The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 217 calls for service between Aug. 8 and Aug. 14. Below are some notable incidents. 

At 12:44 a.m. Aug. 8, deputies were called to a domestic dispute near Sequim.

The caller said their daughter’s ex-boyfriend, 22, was on their property, accompanied by several other people, and was refusing to leave. There was, police learned, a disagreement about some property between him and his ex, and he’d allegedly been harassing her family and sending threatening text messages. 

Though he left before a deputy arrived, the man later called police himself to report his ex’s father had been stealing his mail. Police ascertained the man and his ex had been staying with her father for a time and he was apparently still occasionally receiving mail there, though he claimed it was being kept from him.

He said he’d followed his ex’s father to learn where she was staying now and came to ask her about it. He did admit he was not certain his ex and her father had taken anything from him, however, and did not want to officially report the claim.

There were no injuries and no arrests. 

At 11:40 a.m. Aug. 10, a 23-year-old Irondale resident called police to report someone had stolen her mail.

The woman said she’d spoken with the post office and confirmed that multiple packages had been delivered and then taken from her mailbox on Kinkaid Street. She also said she’d seen a suspicious man in the area several times, though she hadn’t actually seen him steal anything. 

A report was filed. 

At 9:47 p.m. Aug. 11, police were called about vandalism and potential burglary in Chimacum. 

A woman called to say the trailer in which her husband had been temporarily living had been broken into and spray painted. He’d called to tell her about it, she said, and then suddenly the line had gone dead after he’d told her he was not alone at the trailer. 

Police spoke with the husband who said he’d heard twigs snapping, as if someone were walking up behind him, and hung up quickly, though nobody was there. 

The trailer had been broken into and spray painted, though. He suspected a former employee who he’d fired earlier that same day. The other man had been told to get his tools from the trailer after being paid and dismissed. 

There are no witnesses, and the man declined to press charges. 

At 1:30 p.m. Aug. 12, police were called to Chimacum after a woman said her neighbor’s cats had killed her birds.

Police arrived and found the cats had killed several wild birds on the caller’s property, which she regularly feeds. The cats had been the source of some previous disagreement between the neighbors as well. 

No crime was committed.

A report was filed. 

At 6:54 p.m. Aug. 13 police were called to a private residence in Brinnon to investigate an alleged harassment.

A woman, 65, said her neighbor, 76, who reportedly has a history of assault, had tampered with her security camera. She claimed to have footage of him doing it and also climbing a ladder to paint the cover of her yard light.

The man was not at home when police tried to speak with him.

The next day, when they tried again, the woman said he’d left uncharacteristically early. She was given a thumb drive on which to download the video for evidence. 

The investigation is ongoing. 

At 3:45 a.m. Aug. 14, deputies were called to a private home in Port Ludlow after a man reported his 28-year-old daughter was “going crazy.”

The dispatcher could hear the woman screaming and breaking things in the background, as the man explained he was afraid to confront her further about her drug usage, believing she might harm herself or somebody else.

The man said he’d also argued with his daughter about her boyfriend staying at the house, a disagreement which had escalated over the course of a few hours.

The woman reportedly has a history of resisting arrest and has made suicidal statements in the past.

She was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for evaluation after declining to go voluntarily. 

Methamphetamine was subsequently found at the home and confiscated. 

At 11:23 a.m. Aug. 14, a 43-year-old Port Ludlow man called police to say his neighbor had thrown a stick of dynamite at his window early that morning. The object, which did reportedly smoke and make a loud noise, was ultimately revealed to be a firecracker. 

The man said his neighbor, 65, had threatened him before, though he’d delayed in calling to report this latest incident as he was “thinking it over.” He could not say why he thought the object was dynamite.

The neighbor admitted to having thrown a firecracker, but on his own property, saying he was upset because his neighbor had kept him up all night. 

The other man admitted, when asked, to being a night person, but said he’d tried to keep quiet.

Police advised he tried harder. They provided information about how to go about seeking an anti-harassment order and then encouraged both men to learn to live as neighbors or consider relocating. 

At 2:48 p.m. Aug. 14, police were called to a store in Chimacum when a customer attempted to pay with obviously counterfeit $100 bills.

The man, 43, is known to police. Upon arrival, they found him and his fiancé, 42, in a truck in the parking lot of the store with their dog. The man claimed to have no idea the bills were fake, saying he got them from a friend who owed him money. However, he did admit to having been previously arrested in relation to possessing counterfeit money. 

Both the man and woman had suspended licenses and she was held on an unrelated warrant. 

The man agreed police could search the truck, where they found drug paraphernalia and a large pouch that contained fake bills in various stages of construction and alteration. He again denied any knowledge of the money, saying a friend must have put the bag in his truck.

Both were ultimately cited and released, and told to expect a court summons, as police opted not to take them into custody for safety reasons due to their both having a very contagious skin condition.