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Grand Coulee

Police

1/13 - A woman reported that she had received a call from a party who said they represented the PUD and if she didn’t pay her back bill they were going to shut her power off. She told the caller that she didn’t owe a back bill and then called PUD customer service who said they were aware of the scam and she should call police. She gave the police the number the party called from.

- Two suspicious males were reported to police, who met up with them and questioned them. One was wanted on an arrest warrant from Kennewick, but he wasn’t taken into custody because the Grant County jail was full. He was advised to contact the court and take care of the problem. The other person didn’t have any warrants and was also released.

- A man in an apartment at Continental Heights told police that he noticed his medications were missing after a man had come to his apartment and asked to use his bathroom. Police talked to the man but he stated he didn’t take anything. The person in the apartment was advised to get a safe in which to store his medications.

- Police were called to Coulee Medical Center where a 13-year-old girl under mental health care had left the hospital against advice from medical attendants. She had left with sparse clothing and it was cold and snowing, police were told. The girl was found at Four Corners and agreed to return to the hospital.

1/14 - A Coulee Dam driver was pulled over for expired plates. She told the officer that she was fully covered by insurance. Police found that her tabs had expired last June. She was cited.

1/16 - A Grand Coulee man was cited for driving after dark without headlights on his vehicle.

- Police made a welfare check on a man who had been released from a Spokane hospital and was due at Coulee Medical Center for rehab.

1/17 - A resident in Electric City near Crest and Hillcrest was warned about his dogs barking all the time.

- A man residing on Fourth Street in Electric City told police that a neighbor keeps coming onto his property, even after he had been asked repeatedly not to. The man was cited for trespass in the second degree.

- An officer responded to a call on Fortuyn Boulevard, where two dogs prevented a woman from getting out of her car and entering her home. Police found the dogs and talked to the man who was taking care of them for his daughter. The man was advised that he was responsible for the dogs and that he should see that his daughter registered them with the city as potentially dangerous dogs.

- A Nespelem man reported that the vehicle he was driving on SR-155 skidded off the highway and struck a streetlight pole.

1/18 - A woman who gave a Spokane address reported to police that two masked individuals, one standing and one crawling, were by her car parked between Weil Place and Johnston. The report stated that the woman was hallucinating and said she would seek treatment. Later in the day she appeared at the police department saying that her vehicle had been stolen. She told police that there were people standing everywhere outside the police station and in the bushes and knew she was reporting the theft. She then said that maybe her friend was just using her car. Police gave the woman a courtesy ride to a relative’s home in Coulee Dam and said if the car didn’t turn up to report it again.

- A man with a Cardinal Road address was arrested and taken to Grant County Jail for violating a domestic violence no-contact court order. He was seen in a car with the person he was supposed to stay away from. Police went to the woman’s residence and asked if the man was in the house, and the officer was told no. He asked about the shed outside, and forced open its door, finding the suspect inside with his brother. He was taken to Grant County Jail.

- A woman in Electric City reported that two dogs belonging to a neighbor appeared to be starving. An officer observed that you could see the ribs of one of the dogs and reported it to his superior.

- Police were told that there was a marijuana odor at a birthday gathering of minors at the Vet Center in Electric City and that there weren’t any adults there. An officer went to the site and noted that there were two adults there and no odor of marijuana.

- A woman at a Hill Avenue apartment told police she was receiving unwanted emails from a person in another apartment even after she asked that it be stopped. Police went to the other apartment and told a woman there to stop sending emails or she could be cited for stalking.

Coulee Dam

Police

1/8 - Police received a report that there was luggage on the roof of a residence on Central Drive. Police checked and found the owner was home at the time of the report.

- A man told police that a check had been stolen from him while he was in school in Seattle and said his roommate’s ex-girlfriend had taken the check. Police wanted more information about the accused girl.

- A vehicle rolled through the stop sign at the Bureau gate on Roosevelt but finally pulled to a stop in the middle of the road. The driver got a warning, as did another driver going 45 mph on River Drive.

1/14 - Police directed a fire truck to a chimney fire on Central Drive. The fire truck, in responding, had turned the wrong way.

1/15 - Police responded to a call of two suspicious people on Central Drive. The officer couldn’t find anyone.

1/17 - A man on River Drive told police that a friend he was with had punched him in the face after the two tugged on a backpack he was wearing. Police are suggesting that the man who threw the punch be charged with fourth-degree assault.

- A driver was stopped and given a verbal warning for following a patrol car too closely over the Coulee Dam bridge.

1/17 - A vehicle westbound on the Coulee Dam bridge slipped past the corner and ran into one of the concrete barriers, causing about $4,000 damage to the vehicle. Both the driver and passenger were wearing their seatbelts and both airbags deployed. There were no injuries.

1/19 - A man living on River Drive asked police to contact him because of a vehicle fire. The fire department had responded to a call of a truck fire and found that the block heater cord had gotten hot and caused the fire. Fire fighters told the man that, as far as they could see, there was no foul play in regard to the fire.