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Grand Coulee

Police

10/9 - While responding to a call from Plant Protection regarding a man fishing near the canal at North Dam after hours (about 7 p.m.), an officer was informed that the man was leaving.

10/12 - Two women and a man were taken separately to Grant County Jail after an altercation at Coulee Gas. There was yelling and some pushing by those arrested, who had been drinking that night, which prompted someone to call the cops. The man was taken to jail on a misdemeanor warrant, and the two women were taken on assault and obstruction charges. The driver of the van they were traveling in wasn’t arrested.

10/13 - A man was taken to Grant County Jail on misdemeanor warrants after being spotted on Midway Ave.

- A man appeared to have backed his Dodge out of his driveway and into the side of a Honda that was parked across the street on Partello Parkway. The officer helped the parties exchange insurance information and took photos.

10/15 - A Coulee Boulevard man reported that someone had broken the lock on his soda vending machine and stolen the cash, and also had broken the windscreen off his go cart.

- A man was suspected of being intoxicated as he left Safeway and was attempting to get into his truck. The man blew a 0.0 on a policeman’s breathalyzer, and it was determined that he was suffering from diabetes-related complications. The officer gave the man a ride home.

10/16 - A Jackson Ave. woman wanted her son and a woman to leave her residence because of his drug use. But the man locked himself in the bathroom and spoke with an officer for about an hour before leaving peaceably. The man and woman were banned from the property.

Coulee Dam

Police

10/5 - Items were stolen from a Ferry Ave. man’s garage while he was gone during the weekend. The garage door was not locked and couldn’t close all the way due to his boat trailer sticking out.

10/9 - A man was cited for driving without insurance after being pulled over for failure to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of River Drive and Roosevelt Way.

10/10 - A man was pulled over near the overlook area just above Grand Coulee Dam and issued a citation for going 49 miles per hour in the 30 mph zone.