Law Enforcement

■ April 28 - An officer was asked to conduct a wellness check on a potential homeless person at a gas station in Abbotsford. The caller said they had observed a female individual standing outside of the gas station and became worried for their safety due to the bad weather.

The officer met with the individual, who said they had gotten into an argument with their partner while driving to visit family. The partner dropped them off at the gas station and left.

The officer had the individual call their partner to come back and pick them up. The individual did so, and the officer also spoke with the partner over the phone. The partner said they would come back and get the individual, but needed a half hour to cool off, as they were still angry and didn’t want to continue arguing.

■ May 1 - An officer took to a report of an assault that had occurred at a workplace. The co-worker had allegedly been aggressive toward the complainant and verbally harassed them at work. On the morning of April 24, the co-worker began yelling threats at the complainant while they were standing in a hallway. The co-worker ended up hitting the complainant, who suffered a black eye and two bruises on their arms. The co-worker was fired, and the complainant thought that would be the end of it so they did not report the incident outside of work.

While the complainant was at the grocery store that morning, they ran into the coworker, who yelled at them and threatened to beat them up. The complainant decided to report the previous incident so that the assailant would stop harassing them.

The officer spoke with the HR department of the company they worked for in Abbotsford. The officer was provided with video footage of the fight, and observed that both parties seemed to say something that bothered the other before the fight. The complainant was pushed in the chest, and then both parties started fighting. They were separated by another employee and the coworker started walking away, though the two of them continued to yell at each other. The complainant then charged toward the coworker and initiated a second round of fighting.

Due to the complainant appearing to be a willing participant in the fight, the officer did not find cause to charge the co-worker with battery. The officer said he would speak with the co-worker about ending the harassing comments in public to avoid further fighting.

■ May 1 - An officer responded to a report of a found dog at a park in Colby. The reporting parties said they had seen the dog wandering in the parking lot and grabbed it before it headed out onto STH 13. They said they would be interested in adopting the dog if it was not claimed. The dog had a red hard plastic collar with no tags attached. The officer was made aware that this dog had been posted on the police department’s social media accounts numerous times in the past.

On May 2, an officer went to the owner’s address and spoke with the owner’s partner over the missing dog. The partner said the owner had called the police station the day before, but no one answered.The officer met with the owner at the kennel and returned the dog. The owner was issued a citation for permitting an animal to run at large.

■ May 2 - An officer was dispatched to a Colby residence in response to a disturbance. The officer was advised that an argument had occurred between a mother and son. The officer spoke with the mother, who said she had been in her vehicle with her children, and her eldest son was going to drive them to Marshfield as he had just gotten his temporary driver’s license. The son did not want his other siblings to come, as he wanted a couple friends to come instead. The mother told him no. The son did not like her answer and began arguing with her and called her derogatory names. After arguing for a little bit, the son went back inside to his room. The mother followed. The son continued to yell at her and pushed her. She pushed back and accidentally struck him on the bottom lip of his mouth. The son then pushed her hard enough for her to lose her balance. She then called law enforcement.

The officer spoke with the son, who said he had a bad day at school as he had been caught with nicotine. He said he had a babysitter coming to watch his siblings so that he could have a couple friends come to Marshfield with him. The son said his siblings wanted to come, which started the argument between him and his mother. He said they argued for several minutes, loud enough for the neighbors to hear. He then went up to his bedroom to cool off , and his mother followed him. He said that he didn’t want her to follow him as he wanted to be left alone to cool down. There was some pushing going on, and the mother struck him on his lip. He showed the officer the cut.

The officer asked both parties to leave each other alone for the night. The two agreed. The officer also told the son that he was not an adult and needed to listen to his mother.

■ May 2 - A traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle driving through Colby after an officer learned that the registered owner of the vehicle did not have a valid driver’s license. The officer could smell alcohol on the driver’s breath and observed them to have glassy, watery eyes. The driver denied having anything to drink. The officer asked the driver to do field sobriety tests due to their glassy eyes and the smell of alcohol on their breath. The driver consented to the test.

The driver was asked again if they had any alcohol that night. The driver admitted to having three or four shots. The driver consented to a preliminary breath test, the result of which was 0.212 blood-alcohol level. The driver was placed under arrest for operating while under the influence, and issued citations for operating while under the influence (1st), and operating without a valid license.

■ May 3 - An officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in Colby, the registered owner of which had a body only probation warrant. The officer met with the driver and confirmed the warrant. The officer placed the driver under arrest and transported them to the Clark County Jail.

■ May 3 - An officer received a complaint from a Colby resident who said they noticed that someone had struck their vehicle while it was parked in front of their garage on April 27. The complainant said they were able to obtain video footage of the incident and knew who hit their vehicle. The complainant said they were going to civil court and needed the incident documented.

■ May 3 - An officer observed a tow truck attempting to pull a vehicle out of a ditch in Colby, blocking the whole roadway while doing so. The officer met with the truck driver and asked who had been driving the vehicle. The driver said they did not know, they had just received a call about the vehicle and came to pull it out. The officer advised the driver that the sheriff’s department needs to be notified about any vehicles involved in a crash. The truck driver was advised not to pull the vehicle out until a deputy arrived.

After contacting the owner of the towing business, the client arrived and explained that the vehicle belonged to their son, who had been under the influence when he went into the ditch and was now home sleeping. The officer went to the driver’s residence and placed them under arrest for operating while under the influence. The driver was searched, and a small baggie with white powder inside was located. When asked to identify the substance, the driver told the officer to test it. The substance later tested positive for cocaine.

■ May 4 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence for a criminal damage complaint. The complainant said a group of mailboxes, including their own, had been struck sometime the previous day. The complainant’s mailbox was leaning over slightly and had a scratch on the side. The complainant was able to push their mailbox upright.

The mailbox behind the complainants was laying on the ground. The complainant believed the damage to both mailboxes happened at the same time. They did not notice any damage the morning prior, but when they came home later that day they noticed their mailbox leaning and the other on the ground. The officer attempted to contact the owners of the other mailbox but was unsuccessful.