June 22 — Malicious mischief: There is graffiti on the “spinny thing” at Culbertson Park. The caller said It was vandalized with a sharpie, and there are Hitler sayings and swastikas on the playground equipment. An officer notified the city crew.
A Ford SUV in the Coastal Inn parking lot has a male subject in it who is slumped over in the driver seat. The staff informed the subject that he had to leave, and could no longer stay in his room, as he was in his vehicle “huffing” an air can.
An officer contacted the subject outside of his vehicle with his dog. He stated he was going to take his dog for a walk, and then come back and move his vehicle, which staff stated was fine.
The subject recently went through a divorce and was emotionally distraught about it. The officer asked if he had someone to talk to, and he stated he had a therapist and would contact the Community Action Program.
The officer gave the subject his card, and advised the subject to call him if he needed help getting hold of someone. The officer also advised the subject that he can’t be sitting in his vehicle huffing on cans, and the subject understood. The officer sat in the area for a bit, and watched the subject leave the motel.
Animal complaint: A bear was going through the caller’s neighbor’s garbage cans. An officer arrived and found the bear standing over the garbage can. Once the bear saw the patrol vehicle, he took off running in the yard, and was trying to hide in the bush in the fenced yard. The bear then stood up, and was trying to feed off a bird feeder. The officer was able to stop this theft of bird food by using the patrol car horn, along with red and blue lights to scare it off.
A foot patrol of the area around the point where the bear was last seen showed that the suspect bear had run off. The bear looked to be all black in color and about 5 feet tall.
June 23 — Warrant arrest/contact: An officer pulled into Pioneer Market to get gas behind a silver Dodge Durango with a Washington license plate. He noticed the tags were expired in 2023, and ran the vehicle, which came back as stolen. The officer had Dispatch contact King County and confirm that the vehicle was stolen, which was confirmed as being stolen three days earlier.
The officer stopped the vehicle as it exited the gas pumps and contacted the driver, Paul L. Johnson. The suspect told the officer about how he came about having the vehicle, and that he believed it to be “free” from basically an estate sale in Ravendale, and provided the officer with contact information for the reporting party and registered owner.
The reporting party advised that the vehicle was never free, nor was it for sale, as it was being stored for a friend. The keys were in a shed nearby and the reporting party had noticed it had also been rummaged through, and stated that Johnson is who they think took it, and the officer advised that was who he was with.
The reporting party stated that Johnson had done this in the past with someone else, and advised he was not supposed to have the vehicle. Johnson also had a King County warrant for motor vehicle theft, and once confirmed, the officer took Johnson into custody as Wildlife 194 arrived on scene to get fuel as well, and assisted.
The officer advised Johnson he was being booked on the warrant and possession of a stolen vehicle later on, and transported him to the jail.
Disturbance: A possible domestic disturbance was taking place at the cottage house next door to the house the caller was currently cleaning. A male and female were yelling at each other, and then left the residence in a black four-door sedan with a spoiler.
The caller heard the occupants yelling for a short period before the male subject stated, “If you don’t stop screaming I’m going to beat the s**t out of you.” Both subjects got in the vehicle and left after that.
The officer did not locate the subjects in the area, but the caller advised him that their belongings were still in the rental, and they had it booked through the night, so she expected them to be back. The caller also said there were eight occupants staying there, but all had left earlier in the day. The officer advised her to call back if she saw them there later on, and that he would check at a later time for the vehicle.
June 24 — Theft: Caller received a report from a subject that a few of his belongings had been stolen since he bought some storage units. The caller got a chainsaw and weedeater back from one suspect. Another suspect is in a gray Cadillac. They are newer Echo weedeaters with electric starters. The caller is at the storage units waiting for contact.
An officer responded and spoke with the caller about the incident. He stated that last night the weed eaters and chainsaw were taken, as well as a Canondale bike.
The officer found the bike and brought it back to the mini-storage, then spoke with a suspect about the other weed eaters that were taken. The suspect said he did not know anything about any weed eaters, and they did not have them there. He also stated that he has not seen the other suspect, nor does he know where he is.
The officer walked around the outside of the hotel, and around the suspect’s car and did not see any weed eaters around or in the vehicle. At this point there is no proof or video of him taking them.
The officer advised that they would keep a lookout for the missing weedeaters, and would try to find the suspect riding around town somewhere. The caller moved all of his property behind the store by the U-Hauls.
June 25 — Caller reported that a juvenile male (10 or 11 years old) sent a threatening message in a group chat that she found on her daughter’s phone. He sent, “I swear to God if y’all don’t join in the next two minutes, I’m about to start going home. I’ll find every single house of y’all and kill. I’m going to kill all of your parents and your dogs and cats.”
The caller explained he was trying to get the kids in the group chat to join Facetime. She did not believe the threats to be viable, and her daughter was not scared.
The caller stated she doesn’t know the kid, or if this is a pattern. She wanted to report it because she is a mandatory reporter, and it was concerning that a child was talking this way.
An officer noted that this is under investigation.