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The lastest blotter

November 24th, 2009 at Tue, 24th, 2009 at 9:24 am by Brian Kelly

Thursday, Nov. 12
7:08 a.m. — A dog was running in the roadway on Wilkinson Road and a caller said no one could catch it.
9:18 a.m. — A woman on Saratoga Road said she found what appears to be a bullet hole in her greenhouse.
10:04 a.m. — A man said his disability checks were stolen from his mailbox.
10:32 a.m. — A brown pit bull dog with a large studded collar was loose on Harbor Avenue.
12:13 p.m. — A woman said guns and an assault rifle were stolen from her son’s home.
8:39 p.m. — A caller said a driver in a silver Volvo was all over the road on Highway 525 near Cameron Road.
10:35 p.m. — An aggressive driver in a dark green Jeep Laredo was tailgating and passing in an unsafe manner on Highway 525 near Classic Road.
Friday, Nov. 13
12:33 p.m. —
A vehicle was hit by another car in the parking lot at PayLess.
5:01 p.m. — A woman said she hit a deer near Christenson and Day roads.
6:54 p.m. — A woman was locked out of her car on Spinnaker Drive.
8:35 p.m. — A pink station wagon was crossing the yellow line on Highway 525 near Thompson Road.
9:23 p.m. — A dementia patient in her 80s wandered away from her home in Freeland.
9:52 p.m. — Gunshots were heard on Maxwelton Road.
11:20 p.m. — A vehicle was off the roadway and about 20 feet off the embankment on Fidalgo Drive near Harpoon Road. The caller said a man inside the vehicle said “Hey, don’t get the cops involved.”

Saturday, Nov. 14
8:29 a.m. — Gunshots were heard near Millman and Double Bluff roads. The caller said she knew it was hunting season, but didn’t like the noise.
9:07 a.m. — A home was burglarized on Fircrest Avenue and a purse was stolen.
11:27 a.m. — A woman said someone who didn’t like her shook her hand and bruised it when she was at a Clinton tavern on Wednesday night.
12:55 p.m. — A home was burglarized on Fircrest Avenue and a television was stolen. The house is vacant and the owner died about two months ago.
5:01 p.m. — A driver hit a deer on Highway 525 near Storkson Drive.
5:04 p.m. — Two dogs were fighting on Fircrest Avenue and the caller said they couldn’t be separated. One dog looked like it was near death.

Sunday, Nov. 15
8:21 a.m. — Rifle shots were heard near Double Bluff Road and Shore Avenue.
11:17 a.m. — A woman on Westcliff Drive needed help getting a cat out of her chimney.
12:48 p.m. — A tree was blocking half the roadway on Honeymoon Bay Road near Bellewood Lane.
1:39 p.m. — A man said his roommate just threw a wrench at him and left in his car.
6:07 p.m. — A possible DUI driver in a white van was reported on Highway 525 near Bayview Road. The driver kept crossing the fog line and was driving 15 mph under the speed limit.
7:09 p.m. — A woman in Freeland said she was standing in front of a man’s pickup so he wouldn’t drive. She said he had been drinking.
7:28 p.m. — The DUI driver in Freeland who was warned about driving got into his pickup and left right after the sheriff’s deputy who warned him departed.
8:11 p.m. — A tree was blocking the road on Smugglers Cove Road near Spahr Road.

Monday, Nov. 16
4:08 a.m. — A driver in a truck was speeding on Highway 525 near Fish Road.
6:53 a.m. — A bus driver reported a vehicle in the ditch on the Cultus Bay side of Highway 525 near Langley Road.

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