Law Enforcement
n February 1 - An officer was working in Abbotsford and observed a silver vehicle without a front license plate attached to the vehicle. The officer turned around in the roadway and observed the vehicle did not have a rear license plate or temporary registration plate in the rear windshield of the vehicle. The officer initiated a traffic stop of the vehicle and another officer arrived on-scene with K9 Dodge.
The officer made contact with both the driver and passenger and asked for their identification. During that time, K9 Dodge was deployed and alerted to the vehicle.
The officer asked the driver to exit the vehicle and asked if there was anything in the vehicle the officer should be aware of. The driver said there were two pipes located in his backpack. One of the pipes was “clean” and the other pipe was a marijuana pipe and had THC residue inside of it. The officer conducted a search of the driver and did not locate any items of interest.
The officer searched the passenger and did not find any items on their person either. The officers then searched the vehicle and located three gem-style bags in the center storage area near the gear selector. All three bags had a white, crystalline residue inside of them.
The officer also located a cut straw in the cup holder which had a white crystalline residue on the inside. The officers found a similar straw under the driver’s seat and found a digital scale with a white, crystalline residue on the weighing scale face. On the back of the scale near the batteries read the driver’s name.
The officers located another cut straw which appeared to have cotton on both ends inside the straw and located a broken pipe which had a burnt sticky substance inside. The officers found the other pipe which did not have any residue inside of it.
The officer asked the driver about the bags the officers found. The man said he did not know they were in the vehicle and said they were probably old. The man said the scale was used by him to weigh meth after he bought it to confirm he was given the correct weight after purchasing it.
The officer conducted a records check of the man and found that he had a suspended driver’s license. The man also had two open Marathon County court cases which had a bond condition to not possess drug paraphernalia.
The officer completed citations for nonregistration of auto and operating while suspended and gave them to the driver. The officer tested the residue back at the Colby-Abby Police Department and found that all tested positive for either meth or THC.
The officer forwarded charges for felony bail jumping and possession of drug paraphernalia to the Clark County District Attorney’s Office.
n February 2 - An officer was dispatched to a business in Abbotsford for a verbal disturbance. Dispatch advised a former employee was causing issues inside the building. The officer met with a man who pointed towards a male individual standing in an air lock portion of the building and informed the officer that the man was not welcome on the property. The officer spoke with the complainant inside the secure, employee only portion of the entrance area. The man said the trespasser is a former employee and said he was the trespasser’s supervisor during his time of employment and the man does not like him. The supervisor said he was walking out of the plant and into a long hallway which connects the break room to the entrance of the plant. The supervisor said upon entering the plant from the parking lot is an unlocked air lock. Inside the air lock is another door which only opens from an employee key card. This door leads into the above hallway which is for employees only.
The supervisor said he observed the trespasser standing in the hallway of the plant, past the point of the secured entrance door. The supervisor said he told the trespasser he was not allowed inside the plant as he was not an employee. The supervisor stated the man started to become hostile towards him and was swearing at him, informing him he was the reason he had been terminated.
The supervisor transported the trespasser out of the plant and into the air lock portion of the entrance. The supervisor said he wished to have the man trespassed from entering the employee only portion of the plant. The supervisor said it was OK for the man to be inside the air lock section of the entrance as his wife is currently employed at the business and he waits for her to be done with her shift.
The officer spoke with the former employee who initially was very loud and not understanding of the situation. The officer advised the man he was not allowed to enter the plant past the locked door. The man eventually stated he understood and did not want issues with the company. The officer told the man he could wait in the air lock and said he would be issued a trespassing warning letter. The officer later issued the man the letter and cleared without incident.
