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Grand Coulee Police

5/25 - A Grand Coulee man was arrested at a Continental Heights apartment and taken to Grant County Jail for residential burglary, malicious mischief, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence and resisting arrest. He allegedly had entered a residence on Fourth Street in Electric City and smashed a phone a woman was using to call 911.

5/26 - A man living on Hillcrest Place in Electric City was arrested for fourth-degree assault after he allegedly struck a woman with a closed fist after an argument over their child. He was taken to Grant County Jail.

- A Gig Harbor man was jailed for fourth-degree assault after an altercation at Sunbanks Resort with his girl friend, also from Gig Harbor.

5/27 - A Burdin Boulevard woman told police that someone had dropped off a bag of electronic devices in a place next to her home behind some wood in an effort to hide it. Police took the bag of devices in an effort to determine ownership.

- Police checked on a report that a resident in an apartment on Continental Heights was breaking things. Police went to the apartment, but the resident had left for the library. When contacted he said he smashed some cheap chairs, and they belonged to him. He was told that he couldn’t create a disturbance.

5/27 - A man removing items from a vacated house on Electric Place in Electric City told police he had been hired by a bank to clean the property up.

- A Burdin Boulevard man was notified for the third time that a trailer parked near his residence is in violation of a city ordinance. The trailer is parked on city right-of-way and the man had stated that he had permission to park the trailer there. The report said the property was owned by a woman who has been deceased several years. An electric cord runs from the man’s house to the trailer and insulation is falling out of the trailer. A citation was mailed to the man.

5/28 - A Grand Coulee man reported that someone had taken a 1984 Harley Davidson motorcycle from storage on “A” Street. He said the motorcycle was valued at $1,500 and didn’t run.

- Police found a dead deer blocking one lane at the 500 Switchyard game. The officer couldn’t find a vehicle that showed damage to it, and advised Plant Protection of the issue.

5/29 - Police checked on a possible domestic violence issue on Burdin Boulevard and found the parties popping popcorn and playing with a puppy.

- A woman on Prims Place reported that someone during the night had taken her $50 bicycle.

- After police checked on a man walking on Main Street, dispatch advised he was wanted on four warrants. Police picked him up and took him to Grant County Jail.

- A man reported that his girlfriend had thrown a vase at him after he confronted her with cheating on him. The man gathered his belongings and stayed with a friend.

5/30 - An Electric City woman reported to police that someone had entered her home and taken 200 South African Krugerrand gold coins valued by police at $1,291.70 each or a total of $258,340. The woman had purchased the coins for her retirement. She also lost a pearl necklace valued at $3,500.

- A Banks Lake Golf Course official reported that two men had gone on to the golf range and collected range golf balls and left with them. The names of the two were given to police and they are investigating.

- A woman living on Park Avenue in Electric City reported that her ex-husband visited her and after he left she noticed that a Panasonic Blu-ray player along with five Elvis DVD’s were missing. She told police that when she called him he admitted taking the items. Now, she said, he won’t return the calls. She asked police to recover the items, she stated were valued at $400-500.

- USBR Plant Protection advised police of two vehicles parked in a closed area on “Bunny Hill” off SR-174. Police advised the two drivers that they needed to leave the area.

- Plant Protection asked an officer to check on six kids climbing on the restrooms below the Visitor Center. The youth said they were just waiting for the Laser Light Show. They were told not to climb on top of the restrooms.

- A person reported to police that the music at the Wolf’s Den was so loud that he couldn’t sleep. The officer went outside and could hear the music from the police department two blocks away. The officer told the bartender to turn the music down or the place would be cited. About 20 minutes later the complainant called again about the music. The officer cited the place for breach of peace and told the bartender that if he was called again the place would be cited again.

5/31 - Police responded to an assault on Continental Heights, where a woman had allegedly been struck behind the ear by a man violating a no-contact court order and trying to prevent her from reporting the incident. Police found him near Pole Park the next day, arrested him and took him to Grant County Jail.

- A man told police that a student at the high school had received a credit application and two credit cards with the man’s name on it, one from Victoria’s Secret. The cards had been sent to another address and carried a different phone number.

- A man on Stevens Avenue in Electric City told police that someone had stolen his 2008 pickup. He said there were two people in his house when he put his keys down and went to the bathroom. When he returned, the keys, truck and people were gone.

- Police were informed that a 2-year-old had crossed SR-174. The child belonged to a woman living on Roosevelt and was returned to his mother.

- A man who lives on Fortuyn Street reported that he was at the Banks Lake Pub and that when he was ready to leave his vehicle was missing. The patrolman found the vehicle in the parking lot and was told by the bartender that the owner had lost his keys. When confronted by this information the owner of the vehicle did not want to make a statement.

6/1 - An officer was called to back up police in Coulee Dam on a call involving a stolen vehicle and gun. Both officers objected to the performance of a tribal officer, who, when asked who her supervisor was, gave a non-working number. The officer asked that the report be forwarded to the prosecuting attorney’s office so it can be distributed to defense attorneys for cases involving the tribal officer.