The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 568 calls for service between Aug. 28 and Sept. 11. Below are some notable incidents. 

At 8 p.m. Aug. 29, police were called to a private home in Port Ludlow when a man said his 28-year-old daughter was having a fit and smashing things.

The woman had recently returned to live in her parents’ home and that night became enraged, police learned, after a heated conversation with her mother, 72. Her father said he would call the police if she did not calm down, but she continued destroying her room, putting several holes in the wall. 

Police were told she had an ongoing issue with substance abuse. It is the second recent call that has been made about the woman, police said.

Police arrived and after speaking to the parents went to talk to the woman, who refused to answer any questions saying only, “It doesn’t matter,” and insisting her mother lied to her. 

Police suspected her of being under the influence of methamphetamine and she was taken into custody for domestic violence and malicious mischief. 

At 1:50 p.m. Sept. 5, police were asked to investigate a potential burglary in Port Hadlock.

A resident who was traveling out of the state called police, saying they’d seen someone on their property without permission via a security camera video feed.

The person had reportedly arrived in a pickup truck, though the license plate was not visible. Nobody, the resident said, had permission to be on the property. 

Police arrived on the scene within
10 minutes, but saw no person or truck, nor signs of a disturbance. 

A report was filed. 

At 10:57 p.m. Sept. 5, police were called about an alleged assault in Chimacum.

Police arrived at a private residence in response to the call, during which a 29-year-old woman said a man, 39, had taken her pack of cigarettes and grabbed and pushed her during an argument.

The incident occurred at a residence where they, along with the man’s mother, were living. The woman, who said she was not injured and expressed no desire to press charges, explained she was contacting police preemptively because the man’s mother was likely going to call them too. The man had told her she would, the woman said. 

Police learned the man and his mother are supposedly attempting to evict the woman and the argument stemmed from that situation. They explained she had rights as a tenant and assured her she could not be thrown out without proper notice and process. 

At 11:02 a.m. Sept. 6, police were called to a Port Hadlock trailer court when a resident found three syringes on the ground.

Nobody else had been around when the discovery was made, the caller said. 

Police arrived and took possession of the syringes. 

At 11:33 p.m. Sept. 6, a traffic stop in Chimacum saw a man cited and released for driving with expired registration and no valid license. 

The man, a Sequim resident, was seen driving on Center Road near the Highway 104 overpass, police said. His registration was long since expired. Upon being stopped, he could not produce a valid license, though he did have alternative identification.

He was cited and released. 

At 11:31 a.m. Sept. 9, police were called about the theft of a solar panel from atop a county-owned speed-monitoring sign in Quilcene. 

It was the first incident of the sort, according to the sheriff’s office. 

An employee of Jefferson County Public Works called police after noticing the panel was missing. It is valued at about $200, according to police. The sign had been positioned on Dabob Road.

There are no suspects. 

At 12:48 p.m. Sept. 11, police responded to a call about an allegedly stolen vehicle in Port Hadlock.

A woman told police a man had taken her motorcycle, a Honda Shadow Aero, three weeks before and would not give it back. She called from a local business, which they were both at; he outside and she inside. She said she’d allowed the man to take the bike for a test drive and he’d never returned it, though she had not reported it stolen either. 

The man said the woman owed him about $800 from a previous deal.

She, meanwhile, insisted she’d been cheated in that deal.

Police said the man appeared to be holding the bike hostage, essentially, until the woman gave him the money he believed he was owed. They explained that was not legal and advised the man take her to small claims court instead, and ultimately made him give back the keys. 

The man complied without further incident and was, police said, warned and educated about the law on the subject.

At 2:12 p.m. Sept. 11, a Brinnon man called police to report his chainsaw had been stolen.

He said the tool had been taken from a small shed, which was locked, near his home on Dosewallips Road sometime in the past month.

There were no signs of forced entry and there are no suspects.

At 5:11 p.m. Sept. 11, a Port Hadlock man called police about a scam phone call.

The man, 39, said he’d been called and told there was a warrant for his arrest, and he called the sheriff’s office to verify that was not true. 

Police advised it was likely a scam, but the man was insistent.

The sheriff’s office found no warrant for the man on record.

He at last agreed it was likely a scam.

A report was filed.