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The latest blotter: Smoke on Zig Zag Lane

December 10th, 2009 at Thu, 10th, 2009 at 8:54 am by briankelly

Sunday, Nov. 29
1:50 a.m. — A fight was reported in the parking lot at China City.
2:44 a.m. — An assault was reported at a gas station on Highway 525.
10:12 a.m. — A caller said his roommate was stealing gas out of his garage.
12:42 p.m. — A woman said she moved out of her mother’s home two weeks ago after her mother threw her out and chased her with a butcher knife. She wanted help retrieving her belongings.
3:21 p.m. — Illegal dumping was reported near Hansen Drive. A couch was found in a ravine.
3:53 p.m. — A caller said tools and other items were stolen in a burglary on Maxwelton Road.
5:06 p.m. — A caller said someone in a Jeep pulled onto a property on McDonald Drive and tried to dump garbage.
8:32 p.m. — A vehicle was in the ditch near Deer Lake and Holst roads. A man was seen running down Deer Lake Road, fleeing the scene.
9:49 p.m. — A man and woman were fighting on Wilson Place.

Monday, Nov. 30
3:57 a.m. —
A woman said her boyfriend had been drinking and was kicking a dog.
11:22 a.m. — A man was panhandling on Main Street in Freeland.
2:06 p.m. — A caller wanted a welfare check on an elderly man who was sitting in a wheelchair in the rain at the dog park on Bayview Road.
2:42 p.m. — A rear-end collision was reported on Highway 525 at Ken’s Korner.
4:43 p.m. — A caller said people in a silver-and-gray van with the windows all fogged up were trespassing on Resort Road.
4:55 p.m. — A woman said a driver in a white station wagon was tailgating on Highway 525 near Crawford Road and almost hit her.
9:38 p.m. — A possible DUI driver in a truck was crossing the center line on Highway 525. The driver turned onto Main Street in Freeland.
10:05 p.m. — Some suspicious people wearing headlights were pushing something heavy in a wheelbarrow along Columbia Beach.

Tuesday, Dec. 1
8:24 a.m. — A woman said a driver in a white van cut her off on Highway 525, and she followed the vehicle to Ken’s Korner.
10:38 a.m. — A man on Zig Zag Lane said he could see a fire in the woods behind his house.
11 a.m. — A caller complained about a vehicle that had been loaned to an ex-girlfriend but not returned.
12:40 p.m. — A caller said dogs on Heather Drive have been barking nearly all day.
12:46 p.m. — A man on Cranes Landing Drive said he could see a buck in his side yard with a broken left front leg, and also a female deer with a baby.
12:57 p.m. — A caller said a suspicious man was sitting inside her sister’s vegetable stand on Saratoga Road.
2:38 p.m. — A caller on East Harbor Road saw a boat go by with duck hunters in it. The caller said it was obvious they were looking for ducks to shoot, and wanted to know if it was legal.
3:26 p.m. — A woman said her 1997 silver Acura Integra was stolen on Woodard Avenue.
3:29 p.m. — A vehicle was broken into while it was parked in the pullout for the walking trails just north of Highway 525 and Smugglers Cove Road.
3:38 p.m. — A man said a dog barked at him and approached him in an unfriendly manner on Heather Drive.
4:12 p.m. — Two people on dirt bikes were trespassing on a property on Old Pietila Road.
4:48 p.m. — A caller said his brother was missing. He went for a walk about 11 a.m. and had not come back.
5:38 p.m. — A woman on Wilkinson Road said a strange man just came and knocked on her door. The house is in a remote location, she said, and she had no idea how he got to the door.
5:47 p.m. — A caller said a neighbor’s front door was open.
6:05 p.m. — A Geo Prism went off the road and was stuck in the ditch on Highway 525 near the Goose grocery.

briankelly I'm the editor of The South Whidbey Record, but also write and shoot photos for the newspaper and www.southwhidbeyrecord.com. Story tips, suggestions? Comments on coverage? Send 'em my way at editor@southwhidbeyrecord.com.

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