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5/11 - A woman told police that another vehicle came off Knute Street and struck her vehicle. She said that the two exchanged information and both left the scene. The officer advised the lady to contact her insurance company.

- While checking the 500 switchyard gate, the officer noticed a sensor wire lying on the pavement. He notified Plant Security.

5/12 - The supervisor of the water main construction on Midway Avenue said that a store owner was interfering with his workers. She had claimed that the firm doing the work was violating laws governing “flagging.” The officer checked the signing and found that it conformed, and the business owner continued to complain.

- A person in Continental Heights reported to police that a man had put cat “poop” on his patio. When the party was contacted the man said that the other man had put the “poop” on his patio and he was just returning it. The officer suggested that they needed to handle this as adults.

5/13 - A man backing up on Lincoln Avenue in Electric City backed into a patrol car with his towing hitch punching a hole in the police vehicle’s rear bumper.

- A man living on W. Grand Coulee Avenue was arrested after a domestic violence issue and taken to Grant County Jail. He is being charged with unlawful imprisonment, interfering with the reporting of domestic violence and assault in the fourth degree. Police said he admitted throwing a woman he had been living with down twice and preventing her from calling for help.

- Plant Protection advised police that someone was parked in the lower Visitor Center parking lot. The officer found Canadian visitors who said they needed a place to rest. They were advised that they were in a closed area and left.

5/14 - A contractor at the Bureau of Reclamation reported a missing backpack that held his tools and a laptop computer. Police found the backpack in the office.

- A couple told police of a man wearing dark clothing walking up and down on Fourth Street. Later the officer learned the man was seeking someone to give his vehicle a jump start.

- Police were trying to find a driver who put $61 worth of gas into the vehicle and then drove off from the station on E. Grand Coulee Avenue.

- Two women got into an argument on the ownership of a dog. Police learned that one woman couldn’t take care of the dog and so had given it to the other woman several years ago. The woman who had owned the dog several years earlier had taken the dog. She gave it back, ending the argument.

- A man living on E. Grand Avenue in Electric City told police that he was missing a backpack that contained his laptop. Police took his information.

5/15 - A man told police that he did work for a man who refused to pay him. He said the amount was $271. He was told he could take his case to small claims court.

- A woman reported to police that she found a purse in a basket at Safeway. The owner picked it up at the police station.

- A motorist who stopped at the top of the dam to take a phone call was asked to move to another location to finish his call.

5/16 - A man reported to Plant Protection that his son was intoxicated and suicidal and had made comments about jumping into traffic or the river. Police looked for the son but couldn’t find him.

- Grand Coulee police assisted in helping get oversize loads from Pole Park to the top of the dam. There were four trucks involved, taking equipment to the dam for repair work.

- A disturbance was checked out at the senior manor when a man reported that the resident manager was trapping cats. The man reporting said some of the cats belonged to tenants. The man said he will report the incident to the county housing authority.

- A man was arrested for fourth-degree assault after getting into a scuffle over another man returning to the store. The Roosevelt Drive man was taken to Grant County Jail.

- A Nespelem driver was stopped, as she entered Grand Coulee on SR-155, for a faulty tail light and was cited for not having insurance.

- An East Wenatchee man was stopped for speeding and was cited for not having a valid driver’s license. He was warned on the speeding and told not to drive.

5/17 - Two men were told to untie their boat from a buoy line at the feeder canal. They did so and left the area, saying they were done fishing.

- Police checked on a report that a woman in pink pajamas was pounding on doors on the second floor of an apartment complex. The woman was told to stop pounding on doors or she would be charged. She agreed to stop.