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SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF LOG


May 20

A 31-year-old man was arrested on a felony warrant at a 38-year-old Eastsound man's home.

May 19

A 32-year-old Eastsound man was contacted by deputies after they received a report about a dog bite. The man's two dogs were taken to the Orcas Animal Shelter.

A 64-year-old man was contacted after a 64-year-old woman told deputies she had received a suspicious phone call at 2 a.m.

May 18

An 18-year-old Friday Harbor man was arrested on assault charges after he beat up an 18-year-old man. The victim and his girlfriend were in their car, stopped at a stop sign at Argyle and Spring Street, when the assailant started yelling obscenities at them as he crossed the street.

A 31-year-old Friday Harbor man discovered his 1988 Ford Ranger was stolen from First and Spring Street. The keys had been left in the ignition. The vehicle was later found on Warbass with the keys in the ignition. A bag with clothes and a paycheck in it were missing.

A 20-year-old Eastsound man saw three juveniles trying to get into his pickup at 3 a.m.. It was unlocked and parked at his residence.

A 61-year-old Orcas Island man told deputies his car sustained damage from a hit and run accident onboard a ferry after it was sideswiped by another car. He said the ferry crew refused to stop the other car so he could obtain information.

A 65-year-old Eastsound man reported two checkes werer written on his bank account by someone else.

May 17

A 54-year-old Eastsound man reported a window had been broken apparently by someone doing "donuts" in his gravel parking lot.

A 25-year-old Friday Harbor man was arrested for vandalism, residential burglary, vehicle prowl and on a Dept of Corrections warrant (for escape). He was caught while breaking a window to a front door of a trailer at the trailer park in Friday Harbor. In his car were a pair of speakers taken from another residence.

May 16

A parking lot in Eastsound was sprayed with green paint by the same boys who vandalized Eastsound Square on May 15. The 39-year-old business' owner estimated the cleanup costs to be $200.

A 53-year-old Friday Harbor man reported a burlary. Nothing appeared to be taken from his home. A computer keyboard had been moved and drawers opened.

May 15

A 33-year-old Lopez Island man told deputies his son had an Ipod belonging to someone else. It was returned to its rightful owner who had discovered it missing a week ago. The son admitted to taking it.

May 14

A 20-year-old was arrested on a warrant.

A 16-year-old Friday Harbor boy was arrested for taking a motor vehicle without permission and first degree theft.

A 59-year-old Friday Harbor man was arrested for driving under the influence after his car was found off the road on Egg Lake Road near Beaverton Valley Road.

May 13

A family reported their son was being harrassed at school for the past three months.

May 12

Three boys defaced the restrooms at Eastsound Square and rocks behind the stage in the Village Green with green paint. Deputies contacted two suspects who admitted they were responsible.

A deputy found orange cones and street signs in the middle of the road at Main and Urner Streets and three other locations on Orcas Island.

A 60-year-old woman was advised of the dogs at large law after her two Portuguese water dogs chased another woman's cats.

A 51-year-old Lopez Island woman reported seeing another woman's dog come out of the woods on Fisherman Spit carrying a dead fawn. The dog was not on a leash. The area belongs to the Land Bank and there are signs requiring dogs to be on leashes.

A 17-year-old Lopez Island boy parked his car at the ferry terminal when he returned on the late ferry the locks had been damaged apparently with a screwdriver. He was able to fix them enough to get into the vehicle.

A 47-year-old Friday Harbor woman contacted deputies about a phone call. She thought the caller's voice may have been electronically altered. He told her he was watching her on camera. Another employee at her work has received a similar call.

A 48-year-old Friday Harbor woman was stopped for driving a vehicle with defective lights. Her car was impounded for 15 days after a check revealed her driver's license was suspended in Arizona.

A pink identification holder found in Anacortes was taken to the sheriff's office.

A 49-year-old Friday Harbor woman reported someone spraypainted her car when it was parked at her residence. Her daughter's car parked next to hers was untouched.

May 11

An 18-year-old woman was arrested for driving under the influence and minor in possession of alcohol after a single vehicle accident on Turn Point Road.

A 25-year-old Eastsound man reported someone was calling repeatedly at extremely inconvenient hours.

A deputy stopped a bicyclist who was riding without lights at night. He arrested the 41-year-old Eastsound man for violating probation conditions which forbid drinking.

May 10

A 34-year-old Friday Harbor woman and a 20-year-old Friday Harbor man were arrested for burglary, vandalism, violation of conditions, minor in possession, second-degree malicious mischief after deputies were called in reference to a dispute.

A 48-year-old Anacortes man said a 500-gallon tank of gasoline he had barged to Decatur Island is missing. He plans to fly over the island to see if he can spot it.

A 21-year-old Lopez Island woman said her father's Honda was prowled and her bank assess cards were stolen. Two debit cards were accessed without her permission.

May 9

A 15-year-old Friday Harbor boy was arrested because of a warrant. During his arrest he was found to be carrying drug paraphernalia and Ritalin. His mother told deputies he does not have a prescription for Ritalin.

May 8

A 20-year-old Eastsound woman reported her 1973 Volvo had been broken into and all items were taken out of it. Someone had stolen the keys and returned the vehicle with a different set of keys.

A 77-year-old Roche Harbor woman reported the theft of a motor from the back of her boat parked in a upper parking lot.

A 42-year-old Eastsound woman arrested because of a felony warrant.

A 33-year-old Friday Harbor woman who repossessed a car, received threatening phone calls from a 44-year-old man.

A 16-year-old Friday Harbor boy was reported as a runaway by his mother. She believed he was in Idaho headed to New York.

May 7

An absentee property owner was informed by neighbors someone was living in a truck and motorhome parked on his property. Deputies contacted the occupants and told them to vacate the property. They had rented the RV station from the previous tenant.

A 24-year-old Friday Harbor man asked deputies to arrest a 29-year-old woman he wanted removed from his home. He was told all they could do was tell her to leave and tell her not to come back or she would be arrested for trespass.

A 54-year-old Friday Harbor man reported his 16-year-old son and the son's girlfriend had stolen the father's red mustang and taken $500 from the father's bank account. It was believed they had left the island and were in Kirkland.

A 34-year-old woman reported her 16-year-old foster child had runaway. She believed the girl was in a stolen vehicle on the mainland.

May 3

A 52-year-old Eastsound woman reported her bicycle stolen from in front of the Orcas Center. It was a pale green Bridgestone, with wire basket saddlebags.

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