Coulee Cops

Grand Coulee

Police

6/23 - An elderly man was reported walking in a confused state near Taylor Street in Electric City. Someone had returned the man to his home prior to police arrival. 

6/25 - A man was reported to have been pounding on the door of a trailer on Burdin Boulevard. Police found him passed out on the porch in his underwear. He was escorted nearby to the place where he was staying.

- A woman on Jackson Avenue reported her screen door had been ripped off and thrown on the yard. She also said electronics were unplugged but weren’t taken.

- A driver said to be having medical issues drove his truck into a brand new 2020 truck parked at Jess Ford along Midway Avenue. Damage to the driver’s truck was estimated at $2,500 and damage to the parked truck at $3,000. The driver was taken to the hospital. 

6/26 - Responding to a report of yelling on Burdin Boulevard, police observed a man and woman with their arms locked together, who attempted to walk back into a house after they saw the officer. The woman said she was just trying to get the man inside to stop him from making a scene outside. The man was given a ride to his residence at Lakeview Terrace.

- USBR Plant Protection called police about a damaged door at the “Paint Shop” along SR-155. Nothing inside appeared damaged or rifled through. Photographs were taken of the damaged door, which appeared to have been kicked. It could not be secured. Plant protection was told of the findings. 

6/27 - A King County man said he was being harassed by a Grand Coulee woman and others on her behalf.

- A tenant on Continental Heights reported a man who didn’t belong at the apartments was being rude. The man was found in the courtyard of the apartments, apparently intoxicated, and agreed to go home to his own apartment. He said he was visiting friends.

6/29 - A caller reported that a  woman acting suspiciously and possibly prowling vehicles on Burdin Boulevard. 

- Police went to the hospital where staff wanted an intoxicated man to leave. The man said the hospital was keeping him there against his will. Police explained that they weren’t and that he just needed to leave.

6/30 - A woman was taken to jail for malicious mischief following an incident on Roosevelt Drive, where she allegedly hit a man’s truck with a board, breaking the taillight.

Coulee Dam

Police

6/22 - At 4:15 a.m., it was reported suspicious that three males were running down the sidewalk then back to their car on Central Drive.

6/28 - Weather may have tripped an alarm on Cedar Street.

- A driver was pulled over near Aspen Street and River Drive for speeding and for passing another car in a no-passing zone. The driver had a bandaged hand and said he was going to the hospital. The driver declined to have an ambulance take him there. An officer drove the driver to his son’s home so that the son could take him to the hospital and also take control of the car. The man was cited for reckless driving and driving with a suspended license.