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Grand Coulee Police

4/7 - Plant Protection advised police that a boom truck was blocking the highway near Riley Point. The driver told police that he thought the truck was out of gas and someone was getting fuel for the truck.

- A man living on Goodfellow in Electric City advised police that he thought someone had tried to get into his house by jimmying the door. The man fixed the door.

- A man on Lewis Street reported that someone had smashed his Mercedes Benz with a log about 24 inches long. Several windows had also been smashed. He asked that a woman he suspected be banned from his property. The man was advised to report to police if the woman came to his property again.

4/8 - Police were called for assistance in a domestic dispute incident in Lakeview Terrace. Police found the woman had fled and those still inside the residence refused to answer the door. When a Lincoln County officer arrived the incident was turned over to him.

- A boy on a bicycle who told police that he was looking for antlers on Bureau of Reclamation property was asked to leave, and he did.

- The man on Lewis Street who reported that someone had damaged his Mercedes told police that someone had entered his travel trailer. He said nothing was missing and he told police that he went to a woman’s house where the occupant was warned to stay away from his property.

4/9 - A man told police that a strange light was seen on the coulee wall from his position at Osborne Bay. He said he thought it might have been a plane crash or meteorite.

4/10 - Police raced to the Grant County Mental Health office when a panic button had been pressed. The patrolman found three people inside, one a new employee who was unaware of the panic button.

4/10 - Two men who were attempting to sell meat from the back of their truck in Electric City were told by police that they couldn’t operate without a license. They had previously been to city hall but didn’t secure a license. They left.

-Police found a black computer bag with a laptop and a baseball cap in the middle of the intersection near Burkin Boulevard. They are holding the items at police headquarters.

4/11 - A man on “A” Street told police that someone had stolen four batteries worth about $500 from his property.

Workmen operating contractor’s prepakt grout equipment, during pumping of grout in prepakt areas as the baqse of the right training wall as follows: top, two double drum grout mixers; center, two F.S. Simplex pumps and bottom, four triplex groupt pumps with hose connections. This work is being performed by the Pacific Bridge Company, contractor, as part of its contract for the repair of the spillway bucket section of Grand Coulee Dam. — March 1949 A man driving on 2nd Street who wasn’t wearing his seat belt was stopped and cited for that and for not having insurance.

- A man who called in to report that his wife was drunk and driving was cited for making a false report to police. Police had located the man’s wife and found that she wasn’t drunk.

4/12 - Police were asked to check on a man who reportedly wanted to end his life and found that he was asleep at his Burdin Boulevard residence and was OK.

- A man staying at Grand Coulee Motel reported that his boat had been prowled and four fishing poles and a lot of tackle was taken. He said the loss was about $3,000.

- A couple was stopped by police on the 500 kv yard access road where the driver stated that he’d been looking for the Crown Point overlook, realized he was on the wrong road and was seeking a place to turn around. The officer gave him proper directions.

- A patrolman was called to Safeway where he found an intoxicated, bare-footed woman who said she’d had an argument with her boyfriend. She said she needed a ride home and the officer gave her a ride home.

- Police were called to the Wolf’s Den Bar, where they could hear loud music coming from the establishment and see several people leaving the bar. While leaving, two people fell down. Police had been to the bar earlier when the officer advised the bartender that a report would be forwarded to the Liquor Control Board.

4/13 - Police found the door to a business open and secured the premises.

- Police got a call to a domestic violence incident through dispatch, but upon investigation found that the call was for Ephrata, not Grand Coulee.

- Police went to a residence on Fortuyn Road after getting a report of domestic violence. A woman there told police that an intoxicated man had slapped her. The officer couldn’t verify this and the woman packed her bag and left, saying she would return to get the rest of her things. She had been living with the man for the past three years.

- Police had some tourists from California delete pictures of the guard shack at the top of the dam from their camera. The three tourists were 69, 69 and 73 years old.

- An officer stopped a vehicle because of a faulty headlamp and later gave the man a ticket for not wearing his seatbelt.