Sheriff's Report, December 21, 2017

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

December 11--9:48 a.m. A Middle Valley resident reported five horses were loose in the Maki Road area. 10:34 a.m. A caller reported an assault; an officer investigated. 12:26 p.m. A woman reported her daughter had been missing since the previous day. 3:28 p.m. A Rosedale business reported a subject was harassing customers; an officer investigated and summoned mental health provessionals.

December 12--A caller said a Kelso woman was threatening to kill her boyfriend at a Westend residence; Kelso police were notified. 12:06 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Beaver Creek address where a man had cut himself with a chainsaw. 12:21 p.m. A caller in Rosedale reported finding a stash of marijuana. 1:24 p.m. A Cathlamet business reported its email had been hacked and used in an attempted bank fraud.

December 13--7:43 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Rosedale residence to aid a woman who had fallen and possibly broken a hip. 9:11 p.m. An Altoona/Pillar Rock Road resident reported a possibly abandoned vehicle. 9:43 a.m. A Skamokawa resident reported a man had violated a restraining order. 1:50 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a man with extreme abdominal pain. 2:16 p.m. A caller said someone has been stealing gasoline from a vehicle at the Elochoman Slough Marina.

December 14--7:56 a.m. The Grays River ambulance responded to aid a Rosburg resident with sever neck pain. 5:01 p.m. A dispatcher took a call from a party leaving Cathlamet at high speed, saying they were taking a person with a bleeding problem from an accident to a hospital and they wouldn't wait for an ambulance; officers were advised. 5:25 p.m. A Cathlamet business reported a problem with a person; an officer responded and took the person into custody for a violation of drug laws.

December 15--1:53 p.m. A caller reported possible identity theft. 2:07 p.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a person whose speech was slurred. 2:21 p.m. A State Road resident reported a trespasser. 3:15 p.m. An East Sunny Sands Road resident reported hearing what sounded like gunfire from an automatic weapon. 5:15 p.m. An Elochoman Valley resident reported hearing an explosion; it was determined that a power transformer had exploded; Wahkiakum PUD was notified. 7:33 p.m. A West Valley resident said a man was causing a disturbance; he was gone when officers arrived but he returned the following morning and threatened a man with a chainsaw; officers and mental health personnel responded, and the man was taken into custody. 7:36 p.m. A Deep River resident reported an assault.

December 16--1:02 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Rosedale residence to aid a person with a bleeding problem. 936 a.m. The Cathlamet ambulance responded to a Cathlamet residence to aid a youth with severe stomach pain. 12:31 p.m. A caller reported ongoing child abuse by an aunt; officers investigated. 1:05 p.m. Officers and the Cathlamet ambulance responded to aid a person threatening suicide. 2:39 p.m. An officer cited a driver for failure to have vehicle insurance.