The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 479 calls between Oct. 6 and Oct. 16, including 21 civil complaints, 34 requests for service, 26 field investigations, 2 reports of missing persons, 1 motor vehicle theft, 4 reports of gunshots heard, 13 traffic collisions, 13 traffic complaints and 6 reports of trespassing. Deputies also made 142 traffic stops during that period of time.

The following incidents represent a portion of incidents that deputies responded to:

Deputies responded to the Nolton Road area of Marrowstone Island at 4:08 a.m., Oct. 5 to a report of a cougar chasing livestock. The cougar was gone when the deputies arrived. No livestock were injured.

A deputy responded to a report of property damage in the Irondale area at 6:40 a.m., Oct. 7. The victim reported that sometime during the night, the windshield of their vehicle had been shattered. According to the responding deputy, an unknown object was used to strike the windshield two or three times. The vehicle was parked on the street in front of the victim’s residence.

A Brinnon resident reported Oct. 7 that they were selling some tires online and had received a check from a supposed interested buyer. The check was written in excess of the asking price. The seller was instructed to cash the check and give the “extra” money to the person coming to pick up the tires. Suspecting that this may be a scam, the seller told the buyer that they would be returning the check. The seller then received a text message from the buyer threatening to have the “drug cartel” come by and “take care of him.” The incident is under investigation.

“This is a well-known scam in which the suspect sends the seller a check for an amount greater than the asking price of the item being sold,” said Detective Joe Nole. The seller is given a story about how the suspect had to write the check for an amount greater than the asking price and to just cash the check and return the extra money to the suspect. In all cases of this scam, the original check is fraudulent and is returned to the seller by the bank after it bounces, and after the seller has already sent the extra money to the suspect, Nole said.

At 12:20 p.m., Oct. 7, a citizen reported that two bicycles had been stolen from the front yard of their Irondale residence sometime overnight. One bike was described as a maroon 1970s vintage Huffy, and the other as a purple Specialized Rock Hopper mountain bike.

A deputy conducted a routine traffic stop in the Port Hadlock area at 11:47 p.m., Oct. 8 and while in contact with the driver, noticed a small baggie containing what appeared to be heroin in the vehicle. Upon further investigation, the driver was arrested on suspicion of possessing heroin, methamphetamine and illegal prescription medication.

A deputy responded to the Cape George area at 12:47 p.m., Oct. 12 to a report of a very large, dead snake, possibly a cobra, hanging on the reporting person’s fence. Upon further inspection, the deputy determined that the snake was a rubber toy.