Coulee Cops

Grand Coulee

Police

4/20 - A woman reported that a public bus parked so close to her at Safeway that she couldn’t get out of her car. Police advised her to contact the bus service, and the woman said she was already going to do so. 

4/21 - Loud banging, yelling, and a female screaming were reportedly heard from a Partello Parkway apartment. Police found the door to the apartment ajar and clothes, garbage, and more on the floor. Police pushed the door further open and found no one inside. The tenant came home with a woman in the passenger seat. Police spoke to them separately and were told by each that there had been a verbal argument but no assaults or threats had occurred.

- A woman reported a possible poaching on Alcan Road, where she said men were possibly cutting up a deer. Police responded and found a man hammering a large rock behind some sage brush. Police then left the area.

4/22 - One woman allegedly shoved another outside the four-corners gas station, provoking the other woman to allegedly hit back. Both women may face assault charges. Police spoke to a witness about the altercation. Security footage was unavailable.

4/23 - A woman was reported as sitting along Spokane Way near Dill Avenue and taking off her clothes. Police didn’t find a woman matching that description.

- A woman was reported as screaming and rolling in the dirt in the area of Spokane Way and Grand Coulee Avenue. Police didn’t find a woman matching that description.

4/25 - A German shepherd jumped a fence and chased two kids on Grand Coulee Avenue. One of the kids used a stick to keep the dog back, and the owner came and got the dog. The owner said she would either build a bigger fence or keep the dog tied up.

Coulee Dam

Police

4/12 - A woman on Tulip Avenue reported a copper piece of her sprinkler system was stolen. 

4/14 - Police helped a man contact his mother, who lives on Cedar Street. 

4/15 - A dog was reportedly taken from Douglas Avenue in the middle of the night. In the morning police were told it was just a teenage prank. 

4/17 - A woman said she was test driving a car and it quit running near Columbia Avenue and Roosevelt Way. She was cited for driving with a suspended license, the car was towed, and the owners were told.

4/19 - A man on Central Drive reported his dogs may have been poisoned, according to a veterinarian, but the dogs hadn’t been examined yet. An officer said to report more when he learned more from the vet. The dogs appeared in good health, according to the officer’s report.

- Possible animal abuse was reported at Mason Park. There, police saw kids with a dog. The dog’s tail was wagging, and it was playing. 

4/23 - Police were called, along with multiple agencies, to the scene of a body lying below the Columbia River Bridge in Coulee Dam on the Douglas County side of the bridge. Police found the victim to be a man from Gig Harbor, Washington. His car was found the next day by Colville Tribal Police nearly 11 miles north on SR-155. No age was given for the victim.

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