he was there talking with the new owner about doing some work there. Dispatch advised the officer that the driver had a suspended license. The officer is asking the prosecutor to issue charges.

- Plant Protection advised police of a man acting strangely at Riley Point. Police found an Electric City man yelling at drivers. He was cited for disorderly conduct.

9/20 - Dispatch informed police of a report of a man on the ground near the Eagles Lodge. Officers looked for the man, but he apparently had left.

- Police heard people yelling in the area above the police station and found three people on Second Avenue arguing. One said he and his girl friend had been drinking and while enroute home they got into an argument. They sought a sober driver to park the car and they went home.

- Police stopped a vehicle that had had its blinkers on for about 1.5 miles. The driver stated he didn’t have a valid license and that he had put his boat trailer plate on his vehicle. He was cited for having no insurance, no valid license, no registration and illegal plates. A passenger with a valid license took charge of the vehicle.

- A woman on Burdin Boulevard reported that a man had been pounding on her door seeking her brother. She told police that she didn’t want the man on her property. Police found the man and told him he was banned from the residence.

- Police were told to look out for a driver westbound on SR-174, suspected of being drunk as his vehicle moved all over the road. The vehicle was not seen.

A woman on Burdin Boulevard complained that a neighbor had blown leaves out into the street. The officer explained that he knew of no ordinance about that. He talked with the woman who volunteered to collect the leaves.

- A Douglas County sheriff’s deputy arrested a woman on a warrant, and a later charge of slashing a tire was added to her woes. The deputy took her to the county jail.

A Cutbank, Montana man, whose car was blocking an access gate behind Coulee Dam Town Hall, told officers that he was there to attend a wedding. He moved the vehicle.