Coulee Cops

Grand Coulee Police

3/23 - Someone was camping at the former middle school in Grand Coulee on property between the school athletic field and St. Henry’s Catholic church. Police disassembled a campsite of a crudely constructed roof of tree branches and a fire pit. The person will be banned from the property if police find them.

3/26 - Police investigated an incident on Diamond Street in which a vehicle hit another parked vehicle, causing some damage to the bumper, and losing its license plate in the process. Police eventually located the vehicle at a Lincoln Avenue address and contacted the driver, who explained she had been looking for her dog and hit the parked vehicle, leaving a note. Police then found the note on the other vehicle. No charges were filed. The dog was later found by someone near Les Schwab in Grand Coulee and police returned it to its owner.

- A woman allegedly took a bicycle and a PlayStation 3 in separate incidents from a Grand Avenue residence. Police told the woman reporting the incidents they’d need to speak to the homeowner too.

- A woman was reportedly screaming for help and a truck was fleeing the area of Sunset Drive. Police spoke to a woman they recognized from previous incidents. She told police she was fine and that nothing had happened. Police didn’t see any sign of injuries on her.

3/27 - A woman reported a neighbor digging out part of a hillside on her Young Street property to make a driveway on his property. Police observed the driveway and noted it did appear to go through her property, but with the property being unmarked, it was a civil issue. The woman noted that other neighbors had installed concrete posts to prevent him from doing the same thing to them, and that she would install concrete posts as well.

- A Chevy Impala and Ford Explorer were in a head-on collision near SR-155 and Federal Way just before 1 a.m. Airbags had been deployed in both vehicles. Both drivers were responsive to police and taken to the hospital. It appeared to police that the Explorer had drifted into the southbound lane of SR-155 while heading north. The Washington State Patrol took over the investigation.

- A dog that had been running loose in Safeway was caught and brought to the police station. The owner arrived a short time later explaining she had lost her dog at the Safeway. She got the dog back.

Coulee Dam Police

3/23 - Police helped a Tilmus Street woman get a large dog back into her yard and warned her about the animal running at large.

3/27 - A vehicle was reported stolen after a woman accidentally left her keys in the car while parked at the school. It may have been her husband taking the car to go fishing or visit a friend, she said, but wasn’t sure.