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THURSDAY MIXUPS
from
police files
Grand Coulee Police
1/30 - Police are asking the
Grant County Prosecutor’s office
to file possession of a controlled
substance (methamphetamine),
possession of drug paraphernalia,
and making false statements
against a Grand Coulee man officers
say dropped a smoking pipe
at the counter of a local business
as he was leaving. The man denied
that the pipe was his. It is being
sent to the crime lab to see if fingerprints
can be lifted from it. He
was released pending the results
of tests.
- Two juveniles, one a 16-yearold
from Electric City and the
other a 17-year-old from Nespelem,
were arrested while walking with
backpacks near the overlook area
just above Grand Coulee Dam.
Both were wanted on warrants.
After confirming the warrants,
officers found a large number of
cartons and single packs of cigarettes
in the backpacks, valued at
over $1,200. After checking with
Coulee Dam Police it was learned
that there had been a burglary at
a “smoke shop” there and that the
cigarettes checked out to be those
that were missing. The Nespelem
youth is being charged with possession
of stolen property, making
false statements, being a minor in
possession of alcohol and obstructing
a public servant. The Electric
City youth is being charged with
possession of stolen property, resisting
arrest, and obstructing a
public servant.
1/31 - An Electric City man and
wife told police that someone had
entered their residence late at
night and taken two swords valued
at $500 each, a collection of coins
and some Masonic memorabilia.
They awoke and saw shadows
near their bedroom. The man got
a baseball bat, went downstairs
and found that the intruders had
taken his wife’s purse out onto the
deck but hadn’t taken the contents.
Police found footprints in the snow
and took pictures of tire prints
and are investigating. The report
said the parties got in through an
unlocked door.
- A Grand Coulee man asked for
assistance when he reportedly became
dizzy and was afraid to drive.
He was taken to Coulee Medical
Center for observation.
- Police were called to Electric
City’s city hall where it was reported
that an assault had taken
place. City officials stated that
they didn’t know why police were
called.
- A Lincoln Street resident in
Electric City told police that someone
had taken an air-operated
impact wrench and had used it to
start loosening the lug bolts on his
vehicle. The man told police who he
thought might have taken the tool,
and officers are investigating.
2/1 - A woman told police that
a neighbor in Electric City had
reported that an emergency tool
chest had been taken. She said
there were tracks in the snow
around the residence, shed and all
the vehicles.
- A man told police that an exgirlfriend
had taken their children
from school and wanted the officer
to go get the children and bring
them to him. He checked on the
children and reported to the man
that they were OK and that he
needed a court order or a parenting
plan in regard to the children.
2/2 - A man offered to sell a new
chainsaw to another man in Electric
City. The man refused to purchase
the chainsaw and followed
the man to an address on Electric
Boulevard, and then reported it
to police.
- An Electric City woman and
her Soap Lake boyfriend tried
to cash a check for groceries and
overage at Safeway but a clerk
noticed that the check blank belonged
to another party, who, when
contacted, said the customer was
not authorized to use the account.
Police are asking the Grant County
prosecutor to charge the woman
with identity theft, forgery and
third-degree theft.
2/3 - A man living in Continental
Heights told police that loud
music was keeping him awake.
The officer found that the music
noise was coming from the Wolf’s
Den Bar. The bartender was told
to turn the music down.
- A Phoenix police detective
asked for an officer’s assistance
in contacting a woman now living
here who had reportedly stated to
someone that she had been inappropriately
touched by a member
of her Phoenix church. The officer
contacted the woman, who denied
that anything wrong had taken
place.
- An officer answered a complaint
of loud music at a residence
in Electric City, where he noticed
a scent of burnt marijuana coming
from the house. A man told
the officer where the marijuana
was located and a container with
“green leafy” material was found
along with two smoking devices.
The man is being charged with
possession and having the smoking
devices.
2/4 - An Elmer City man was
arrested and charged with driving
while under the influence and possession
of marijuana <strong>after</strong> he was
observed nearly striking the guard
rail and crossing the center line
in Electric City. The man’s vehicle
was towed.
- An Elmer City man taking
pictures near the dam was advised
he was in a restricted area.
He told the officer that he used to
work for the Bureau of Reclamation.
After checking on the man
he was cleared to finish taking the
pictures.
2/5 - A bartender called police
on a possible weapons problem.
When the officer arrived at the
bar he found that a person who
was intoxicated had a hunting
knife on his belt and was trying
to pick a fight with other patrons.
The bartender took the knife, but
returned it when the man left.
Coulee Dam Police
2/2 - Police stopped a vehicle
with an inoperative brake light
and found that the driver had
his license suspended and had a
warrant out for his arrest. He was
taken to Grant County Jail on the
warrant.
2/3 - A 17-year old female student
was taken to Okanogan County
juvenile facility <strong>after</strong> threatening
a teacher at Lake Roosevelt
High School. Police are asking that
a charge of felony harassment be
made against the woman.
2/4 - A suspicious man was
walking near Mason City Park
and the museum grounds, and
an officer caught up with him on
Holly Street. He said he had lost
$20 and was looking for it. He was
identified by tattoos on his upper
arm. No crime was committed so
the man wasn’t arrested.
- A man was confronted by
police <strong>after</strong> being seen on Holly
Street and hiding in the back yard
of a residence there. He said he
was hiding because he thought
police were following him. He said
he didn’t have any drugs on him,
only Zig Zag cigarette papers. He
told the officer that he didn’t have
any marijuana because he didn’t
have any money.
- A man told an officer called to
Coulee Medical Center by a staff
person that he had been bitten by
his own dog. He said he planned
to get rid of the dog because he
was afraid it might bite one of his
children.
2/7 - An officer responded to a
barking dog complaint and found
the dog, a male retriever, tangled
by its chain around a sign post. The
officer got the dog loose and tried
to follow it to its home but couldn’t
track the dog.
- Tribal police asked for assistance
in informing a man who
lives at a Columbia River Drive
apartment that a youth that lives
with him was at Coulee Medical
Center.
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February starts with
633.1350
more air stagnation
Finally, we got some respectable
snowfall in January. I hope
you enjoyed it as much as I did.
The freezing
rain on the
other hand,
is another
matter. Here
at the home
weather station
we had
a t o t a l o f
9.9 inches of
snow with a
total of 1.10
Weather
Watcher
Bob Valen
not a meterologist,
just a weather
hobbyist!
inch of precipitation. Looking
back at the last few years this is
it how we measured up: 2010 - 0.9
inch of snow and 1.33 inches of
precipitation, 2009 - 10.0 inches of
snow with 0.84 inches of precipitation.
The mean amounts for January
are: snowfall 6.2 inches and
precipitation 1.08 inches. Well, we
are in February now and under an
Air Stagnation Advisory issued
by the National Weather Service.
History shows us to be prepared
for a continued wet trend. In our
dry environment we can always
use it. The mean snowfall for February
is 2.5 inches (record high occurred
in 1959 of 17.1 inches) and
0.92 inches of precipitation (with a
record high in 1940 of 3.58 inches).
Temperatures should begin to
moderate just a bit. Yet, extremes
are there in our history just like
January. We experienced an alltime
record high of 61°F in 1995
and a record low of minus 15°F in
1950. By the way, I don’t put much
stock in animal shadows. So, no
words here about Pennsylvania’s
Punxsutawney Phil; wishing him
all the luck of course. Sixteen
years ago, in 1996, Washington,
Oregon and Idaho experienced
major flooding. Western and
Southeastern Washington state,
Northern Idaho and most all of
Oregon saw flooding. Three people
lost their lives here in Washington
and close to $1 billion in damages
occurred throughout the three
states. Depending on amount of
snowpack, warming late winter
temperatures along with late winter
rain storms, flooding is something
that all communities must
be prepared for and address here
in the Northwest. The sky has been
clear of late, so I’ll start mentioning
some of the
great opportunities
for night
sky watching.
Because
of cloud cover,
we’ve missed
some of the recent
night “light
shows” (a great
replacement for
the laser lights
on the dam). I’m speaking of
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aurora borealis. The sun has been
relatively active lately shooting
off great solar flares that collide
with Earth’s magnetic field creating
this beauty in our night sky.
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