Coulee Cops

Grand Coulee Police

8/7 -  A Grand Coulee officer joined a Coulee Dam officer at a residence on Fir Street in Coulee Dam where there was a domestic disturbance. The parties involved agreed to stay away from each other for the night.

- A cell phone was first thought to be stolen from a Main Street resident but was then found before police became involved.

8/8 - A public nuisance code violation was mailed to an Alcan Road property owner following a complaint about broken down RVs with people staying in them, as well as garbage and debris in the yard.

- A man was banned from The Coulee Wall Variety Store after cursing loudly at employees and a customer while being told to leave for behaving in a disorderly manner. The store didn’t wish to press charges only for him to be banned. Police then spoke to the man at his residence. He said he understood. He explained he was hard of hearing and often speaks loudly. He said he had been pushed at one point by an employee but didn’t wish to press charges either. 

- Police put an injured deer out of its misery in the Martin Road area where it likely had been hit by a vehicle. A juvenile saw a vehicle hit the deer and not stop and believed the driver to have been aware of the hit. However, police were unable to find a suspect vehicle in the area. 

- A woman at the casino reported that her brother had thrown her out of a car there, then took off. She also said he had an outstanding warrant. Police went to the casino and eventually the woman came out of the casino. She recanted her story, saying she had been left at the casino by her brother and others because she was the only one who wanted to continue gambling. No crime had been committed. The Okanogan County Jail wouldn’t accept the man on his warrant because of booking restrictions.

8/9 - Police explained to an intoxicated woman that she wasn’t wanted at her friend’s home on SR-155 until she sobered up.

- Police went to the former Center School to investigate a possible burglary. No one was found inside. An opened door was secured.

8/10 - A 911 hangup call on Bowen Street turned out to be a mistake. A person had accidently pressed the emergency button while resetting her phone.

Coulee Dam Police

8/5 - Lincoln County Superior Court requested that an officer serve papers to a man on Tulip Street in Coulee Dam. Police told them the man doesn’t live there, but they wanted him to try to serve the papers anyway. The man wasn’t there. A woman said he has never lived there.

8/8 - A man’s electric bicycle was stolen from his Ferry Avenue porch. The incident was caught on a Ring security doorbell system. The owner also had an Apple Airtag affixed to the bike that would be able to track its location. Eventually, the officer found the bike behind a shed on a vacant lot on Aspen Street. The man retrieved the bike that is valued at roughly $1,500. Before the suspect rode off on the bike, the security footage showed the man wearing a bandana-style mask and trying to put a sticker over the camera to hide his identity, an act which adds the crime of tampering with evidence in addition to stealing the bike. The man had not been identified at the time of the report.

- Police released a deer that was trapped in a fenced area at the city shop on Columbia Avenue. 

- A lost cell phone was turned in to police by someone out of town who said they found it in the street by a store in Coulee Dam but couldn’t describe exactly where. 

8/9 - A loud party complaint was made in the Osborn Bay area, possibly originating from Sunbanks Lake Resort.

- A Ford Focus struck a parked Dodge Ram pickup on Fir Street. It was found that the driver of the Ford had some drinks at the casino and then hit the Dodge while driving home. She was cited for driving under the influence after showing a blood alcohol content of about 0.14, over the 0.08 limit. She was given a ride home and her car was impounded.

- A man at Sunbanks Lake Resort allegedly got into a strangers’ boat, then later took beers from their campers and threw one of the beers at a camper. The people didn’t wish to press charges. A security staff member wanted the man to leave. The man wasn’t in the area while police were there, but his wife was. Police told her the resort wanted them to leave when the man returned. She said she understood.

8/10 - Police spoke to two Grand Avenue neighbors. One was quite upset that the other had thrown food into his yard. The other neighbor said he had received some food from the man and didn’t want it and so threw it into the yard. Police told him he should deny the food next time, or dispose of it himself rather than throw it into his neighbor’s yard.