Police blotters

"What's happening on Whidbey Island streets, as viewed through E-911 calls. For the week of April 19, 2000"

“SheriffThe following items were selected from reports made to the Island County Sheriff’s Office:Friday, April 14At 5:45 p.m., a caller reported that several head of cattle were on Fort Nugent Road.At 6:38 p.m., a man reported that a woman put Koolaid and sugar in the gas tank of his car on Summit Boulevard.At 6:58 p.m., there was a report of a dog killing chickens on Sawmill Road.At 9:09 p.m., a N. Bluff Road resident reported that someone was lighting fireworks in front of her home.Saturday, April 15At 1:51 a.m., a deputy arrested a man for DUI on Highway 20 at Sidney Street.At 10:08 a.m., there was a report of an overturned kyak just south of Hope Island. At 11:34 a.m., a driver reported that a baseball hit his car while he was driving by the Clover Valley park.At 11:08 p.m., a man reported that his Monkey Hill Road home was hit by paintballs.Sunday, April 16At 12:06 p.m., the State Patrol reported finding a stolen Cadillac on Engle Road.At 3:02 p.m., a caller reported that kids on four-wheelers were tearing up fields at the Greenbank Farm.At 5:40 p.m., a man reported finding a bag of marijuana in a woods off Ducken Road.At 8:25 p.m., a driver reported that a horse was walking down Jones Road.Monday, April 17At 8:30 a.m., a park ranger reported finding a 200-pound bag of bird seed in a dumpster on Engle Road.At 8:33 a.m., a caller reported that a motorhome on Highway 20 near Coupeville had been broken into and a rifle was stolen.At 11:18 a.m., a teacher at the Discovery School reported that a 13-year-old student had assaulted a teacher. The student was arrested.At 3:08 p.m., a woman reported that a man in a black pickup threatened her with a 9 mm handgun on North Bluff Road. He was arrested.At 5:22 p.m., a Kimberly Way resident reported that her father-in-law took her car without permission.At 5:38 p.m., a caller reported that his aunt assaulted him with a rake on Marine View Drive. He complained of leg and back pain. The woman was arrested.At 8:20 p.m., a West Beach Road resident reported finding three gas cans sitting next to her home.OAK HARBOR POLICEThe following items were selected from reports made to the Oak Harbor Police Department:Friday, April 14At 4:40 p.m., a local man reported that his daughter is receiving obscene phone calls.Saturday, April 15At 1:13 a.m., a bartender at a S.E. Pioneer Way bar reported that several fights were going on.At 8:39 a.m., a caller reported that someone spray-painted the side of a car on N.E. Second Avenue.At 9:01 a.m., a N.W. Quest Street resident reported that his home was spray-painted.At 9:07 a.m., there was a report that six cars were vandalized on S.E. Pioneer Way.At 1:25 p.m., a caller reported that a man in a van on S.E. City Beach Street was doing something suspiciously while he is watching kids play soccer.At 2:14 p.m., a marina employee reported that there was a 100-foot-by-35-foot fuel slick on the water.At 3:49 p.m., a resident reported that water is coming up in a ditch in front of the Oak Hollow Mobile Home Park.At 5:02 p.m., a resident reported that kids were throwing oranges at passing cars on S.W. Heller Street.Sunday, April 16At 12:07 a.m., a fight was reported at the Oak Bowl.At 3:06 p.m., a caller reported that three boys were jumping on the new netting at the ball fields on S.E. Fourth Avenue.At 9:27 p.m., a clerk at the 7-11 North reported that a male called seven or eight times about an hour earlier and said that there was a bomb in the store. The police took a complaint.At 11:33 p.m., there was a report that a girl was assaulted by an older man who left in a van. The 60-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of domestic assault the next day.Monday, April 17At 2:40 p.m., a N.W. Hyak Street reported that a $2,600 ring was missing from his home after a party.At 6:11 p.m., a caller reported that water was coming up from the ground at a N.E. Fifth Avenue site of a former fire hydrant.COUPEVILLE MARSHALThese were selected from reports made to the Coupeville Marshal’s Office:Monday, April 10At 1:36 p.m., officers helped with a person who had locked thesmelves out of a vehicle on Engle Road.At 2:56 p.m., a caller reported that a taillight cover and bulb were taken from a vehicle on North Main Street during the night.Tuesday, April 11At 3 p.m., a woman reported that her husband had threatened her with a revolver. The man was arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault.At 3:20 p.m., a non-injury, two-vehicle accident was reported at NW Broadway and Madrona Way.At 3:54 p.m., people in a station wagon were reportedly seen spraying something out of the nozzle of a spray can onto other cars on S. Main Street.Wednesday, April 12At 9 a.m., gas was reportedly spilled at Corey Oil on Coveland Street.At 3:55 p.m., a vehicle antenna was reported broken in a parking lot on North Main Street.Thursday, April 13At 4:37 p.m., an officer was requested to come to the emergency room at Whidbey General Hospital to help with a woman who had been drinking. She was reportedly trying to leave with an IV in her arm.Friday, April 14At 12:42 p.m., a two-car noninjury accident was reported on North Main Street.At 8:57 p.m., a woman reported that her daughter had run away. She was last seen on Thursday.Saturday, April 15At 12:32 a.m., a girl told her father she was going to the Majestic Bowling Alley in Oak Harbor. No bowling alley by that name exists.Sunday, April 16At 9:39, a two-car accidnet was reported in front of the high school.”