Red-handed mischief | Island Scanner

Tuesday, Dec. 19

At 11:29 a.m., a caller reported finding two red hand prints on a red Honda parked in the Walmart parking lot.

At 3:23 p.m., a Southeast Ninth Avenue resident reported that a man was living in a Cadillac parked on the street. He asked police to make him leave.

At 7:45 p.m., an employee at an Erie Street business reported that a person in a motorized cart shoplifted items.

Wednesday, Dec. 20

At 7:57 a.m., a caller reported that people were inside cardboard boxes behind a Highway 20 business.

At 8:33 a.m., a Northwest Hyak Drive resident reported that the house was egged again.

At 11:21 a.m., a Ulysses Street resident reported that a hawk was inside a neighbor’s chicken coop and killing the chickens.

At 8:55 p.m., a driver reported that “this guy” on the highway was yelling at cars.

Sunday, Dec. 24

At 4:15 p.m., a caller reported she was outside the police department and wanted to deliver cookies to officers on duty.

Monday, Dec. 25

At 10:27 a.m., a boy reported that his father threw his mother on the ground and kicked him out when he yelled at his dad.

At 12:32 p.m., a caller on Midway Boulevard reported that a trespasser was hiding in the bushes.

At 2:47 p.m., an Easy Street resident reported that the landlord turned off the water and power maliciously.

Wednesday, Dec. 27

At 5:27 a.m., a caller reported that a man was wearing a cape in a parking lot on Southeast North Avenue.

At 11:17 a.m., a resident reported that deer had been stuck for days in the old stadium on East Whidbey Avenue.

Thursday, Dec. 28

At 7:10 a.m., a resident reported that a man was swinging a shovel and yelling outside an apartment building on North Oak Harbor Street.

Friday, Dec. 29

At 12:20 p.m., a caller reported that a man in an SUV with tinted windows was selling gold necklaces in the Walmart parking lot.

At 4:13 p.m., a caller reported that a bearded man in a red beanie was yelling at cars and brandishing a knife on Southwest Barlow Street.

Saturday, Dec. 30

At 4:41 p.m., a resident reported that a teenager with a “naked rear end showing” was walking on Ely Street.

Tuesday, Jan. 2

At 9:25 a.m., a caller reported that a man was sleeping inside a dryer at a Midway Boulevard location.

At 10:11 a.m., a man reported that gas was siphoned out of two cars on Southwest Dyer Street.

Thursday, Jan. 4

At 10:35 p.m., a man reported that a woman was extorting him over the internet.

Friday, Jan. 5

At 3:33 p.m., a Northwest Redwing Drive resident reported that a package was stolen off the porch.

Saturday, Jan. 6

At 10:10 a.m., a caller reported that a man had his pants down and was “fully exposed” at the intersection of Highway 20 and Pioneer Way.

At 3:55 p.m., a resident reported that multiple people were living in an RV parked at a condemned house on Northeast Fourth Avenue.

Wednesday, Jan. 10

At 10:25 a.m., an employee at a store on Southwest Erie Street reported that a man called and threatened to come to the store and shoot everyone.

Thursday, Jan. 11

At 3:30 a.m., a caller reported that a man with sagging pants was crying and appeared intoxicated on Highway 20.