Sheriff's Report - October 20, 2011

Wahkiakum County law enforcement officers and emergency response personnel handled a variety of reports during the past week, including:

October 3--6:04 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Middle Valley residence to aid a child whose hand had been injured by a closing door. 7:17 p.m. A caller reported someone had dumped old cement posts on someone else's private property near Cathlamet.

October 4--1:53 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Rosedale woman who was very weak. 8:54 a.m. A caller reported someone had stolen a washer and dryer from a rental residence in the Elochoman Valley. 1:10 p.m. A caller reported being threatened by a contractor; a deputy made contact. 3:04 p.m. A driver was stopped by an officer on SR 4 near Cathlamet and was taken into custody for a Clark County warrant.

October 5--8:57 a.m. A caller reported that a power line transformer was sparking along the highway east of Cathlamet and power was out in the area; Wahkiakum PUD was notified. 4:27 p.m. A motorist reported encountering an unattended three-year-old child playing on Columbia Street; the driver and another person took the child to the child's residence; but found no adult around; an officer investigated. 5:59 p.m. A Grays River resident reported that a man had knocked on her door at 5 a.m. on October 1; a deputy made contact. 11:30 p.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported a person driving a dark extended cab pickup up and down the Elochoman Mainline was either poaching or prowling.

October 6--1:23 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a young child who had jabbed his throat with a spoon while jumping onto a couch. 3:09 p.m. A motorist reported almost running off a street in Cathlamet when an unleashed dog ran at his car.

October 7--8:34 a.m. Officers and two Cathlamet ambulances responded to the Elochoman Valley where a car had run into the back end of a logging truck. 4:41 p.m. A caller reported that someone had stolen property from two students at Wahkiakum High School; a deputy was assigned to investigate. 10:28 p.m. A motorist reported a car had struck and injured a young elk on SR 4 just east of Cathlamet; the elk was injured but alive, and the vehicle was disabled; officers were advised.

October 8--11:37 a.m. A West Valley resident reported an attempted fraud over the telephone. 11:27 p.m. A caller reported a man was threatening suicide; officers and a mental health professional responded.

October 9--2:29 a.m. A motorist reported a debris fire on land along Nelson Creek Road was still burning.

October 10--7:43 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet woman who had possibly broken a hip. 11:13 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Puget Island resident who was feeling ill.

October 11--2:32 a.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to aid Rosburg woman who was very ill. 9:35 a.m. A Westend resident reported finding a stray dog that appeared to have scars, wounds and burn marks on it; an officer investigated. 3:03 p.m. A Middle Valley resident reported a person in a car was speeding around and acting suspiciously; an officer made contact and learned the person was a hunter looking for a lost cell phone.

October 12--11:20 a.m. 12:09 p.m. A motorist reported a man was lying along the highway near Grays River; an officer made contact. 2:03 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet man with a shoulder injury. 2:53 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet woman with a burn on a foot.

October 13--9:51 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Cathlamet woman having trouble breathing.

October 14--9:46 a.m. A Rosburg resident reported someone was trespassing; an officer made contact. 1:59 p.m. A Grays River resident reported an attempted fraud. 8:56 p.m. A motorist reported several people were trying to get a pickup out of a ditch along SR 4 west of Skamokawa; the vehicle was gone when an officer arrived. 9:19 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Puget Island woman with an extreme headache. 9:35 p.m. A Puget Island man reported hearing gunshots and a vehicle speeding away, possibly from a poacher. 9:46 p.m. An officer arrested a motorist on Puget Island for driving while being intoxicated.

October 15--8:49 a.m. A Puget Island man said an injured owl was in his barn killing chickens; the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was notified. 1:51 p.m. A caller reported it appeared that a green pickup had been abandoned at the Elochoman Slough Marina; an officer was advised. 2:42 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a Puget Island man injured in a fall. 4:25 p.m. A caller said people in a barn on East Valley Road were causing a disturbance.

October 16--7:48 a.m. A Puget Island man asked that officers use a noise ordinance to silence waterfowl hunters; an officer said the ordinance didn't apply to hunting. 12:57 p.m. A Grays River resident reported people at a pickup had dumped garbage; an officer made contact and learned the pickup had broken down and the garbage was already at the spot. 7:33 p.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to aid a woman having trouble breathing.