Coulee Cops

Grand Coulee

7/24 - Division Street neighbors had an argument of sorts. A woman told police a man let his dog off leash into her yard, among other things. The man also yelled at her husband for being loud while leaving to work on his motorcycle. The county jail wouldn’t accept the man on his arrest warrants. Police did tell him he was banned from the neighboring residence.

- A man arrested for stealing beer from Safeway sighed and looked down after police noted the Corona beer and ice inside his vehicle. He was banned from Safeway. Police told him about his court date and warned him to attend or a warrant for his arrest may be issued.

7/25 - An officer took a man to Lincoln County Jail. He had been pulled over by a Coulee Dam officer at Pole Park, and was wanted on a warrant.

- A man was arrested and taken to the Grant County jail on a domestic assault charge. He had allegedly slapped his sleeping girlfriend awake over a text she had received from an unknown number.

- Three juveniles were taken to the hospital with aches and pains after a collision occurred at Spring Canyon near the campground with a pickup and a utility vehicle. The driver of the pickup said she swerved to avoid the other vehicle but was unable to avoid the collision. The utility vehicle had turned onto a road with vision obscured by bushes.

- A contractor and a Roosevelt Drive resident had a disagreement involving a drywall job in which the resident expected the drywall to be sanded, and refused to pay a certain price for the work done. After taking note of the details, police explained to both parties that it was a civil matter.

7/26 - A woman on Lakeview Boulevard explained to police a situation that involved two men hitting another man with a golf club over an argument. Police secured the scene before Grant County Sheriff deputies took over.

- A woman was upset about signs on her neighbor’s property directed towards her. Police learned that the signs weren’t illegal under harassment laws, but the woman was able to find laws she said could apply to the situation.

- A woman reported seeing a missing person, a man, getting on a bus near the senior center on Main Street. 

7/27 - Police attempted to contact a boater who appeared to have been operating a drone near the Grand Coulee Dam in violation of law. Police were unable to contact the boater.

7/29 - Police dealt with a situation that included a girl being absent from a Weil Place residence. The girl detailed some of the reasons for her staying away from the residence.

7/30 - Police assisted in a rescue of a rock climber who had been suspended for some time on a cliff near Northrup Canyon. The climber was ultimately pulled up to safety.

- A Grand Coulee officer assisted Coulee Dam police in the arrest of a man in Electric City wanted on a warrant for second-degree assault. He was taken by Coulee Dam police to Okanogan County Jail.

Coulee Dam

7/24 - A Sunny Drive man in Electric City showed police security footage of a man, identified by police, as taking something from his yard. He told police he’d like the man banned from his property. 

7/28 - Police saw a man wanted on an Okanogan County misdemeanor warrant go into a Grand Avenue residence in Electric City. Police knocked on the door. The man eventually came out and he was taken to the Okanogan County Jail.

- No unreasonably loud noise was heard by the time police responded to Coulee Boulevard after a resident complained of noise, seemingly tired and exasperated from it.

7/29 - Police assisted in a rescue effort of a rock climber at Northrup Canyon where a climber complained of a loss of blood flow to his leg. Police assisted by providing water to the climber and stood by until he was safe.