Coulee Cops

Grand Coulee

Police

12/28 - There was a report of a vehicle stolen from a residence on 2nd Street. The owner of the vehicle said it had been locked and the transmission didn’t work. She stated that she told a man he could have it if he transferred title to his name. The man in question has been incarcerated for sometime. Police are investigating.

- A man on Young Street said that two cars parked in front of his home had been prowled during the night. Taken were several dollars and loose change. The man said he followed tracks in the snow but lost them on Hill Avenue because of the snow being trampled by traffic.

12/31 - A man on West Grand Avenue in Electric City reported that a computer and amplifier had been taken from his residence, where a padlock was broken on an outside storage area and a hole punched through the wall.

1/1 - An overdose was reported on Roosevelt Drive. Police found a man intoxicated and he had taken an unknown quantity of pills. He was taken to Coulee Medical Center by EMS.

- A woman on Lakeview Boulevard NE was arrested and taken to Grant County Jail after an alleged assault involving a 51-year-old man who told police that the woman had struck him. He was bleeding from a cut on his face when police interviewed him. The woman said the man had pushed her, hit her in the face and held her down. But her story was not supported by witnesses.

1/3 - Police took another trip to the open gate at the 500 switchyard off SR-174.

1/4 - Police returned to the 500 switchyard again because the gate was left open.

- Police went to the 500 switchyard again because the gate was not fully closed.

- A Burdin Boulevard woman was cited for having expired tabs and for not having insurance. The officer tried to stop the woman and had to watch as her vehicle slid down the hill and finally stopped when it hit the curb.

- Police found the 500 switchyard gate open again. The officer closed the gate and advised Plant Protection.

- Police responded to a Roosevelt Drive address after dispatch reported a weapons incident. Officers found a man with a rifle who said he was leaving the residence after an argument with his girlfriend. He said the rifle was the only thing of his in the house. He asked police to keep the rifle because he didn’t want to walk through town at midnight carrying it. Police checked to see if the rifle was stolen. It was not, so the department will keep it until the man wants it back. The woman at the residence told police she wanted to get a protection order against the man.

1/5 - Police noted that the stop sign at the intersection of Crest and Electric Boulevard was missing and found out that the city crew had picked it up after a car skidded into it and broke it off because of snowy conditions.

- A person who was highly intoxicated and didn’t have a place to stay the night was arrested for trespassing and disorderly conduct and taken to Grant County Jail.

He had been to a residence on Hill Avenue twice trying to get lodging, had an encounter on Spokane Avenue with a business owner and then reportedly was banging on the Flo’s Restaurant door. Police had three different calls on the man.

They were concerned for his welfare in the 20-degree weather.

1/6 - Police checked on a report that a woman had reported she had been assaulted by her husband and that he had a shotgun and had made threats. Officers learned that the couple had been arguing about money and there had been no assault.

- A woman reported that she had been receiving abusive text messages from another woman and asked that they be stopped. The officer looked at the text messages, many with obscene language, and went to the home of the person sending them. He tried to explain that the woman should stop sending the text messages or she would be cited. The woman became agitated and said she had first amendment rights. The woman receiving the messages was advised to get a no-contact court order.

1/7- A woman told police that her husband had to punch a dog in the nose to keep it from attacking him. She said the dog runs loose in the Van Tyne area. An officer talked with the owner of the dog and advised her to keep the dog on a leash or in the house.

- A man on Electric Boulevard in Electric City told police that someone continually was knocking over his garbage can and showed the officer tire tracks leading up to the container. He told police he though it was a man that he had let go. Police tried to locate the suspect but he wasn’t home.

- A driver who was observed failing to stop at two stop signs was cited and warned about talking on her cell phone while driving and not having registration for her vehicle.

- An officer advised a man on Burdin Boulevard that if he let his dog run loose he would be cited. He was also advised to license the animal.

- An Electric City man, after reading in The Star about a backpack found with silver houseware items in it, told police that he was missing some silverware. He looked at the silverware that was in the backpack but it didn’t match his own missing pieces.

1/9 - Police had to clear an unsecured box out of the southbound lane on SR-155 in Electric City.

- Police received a call about two bicycles in the empty lots near Four Corners. The officer found the bikes and also a scooter nearby and asked the city crew to take the items to a secure location.

- A school employee told police that someone had “keyed” his vehicle while parked at the school. He was told to get an estimate of damage and provide it for the report.

- A woman said her boyfriend had beat her up at a bar and pointed to a couple of scratches on her forehead. The police report stated that she was very drunk. Police checked with the bartender and another witness, who said that her boyfriend had not even been in the tavern and no assault had taken place. In fact, a person from the bar had walked the woman home because she was intoxicated and reported that she fell down on the way home. The boyfriend said that there had been no fight between them.

1/10 - A traffic stop of a pickup truck yielded a man wanted on a warrant. He was taken to Grant County Jail.

1/11 - A Grand Coulee woman told police that she had had a “sneezing attack” while driving on Hillcrest in Electric City and her vehicle hit and knocked down a stop sign. There was $1,500 damage to the vehicle.

- Police checked on a reported “neglect” call on Goodfellow in Electric City where a 12-year-old had stated on social media that her parents had locked her in a bathroom and wouldn’t let her come out and she had only two crackers to eat. Police learned that the girl had locked herself in the bathroom because her parents wouldn’t let her go to a birthday party and that she had more than the crackers to eat. The parents stated the child had been disrespectful.

1/12 - Owners of the Fusion Restaurant reported to police that someone had entered the firm, probably through an unlatched window, and taken $140 from the cash register. Police tried to take prints but couldn’t find any.

- Police arrested a man for assault and took him to Grant County Jail after he allegedly hit a woman several times in a Hill Avenue apartment. She told police he had hit her several times in the face with a closed fist.