Coulee Cops

Grand Coulee

10/13 - Two semi trucks had pulled into Station One on top of Grand Coulee Dam and USBR Plant Protection asked officers to come in case they needed to stop traffic. The two trucks were able to turn around and didn’t need assistance from police.

- Plant Protection advised that there had been a theft of rocks from government property. An 82-year-old man said he took a rock because he didn’t know it was wrong. He was told, no more rocks off government property.

- A two-vehicle accident was reported at Burdin Boulevard and Third Street. There were no injuries and the parties exchanged insurance information. The damage was the front of one vehicle and the rear quarter panel of the other.

- A man from Keller was lying in the grass near the Foisy & Kennedy building on Midway Avenue and efforts to wake him up were unsuccessful. A police officer was able to wake the man, who explained he was taking a “power nap.”

10/14 - An officer assisted tribal police, who responded to a trespass call that there were some people near the water tower above the Third Power House. The officers found two small children who were chasing a dog.

- USBR Plant Protection advised that two children on skateboards near the Third Power House were creating a traffic hazard. The two told police that they were on their way home.

10/15 - Plant Protection asked an officer to look into a man walking his dog in a restricted area. The alert was cancelled when it was learned that the man was an employee, who was walking his dog while on a break.

- A woman who was off her medications was knocking on doors at the housing complex on Continental Heights. An officer told the woman not to knock on other people’s doors.

- A woman on Second Street reported that someone had cut her fence in the backyard and taken a dirt bike that didn’t run. She said that she didn’t know the registered owner but when she found out she would have them call the police.

- A woman living on Weil Place asked police to arrest another woman wanted a warrant. Police explained that the Grand County Jail had restrictions and would not take anyone. The woman called twice more and was told the same thing.

10/16 - Plant Protection advised that there were three males on the SR-155 roadway near the Visitor Center and that one nearly got hit. An officer advised two of them to stay out of the roadway.

- A man on East Grand Avenue told police that his daughter’s boyfriend had his car. He told police that they had been at his house while he was away, and that he had received a call from Spokane police that a man tried to cash one of his checks for $715. He was told to change the locks on his home.

- A woman told police that someone had taken about 6-8 gallons of gas from her vehicle. She said that someone had disconnected the filler hose from the body of her vehicle. She said her vehicle started to sputter and she ran out of gas just across the bridge in Coulee Dam.

- Electric City officials reported a fire in the yard of a residence being reconditioned. The party told police that it was a recreational fire. They said they would go get a portable pit to restart the fire in.

- Police had to kill a deer that had been struck by a vehicle at “G” Street and SR-174.

- Police advised an Elmer City man that he could not park at Pole Park after daylight hours. The man complained that there were no signs to that effect.

- The manager of the Hill Avenue apartments told police that when she returned home several screens had been taken off her windows. By the time police arrived a boyfriend had replaced all but one of the screens; that one was damaged.

Coulee Dam

10/5 - Police were told by dispatch that a vehicle had been stolen at the Coulee Dam Casino. Later an officer was called and it was explained that the incident had occurred in Electric City.

A Camas Street resident reported to police that she had received three calls from her estranged husband despite the fact she had a no-contact court order against him. Police took a photo of the cell phone calls from the woman’s cell phone.

A Birch Street resident reported that a theft was in progress. Police learned that items taken belonged the person who took them and there was no theft involved.

10/13 - A student at Lake Roosevelt High School had a smoking device. He was initially suspended for 15 days but the suspension was reduced to five days after the student enrolled in a drug treatment program.

- Two female students were suspended for three days for fighting in the hallway between class periods.

- An officer went to Elmer City to assist tribal officers on a domestic violence issue. The woman said her husband had pushed her to the floor, injuring her ankle. Tribal police were looking for the husband who had fled the scene.

10/14 - A Chevy Malibu parked on the access road to the sewer treatment plant was reported as stolen. The registered owner couldn’t be reached, so the vehicle was towed to an impound yard.

10/16 - A driver was stopped after an officer noticed that a front license plate was missing. The driver found the plate under a pile of papers inside the car. The officer explained that the plate needed to be displayed in the proper place and the driver said he would do so.