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Grand Coulee

7/27 - A youth from “F” Street reported that someone had taken his Pulse 24 mountain bike.

7/28 - Police checked on a report that a man and woman were screaming at each other near a fifth wheel RV on “A” Street. They were gone when police arrived.

- Police went to a residence on Weil Place to check on occupants after receiving a phone complaint. The officer found a woman intoxicated along with her daughter in the house. No action was taken.

- Plant Protection advised police of a pickup parked near the overlook area just above Grand Coulee Dam after hours. The driver said he was driving to Omak and got sleepy so pulled over for a nap. He was advised he couldn’t nap at that location and left.

- Two children, ages 6 and 8, were setting off firecrackers near Banks Avenue and Cole Street and were advised that it was illegal and to stop. They stopped.

- USBR Plant Protection reported that two vehicles had collided at the Third Powerhouse. Damage to one was estimated at $1,000 and to the other $2,000.

- A Cardinal Road man is being sought after a domestic violence incident and will be charged with fourth-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. During the argument the man allegedly twisted the woman’s arm and pulled the key from the ignition of the vehicle she was driving. The man fled the area and the woman asked that a no contact order be received.

- USBR Plant Protection advised police that a Vancouver, Wash., man was looking at things near the dam that tourists normally do not look at. The man explained that he was checking out places to view the Laser Light Show. A second man in the vehicle was from Washougal.

- Police checked on a report that doors were left open at Center School. The officer found several doors open and sought a responsible person to come and secure the doors.

- A Burdin Boulevard woman was cited for hit and run after an incident in the La Presa Restaurant parking lot, where she allegedly backed into another car, then left the scene. The incident was captured on the restaurant’s security cameras and observed by a party sitting inside the restaurant.

7/29 - Police checked on a report of a suicidal youth, only to find out the young man left his home on Burdin Boulevard because he said his mother blamed him for everything. Police are sending the report on to the DSHS and CPS for review.

7/30 - Police responded to a call about a death at a Crest Avenue residence in Electric City. Dispatch had reported to police that a man who had cancer had died. The Grant County coroner’s office was called and the body was released to Strate Funeral Home.

- A Grand Coulee man was arrested and taken to jail as he was leaving a hearing before a Grant County judge because of his violation of a no-contact order.

7/31 - A man on Burdin Boulevard took another man’s boat, claiming that the man owed him money, which the other man denied. The boat was reported stolen in Lincoln County and officers from there are pursuing the matter.

- A man taking a nap in his vehicle in the upper parking lot at the USBR Visitor Center was advised that it was after hours and he would have to move. The officer advised him where he could go to continue his nap.

- A man who lives on Spokane Blvd. NE, was cited for reckless driving, driving without a license and third-degree malicious mischief after he allegedly tried to run down a woman with his car.

8/1 - A woman living on Hill Avenue reported to police that two folding lawn chairs were taken from her patio. Loss was estimated at $20.

- Plant Protection reported that a hay truck lost several bales at the top of the dam. Police directed traffic while the trucker picked up the bales.

- A woman from Continental Heights told police that someone had put sugar in her gas tank. She said that there was a granular substance around the opening to the tank and a person from a service station had put a metal rod into the tank and it came out coated with sugar. She told police the car still ran but something was blocking the tank.

- An 18-year-old Grand Coulee woman was stopped on Federal Avenue when a patrolman noticed her occupant was not wearing a seat belt. When the officer went to the driver’s window he could smell marijuana, and the driver readily admitted that she had just smoked “two bowls full.” She was cited for first-degree negligent driving, and the passenger was cited for not wearing his seatbelt.

- A woman living on W. Grand Avenue in Electric City said that she feared her estranged husband might do something to her. She told police that she had been to court to ask for a protection order but was denied and the couple were given a joint court date. She said when she returned from asking for the court order she found that her husband had entered the home and taken a .22 rifle. Police said they would patrol the area and if she felt threatened she should call 911.

- A woman was stopped on Federal Avenue when she approached an intersection at too high a speed and slammed on her brakes and skidded into the path of a patrolman who had to swerve to avoid hitting her. She admitted to having had too many drinks and was cited for driving while under the influence. Her vehicle was towed.

8/2 - A 16-year-old Coulee Dam girl was stopped for going through a stop sign without coming to a full stop and nearly running into a patrol card near E. Grand Avenue in Electric City. She was cited for failing to stop and nearly causing an accident and not following a restriction on driving with an unrelated juvenile aboard.

- A layer of lard on the road near the pumping plant on SR-155 caused a motorcycle to skid to a stop with the driver getting light abrasions. The driver of the motorcycle, from Davenport, told police he was going around the corner and his cycle started sliding. The officer noted that he could see where lard had spilled from a truck.

- A Tacoma man was stopped in Electric City for going 65 in a 35 mph zone and cited for speeding and not having insurance.

- An intoxicated man found lying in a yard on Yakima Street NE, was recognized by the owners of the house, and the officer turned the man over to them.

8/3 - A Coulee Dam driver was stopped near Electric Boulevard because one of his turn signals was out. The driver was cited for driving while under the influence and driving with a suspended license.

- An officer assisted a Washington Fish & Wildlife officer make an arrest near Barker Canyon of a man wanted on a warrant.

Coulee Dam

7/29 - Police responded to a reported structure fire at 800 Fir Street and found a mattress and box springs that had been drug out on the lawn. Both had been burned but the fire was out. The fire department arrived after the patrolman, who assisted with traffic control while the fire department treated some in the home who suffered from smoke inhalation.

7/30 - A woman advised police that she and her husband planned to divorce and she had told him to come get his 80-pound pit bull because it had mauled her cat. She said he had come for the dog and entered the home and took a .22 rifle. She said he had threatened suicide at an earlier date.

7/31 - Police were called to a house on River Drive where there had been a grass fire. Two of the homeowner’s grandchildren reported the fire and it wasn’t determined what caused the fire.

8/1 - Police checked on a report of an accident in the Coulee Dam Casino’s parking lot. The officer found light damage to a vehicle that was backed into by another vehicle. The owners traded information.

8/3 - Police, and firefighters from Coulee Dam and the USBR responded to a report of smoke coming from a Columbia View apartment only to find that someone had left a frying pan on a hot burner and it had filled the apartment with smoke.