Law Enforcement

n March 30 - An officer met with a victim of a fraud complaint.

The victim said they were scammed out of a significant amount of money. The victim said they received a text message from what they thought was their bank. The victim said that the text message was asking if the victim had used their debit card at a Walgreens in Denver, Colorado. The victim replied back, “No” and they were told they would be getting a call from customer support.

The victim said they got a call from a female saying her name was Rebecca and she was from the victim’s bank’s fraud department. The victim said they were asked for the last eight digits of their card. The victim called back five minutes later with the numbers on the card. The victim was told they would never ask for the complete card number. The victim said they received another text with a verification code that they gave to Rebecca. The victim said they received another text to reply “Yes” to turn back on their fraud alert texts since someone had turned them off.

The victim said they were also given a few other avenues of confirmation that they filled out. The victim gave Rebecca their social security number and date of birth and was told they could pick up their new card at the bank the next day.

The victim then went to the bank and was told her account had been emptied and was notified that Rebecca did not work for the bank in any fashion. The officer filled out the report and filed it for insurance purposes.

n April 2 - An officer was traveling in Abbotsford when he observed a large, cream-colored dog standing in the roadway. The officer drove by the dog towards a female standing down the street. The officer asked the woman if the dog was hers and the woman said it was not. The officer turned around to pursue the dog and observed a male attempting to contain the dog.

The dog ran away from the male towards a set of railroad tracks. The officer made contact with the man who said it was his. The man’s girlfriend was also trying to catch the dog. The male’s girlfriend was eventually able to catch the dog and secure it using a leash.

The officer issued the man a verbal warning for permitting an animal to run at large.

n April 3 - An officer was informed of an incident where a female was getting contacted by her boyfriend despite the man having multiple bail bonds through the Clark County and Marathon County Sheriff’s Offices stating he could not contact the woman.

Theofficermadecontact with the man and placed him under arrest for several felony bail jumping charges. The man was transported to the Clark County Jail and read his Miranda Rights. The man said he did not want to answer any questions or fill out paperwork.

The officer went and spoke to the woman involved and took pictures of the messages and missed calls the man had been placing to the woman.

n April 4 - An officer was dispatched to a residence in Abbotsford for a disturbance that was no longer in progress. The officer walked up to the residence and noticed the front window to be broken. The officer made contact with a male who was sitting on a chair in the kitchen of the residence. The man stated his son made contact with him over the phone. The man said he went over to his son’s residence sometime in the previous couple days to clean his residence.

The father stated the man was upset about a TV antenna that was thrown away because it did not work anymore. The man told his son he would buy him a new antenna and he did not want to talk about it anymore.

The man said at 10:30 p.m., he was sitting on a recliner in the living room of the residence. He noticed his son had arrived at his residence and was knocking on the front door. The man said the door was locked and said he did not want to talk to his son and did not open the door to the residence.

The man said his son knocked on the door for several minutes as he did not unlock the door. The mansaidhissonpickedup a grey rock and threw the rock at the window that is part of the front door. The man said it shattered the window and his son was able to reach inside the door and unlock the door. While the son was reaching inside and attempting to open the door, the man said he pushed his son’s arm away from unlocking the door several times. The man said his son eventually unlocked the door and let himself in.

Once the man entered the residence, the father ran through the residence and into the kitchen as the son ran behind him. The father ran into the garage and the two stood face to face. The father said the son punched him in the face five or six times. The son pushed the father to the ground and punched him in the face another time.

The son got up and walked inside of the residence again. The father stood up and followed the son into the residence. The father said his son looked at him and began to talk to him about hunting and fishing. The son helped his father clean up some of the broken glass before getting back into his vehicle and leaving.

The father said he would be heading to the doctor to be seen for his injuries. The father then signed a 72-hour no-contact form. The officer went to the son’s residence and knocked on his door several times. The man did not answer.

The following day, officers were dispatched to the residence again. The father had locked himself in the bathroom because his son had shown up at the residence. The father said his son had left just a few minutes prior. Officers searched the surrounding area for the man’s truck and located him in the parking lot of a business in Abbotsford. The officer observed a male individual walking from the business towards what appeared to be the son’s vehicle. The officer pulled up behind the vehicle and activated his emergency lights. The officer yelled to the man to show his hands. The man appeared to acknowledge the officer but got in his vehicle and shut the door.

The officer briefly directed his service weapon towards the man’s vehicle and re-holstered it as he approached the driver’s side of the vehicle. The officer opened the man’s door and ordered him out of the vehicle.

The officer placed the man in handcuffs and advised the man he was under arrest for the domestic incident that took place the day prior. The man said he had no idea what the officer was talking about.

The man was read his Miranda Rights and was asked if he could answer some questions about the incident. The man said he did not believe in his rights and said he did not want to bother with the questioning. The officer transported the man to the Clark County Jail without incident.

n April 4 - An officer took a theft complaint from an employee at a local business. The manager said the store had security footage of a man taking a 24-ounce beer can out of the fridge of the store and into the bathroom. The manager said three minutes later, the man walked out of the bathroom with no can and left the store.

The manager said one of the employees of the store found the empty can on the back of the toilet in the bathroom. The man never paid for the beer. The owner of the property said they would like the man trespassed from the property.

The officer went to the man’s home address and made contact with him. The man admitted to drinking the beer saying he was thirsty but did not have the money to pay for it.

The officer issued the man a citation for theft and gave him a trespass warning letter stating he was no longer allowed on the property. The man said he understood and the officer cleared from the incident.

n April 6 - An officer took a walk-in complaint of identity theft. The victim said that he had recently gone to open a checking account and said he was denied due to poor credit from an open credit card. The victim questioned the card as he did not own any credit cards.

The bank told him that the credit card was through the First National Bank of Omaha. The man contacted that bank and notified them of the account being fraudulent. The victim said he was able to get the card frozen but it had a significant amount of charges on it. The victim worked with the bank and was able to find the person that had been involved with opening the account.

The victim said he needed to file a local police report for the bank to continue their investigation. The man said he had two kids in common with the person who had opened the account but had never been married to her nor given her permission to use his information to open an account.

The officer noted that a follow-up was needed after he was able to contact the bank’s fraud department.

n April 8 - An officer was dispatched to the parking lot of a business in Abbotsford for a report of a hit and run incident. The officer arrived at the business and met with a woman who said she was in the parking lot waiting for traffic to clear so she could pull out of the parking lot onto a street. The woman said she saw a black colored SUV heading towards her. She said when the SUV got close to her, it left the road and went over the curb, directly toward her.

She said the vehicle struck the driver’s side of her vehicle causing damage. She said the vehicle then turned around and left the scene immediately. She gave the officer a description of the vehicle as well as the license plate information. The officer ran the license plate number through Clark County dispatch and it returned to an address in Abbotsford.

The officer took pictures of the damage to the woman’s car and completed an accident report. He then told the woman that another officer had located the striking vehicle and that he would make contact with the owner.

The officer went to the provided address and met four individuals in the driveway of the residence. The vehicle matching the description and license plate was in the driveway and had damage to the front, passenger side of the vehicle that appeared to be new. The officer asked all the individuals in the driveway who was driving the vehicle. No one answered.

One male, later identified as the driver of the vehicle, started emptying the contents of his pockets and giving the items to a female who was standing in the driveway. The male could not stand up and was slurring his words. The officer could smell a strong odor of an intoxicating beverage coming from his breath when he spoke.

The officer asked the man if he had been just driving the vehicle in the driveway. The man said he was. The officer then asked the man if he had struck a vehicle while driving the vehicle. The man said he could not remember.

The officer asked the man how long ago he drove his vehicle. The man said he got home about ten minutes before the officer arrived. The officer pointed at the damage on his vehicle and asked how that happened. The man said he was not sure. The man agreed to perform field sobriety tests. During the one leg stand test, the officer asked the man to raise his right foot and hold it. The man tried to raise his right foot by lifting up on his pant leg. The man could not lift his leg up anymore and looked at the officer for the remainder of the test.

The officer placed the man under arrest for operating while intoxicated. The officer transported him to the police department. The man was booked and released to a responsible party.