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COLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE LOG

_ June 8 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford apartment for a welfare check on a woman who did not show up for work that day. The officer met with the woman, who said she was fine and didn’t realize she had to work that day. The officer advised her to call the co-worker who had requested the welfare check. She said she would do so.

_ June 9 - An officer checked on South Sixth Street Park in Colby at about 3 a.m. to make sure the park was secure. He noticed that the door to the concession area was not secure, and access had been gained into the building. He checked inside and didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary, but he was not sure what all was supposed to be in the concession room.

When the officer shut the door behind him, he noticed that it locked on its own without the need for a key. The officer notifi ed the city later that morning about what he had found.

_ June 10 - An officer went to a residence on North Third Street in Abbotsford to investigate possible ordinance violations. The officer could see a vehicle parked in the yard with an expired license plate and grass growing around the tires. There was also a couch in the yard, and a patio screen leaned against the side of the house.

Photographs were taken, and the officer sent the occupants a warning letter giving them 10 days to address the ordinance violations.

_ June 10 - An officer investigated a pair of vehicles parked at a property on North Second Street in Abbotsford. Both vehicles had expired license plates, and there was tall grass growing around them. Photographs were taken and a 10-day warning letter was sent to the occupants.

_ June 8 - An officer investigated ordinance violations at a residence on North First Street in Abbotsford. From the alley behind the property, the officer could see a vehicle with expired license plates and tall grass and weeds growing around it. The officer also saw a pile of debris in the yard, containing cardboard, wood, and a dresser or shelf unit. Photographs were taken, and a letter was sent to the owner.

_ June 10 - An officer investigated ordinance violations at a residence on North Second Street in Colby. The officer could see a vehicle parked on the side of the driveway with an expired license plate and tall grass growing around it. Photographs were taken, and a letter was sent to the owner.

_ June 10 - An officer investigated possible ordinance violations at a residence on North Main Street in Colby. The officer could see vehicles on the property, one of which did not have a visible license plate and the other with an expired plate. Neither of the vehicles appeared to be operational. One of them had tires and wood leaning against it, and the other was registered to someone who did not live at that address. Photographs were taken, and a warning letter was sent to the property owners.

_ June 10 - An officer noticed a vehicle pulling into the parking lot of Abbotsford High School and recognized the driver as someone with a warrant out for his arrest. The officer met with the driver and informed him of the warrant, which was issued for failing to appear in court on a false imprisonment charge.

The driver seemed confused, as he had multiple open court cases in Clark and Marathon counties. Dispatch confirmed the warrant, and the driver was taken into custody and taken to Marathon County Jail.

_ June 10 - An officer was dispatched to South Second Street in Colby in reference to a hitand- run complaint. The officer met with a teen and her father. The teen said someone struck her vehicle while it was parked on the street between 7 and 9 a.m. that morning. No one witnessed the accident, but there was some white paint transfer from the other vehicle. The damage consisted of a large dent in the driver’s side door.

_ June 10 - An officer was dispatched to West Spruce Street in Abbotsford to pick up a stray dog. The officer was handed a dog with a collar and Medford tags. No one knew who the dog belonged to, so it was taken to the police station until the owner called a short time later. The owner came to the station to get the dog, and was warned about allowing it to run loose.

_ June 14 - An officer was dispatched to downtown Abbotsford in reference to a loud noise complaint. The officer met with a woman who lived in an apartment near a bar that had music playing inside, along with a car outside playing music loudly.

Two officers went into the bar, and the music was loud enough where the officers had to have the bartenders come outside to speak with them. The owner of the bar said the issue with the vehicle playing music outside had already been addressed.

One of the officers returned to the bar later that night when he noticed music coming from outside the bar after it had closed. He encountered a large group of people behind the bar, and the music stopped as soon as he arrived. It was difficult to tell where the music had been coming from, so he warned the entire group about keeping the noise down and also about not driving home intoxicated.

The officer then parked his squad vehicle about a block away and was joined by a second officer. The group of people eventually dispersed, and there were no further complaints.

_ June 14 - An officer met with a woman and her nephew in regards to a child abuse/neglect complaint. The nephew had a bruise on his face that allegedly came from his stepfather. The Clark County Sheriff’s Department had already started an investigation regarding a male subject who punched the stepfather in the face after learning about the alleged abuse.

The alleged victim was five years old, and only provided limited answers to the officer’s questions. He did say that he got the bruise on his face after his stepfather pushed him into some furniture. He also had little scrapes and bruises on one of his knees, but the officer was told those were from a recent bicycle accident.

The officer went and spoke to the boy’s mother and stepfather at their apartment. They said their boy had been put on timeout and was told to sit on a chair in his bedroom. They said he decided to climb onto a dresser and expose the lower half of his body to everyone in the apartment. The stepfather said in the process of getting his stepson back on timeout and disciplining him, the stepson hit his head on a dresser. The mother also said the stepfather tapped her son on the head, in the same way a football coach would do with a player. The officer provided the information he got to the sheriff’s department.

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