The Port Townsend Police Department responded to 268 calls for service between April 17 and April 23. Those calls included 6 911 calls, 3 general alarms, 2 reports of domestic violence, 2 incidents of harassment, 2 reports of attempted suicide, 4 thefts and 4 welfare checks. The following were among the incidents reported:

At 9:50 a.m., April 17, a man reported that he had set his wallet on the roof of his vehicle and then driven away. After realizing what had happened, he drove back to the area to look for the wallet, but was unable to find it. He was told to check back at the police department in a couple of days to see if it had been turned in.

Officers responded at 11:50 a.m., April 17 to an apartment building on Sherman Street where a verbal argument had ensued. The reporting party said she had been pushed by her former boyfriend as he was attempting to leave the apartment. The man left the building and walked away, and police were unable to locate him. Police provided the woman with information about Dove House Advocacy Services and advised her to call 911 if her boyfriend returned.

Police were called to a residence on Polk Street on April 17 at 1:50 p.m., after a resident complained of parking and traffic issues in the area. The resident told the officer she believed the problems were related to an article in the paper about the “spaceship house.” Officers responded a second time to the Polk Street area at 3:15 p.m., when the same resident called to say that people were parking on private property and coming into her yard to take pictures of the house. She requested extra patrols in her neighborhood.

On April 18, a man in a wheelchair who was sitting in the waiting room of Jefferson Healthcare’s emergency department was interfering with caregivers attempting to help him. He was undressing and trying to climb out of his wheelchair. Police responded to the hospital at 8:20 p.m. and tried to get the man to cooperate and leave. He threatened the officers and was issued a trespass admonishment at the hospital’s request.

A man called 911 at 8:20 p.m., April 18 to report a male subject near the Haines Place Park and Ride who was acting strangely and banging on the reporting party’s car windows. The man was reportedly running around, then lying down in the middle of the street, blocking traffic. When police spoke with the man, he appeared to be very intoxicated and was stumbling down the street. A family member was called to take the man home. The subject was warned to stay out of traffic.

Officers responded at 10 a.m., April 19 to a call from a man who reported that his son found a rope hanging from an area on the embankment between Fort Worden State Park and Chetzemoka Park. The rope led to a cave-like area, where many empty purses and hypodermic needles were found. It is unclear who owns the property. Officers will attempt to determine ownership and initiate subsequent cleanup of the area.

An officer responded to a call from a business on Kearney Street at 7:30 a.m. on April 20 to assist in removing an otter from a dumpster.

At 5 p.m., April 20, police responded to a business on Kearney Street where a man was reportedly impersonating a police officer and exposing himself. The man left the area and walked toward the Safeway gas station on Sims Way. Officers searched the area, but were unable to locate anyone matching the description given by the reporting party.

At 8:45 a.m. on April 21, police responded to multiple reports of a vehicle that is regularly seen speeding along MacPherson Street with the driver texting while driving. The officer was able to determine who owned the vehicle and spoke to the driver about the complaints. The driver said the high speeds and texting would stop.

Officers responded to an address near 13th Street at 10:30 a.m. on April 21 after a person reported that some neighbors were in the house he was moving out of and that they were throwing things away. He said he had nearly everything out of the house except for food left in the refrigerator and some other items. The people who were cleaning out the residence said they had permission from the landlord to begin cleaning. No crime was committed.

A crossing guard at Grant School called 911 at 11:30 a.m. on April 21 to report that a vehicle had traveled through a crosswalk at a high rate of speed before school had started that day. The guard was stepping out to block the crosswalk for students and quickly stepped back when the vehicle approached. Additional patrols have been requested in the area between 7:30 and 8 a.m.

Police responded to an area bank at 4 p.m. on April 21 to take a report about a former customer who has been calling and yelling at employees. Due to previous harassing and abusive calls from the customer, which started several months ago, the caller’s account was closed, and she was told not to come into or call the bank again. The calls stopped at that time, but have since resumed.

Police responded to a report of a disturbance near Vista Boulevard at 4:20 p.m. on April 21. Someone was heard yelling, “I’m going to kill you.” When police arrived, the suspect had left the area on a bike. Police were unable to locate him.

A 911 call reporting a stolen vehicle was received at 11:20 a.m., April 23. Police responded to a gas station on Hendricks Street and spoke with the vehicle’s owner, who said the vehicle was taken from an area on Howard Street. He stated that the vehicle, a Nissan Altima, had a broken ignition switch and that the car could be started without a key. The vehicle was located, and officers were told there was a possible witness to the theft. At approximately 1:30 p.m. that same day, police spoke with the witness, who gave them information that led to the search of an area near Howard Street where the alleged thief reportedly had a campsite. The area was cluttered with items – some possibly stolen – but no one was found.

On April 23 at 3:30 p.m., a business owner on Sims Way requested extra night patrols near her business, reporting that someone had been attempting to break into the money boxes located on the outside of the building. The attempt to gain access to the business or money boxes was unsuccessful.