Law Enforcement

COLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE

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_ Feb. 27 - An officer made a traffic stop in the city of Abbotsford in reference to irratic driving.

The officer observed a vehicle cross over the center double yellow line and abruptly turn back into the correct lane of travel. Next, the vehicle almost struck a curb and crossed the center lines and traveled taking up both lanes of travel. The officer activated his emergency lights and the vehicle turned on its right blinker, turned and struck a snow bank on a corner of an intersection. The officer activated his siren briefly and the vehicle came to a stop.

The officer made contact with the female driver and explained the reason for the traffic stop. The officer asked if the female driver had any drinks tonight. The female driver responded that she had a couple of beers.

A second officer came to the scene to assist and identify the passengers in the vehicle.

While the first officer was speaking to the female driver, he observed her eyes were glassy and could smell an odor of an intoxicating beverage coming from her as she spoke.

The female driver was asked to exit the vehicle and when she did the officer had then observed a full open bottle of Corona in the center cup holder of the vehicle.

Once the female was out of the vehicle the officer asked how many drinks she had. The female told the officer she had three drinks and she was picking her son up from work. She also went to explain the reasoning for her driving was because of the snow and snow banks were so high.

The officer told the female there was no snow on the main road she was driving on. The officer performed a field soberiety test on the driver and she failed. She was arrested and placed in the back of the officer's patrol vehicle.

Since the vehicle was parked on the wrong side of the road the officer asked the passengers to exit the vehicle so he could park the vehicle legally. The passengers were allowed to walk home.

_ Feb. 28 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence for a possible accidental dial of 911.

The officer made contact with a female who was standing outside of the residence. The woman told the officer she and the male occupant got into an argument with a woman who showed up to their residence intoxicated. The woman who showed up was the male’s ex-girlfriend and she told them she crashed her car and needed someone to get her car out of the ditch.

The officer then made contact with the male occupant inside of the residence. The male stated he started his vehicle to warm up before heading off to work that morning and saw his ex-girlfriend had shown up at his residence. His ex-girlfriend stated she crashed her car and needed to borrow his car. The male did not give permission to the ex-girlfriend to borrow his vehicle. The male said his ex walked over to his vehicle and pulled the keys out of the ignition. The male stated she was still in his car with his keys.

The officer checked the vehicle and did not locate the woman or keys. The officer asked the male where she went with his keys. The male could not answer the question as he did not know where she went. The officer told the male to make contact with his exgirlfriend over the phone to retrieve his keys, unidentified male brought his keys back. The male did not want any problems and did not wish to fill out any paperwork.

_ March 3 - An officer was on routine patrol when he spotted a person who had active felony warrants for his arrest.

Two other officers were in the area and were able to assist. The first officer observed the male walking and the second officer pulled his squad vehicle in front and attempted to stop him. He started running in an attempt to get away. The officer was able to catch the male, placed him in handcuffs and advised he was being detained. He admitted he knew he had several warrants for his arrest.

The officer conducted a search of his person after asking if he had anything on him. He said he did have marijuana and methamphetamine in his pockets and also two used syringes.

The officer secured all evidence and advised the contact that if the items tested positive for narcotics he would be given additional charges in addition to his warrents.

_ March 3 - An officer was notified of a vehicle that was spotted and the registered owner had several warrants out.

The officer spotted the vehicled and conducted a traffic stop. The officer made contact with the female driver, meanwhile another officer arrived on scene and deployed the K9 to the female’s vehicle. The female was asked to walk to the front of the first officer’s patrol.

A search of the vehicle was conducted. The second officer had found a drivers license with a different name and different date of birth. The first officer searched the female for any weapons and found none.

The officers ran the name on the drivers license through the system and had found a warrant, felony and obstructing court order.

The female still gave the offi cers the name she told them first, which did not match the found drivers license.

The second officer has the female walk to the trunk of the vehicle and asked if all of the the items belonged to her. The female stated they did. The offi cer then asked if the items belonged to the name that was on the drivers license and again the female stated they did. She then told the officers her name was the one on the drivers license.

The officer had the female walk back to the patrol squad and told her that she was being placed under arrest for her warrants.

_ March 1 - An officer was dispatched to a Colby residence in reference to a distrubance.

Dispatch advised the officer the caller was being pushed around by her wife because her wife had been using drugs again and wanted to leave in their vehicle and she wouldn’t let her. The female told dispatch she had taken the keys and ran into the house to get away from her. The wife had left with a male party on foot.

Upon arriving to the area the officer checked where the two individuals were reported walking but did not locate them. The officer then went to the Colby residence to speak with the female caller. She told the officer where her wife and the male party might have gone. The officer relayed that information on to the proper channels.

The female caller told the officer she and her wife had just moved into the residence and that the two had been arguing most of the day that day. She said they dropped off their kids with relatives before starting some errends. During the errand run the wife started yelling at her and calling her names. The female caller told the officer her wife had started using marijuana and methamphetamine again after being sober for years and that was the cause of many of their fights.

The female caller told the offi er she got to a point in the argument that she could not take the verbal abuse anymore and pulled the car over and told her wife to get out. The wife argued with her some more and and one point scratched her in the neck before leaving the vehicle.

The female caller went on to finish the errands that needed to get done and receivied a phone call from a bar beggging her to pick her back up as she did not know where she was and had no phone to call anyone to get her.

The female picked her wife back up and drove and picked up the children to go back to their residence. The female caller said she stayed home and her wife left for a while and returned home. The wife had called the female caller to ask her to watch the children as she ran to the store.

The female caller met her wife and the children in the parking lot and saw a male in the vehicle. The female caller got upset because she knew her wife was not suppose to be in contact with the male individual. The female caller also saw drug residue in her wife’s nose and knew that she had used meth again.

The female caller told the offi cer she then grabbed the keys out of the vehicle because she did not want her wife driving because of her being high. That made the wife mad and she began yelling at her to give the keys back. The female caller said that wasn’t going to happen and the wife started pushing her to make her give her the keys. The female caller was able to run into the residence to secure the children and called 911. Her wife and the male party took off on foot.

The second officer had located the two individuals and contacted the first officer, who met up and approached them. The second officer spoke to the male individual who confi rmed there was a bond condition of no contact. He was placed under arrest.

The first officer spoke with the wife asking what had transpired between her and her wife. The woman explained a similar beginning of the story until the part of the her and the vehicle/key situation. The woman continued stating she had been staying at a temporary residence and was starving so she went to go pick up her wallet and purse. The male individual went with her to pick up the items, she went back to her wife’s residence after calling her and asking if she could watch the kids. Her wife came out to meet them in the parking lot and that is when she saw the male individual and starting to argue with her.

The officer asked if anything got physical between the two before and the woman told the officer her wife punched her in the face before she was kicked out of the car but nothing physical happened when her wife grabbed the keys out of the car. She told the officer her wife was trying to get her in trouble.

The officer arrested the woman for domestic disorderly conduct. The officer conducted a search and found marijuana in a hard cigerette case and also a gem bag with a white crystal substance that later tested positive for methamphetamine.

_ March 4 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to a threat complaint.

When the officer arrived at the residence he met with two individuals, a male and female. The officer asked the female, who had made the complaint, what happened.

The woman stated she has been getting threatening text messages from different numbers, which include her full identifying information, address, car registration, employment and other information. The officer advised the female he was somewhat aware of the situation as another officer had received similar information from the Medford Police Department, requesting extra patrol around her residence.

The woman stated she called because she had received a photo of her son from an another unknown number. The officer looked at all the of the text messages and saw they were from three different numbers, but seemed to be the same author as the style across all was very similar.

The messages stated there was a “team” of people sent for the female and that she has been being “trailed” for quite some time. The texts stated there have been black vehicles around her residence and work. The texts also stated they were trying to “help her out” by notifying her of these threats, but then would continue saying they are serious about the threats.

The female said she did not see any suspicous activity around her residence and she also notified the Medford PD and they advised her the messages were a scam or someone who was trying to scare her.

The officer asked the female if she knew who would be do ing this and she stated she did not know. The officer advised her to block all numbers and he would ensure her residence was secure.

The officer told the female he would attempt to contact all phones numbers provided.

The following day the female received another threatening message through email. The officer observed in the email “they” had her work, home and phone “bugged.” The email continued saying that the people the female told about the messages could not save her from a sniper. The ending of the email stated they will hurt her by getting rid of everyone she loved, and if she dared to show anyone the email she would not want to see what comes after. The offi cer took a photograph of the email. The two individuals also told the offi cer that both of their Facebook and bank accounts have been hacked.

The male individual told the officer he observed three black SUV vehicles earlier around the residence. He stated all vehicles had bright blue headlights and were parked next to each other for at least an hour then moved to another location for a bit but when he looked out of the window again later they were gone. The officer stated he would ensure extra patrol would be conducted around their residence.

_ March 5 - An officer was operating an unmarked vehicle when he observed two vehicles parked at an Abbotsford business late at night. Due to the business carrying firearms and the time of night, the officer made contact with the vehicles. Extra patrols have been conducted around the business due to concerns of break ins. The officer called the findings to dispatch.

As the officer was turning left, he observed one vehicle pulling out of the business driveway/alleyway. He observed the vehicle waiting for him to continue driving.

The officer passed the vehicle and turn around in the roadway to enter the business from the west side. As the officer turned around, he saw one of the vehicles drive in reverse toward the other parked vehicle on the east side of the building. The officer entered the business parking lot and faced both vehicles with the patrol vehicle.

As the officer reached to turn on his emergency lights, the vehicle started driving towards him. The officer attempted to tighten the area the car had to drive past his patrol vehicle but the vehicle was able to pass him.

After the vehicle passed the officer, he turned his attention to the other vehicle that was attempting to drive to the right side to get away from his patrol vehicle. The officer exited his vehicle and removed his duty weapon from its holster and directed towards the remaining vehicle.

The female put her hands in the air while the officer approached. The female driver rolled her window down and the officer asked why she had attempted to drive away from him. The female driver stated because of the unmarked vehicle she believed it was the business owner. The female told the offi cer she saw it was an officer when he stepped out of the unmarked vehicle and stopped.

The officer advised her to remove the keys from ignition and give them to him. The officer asked the female driver if there were any weapons in the vehicle and she provided two pocket knives.

The officer asked the female driver to explain what she was doing at the business. The female was hesitant, then stated her ex-boyfriend had been following around Abbotsford for hours and he has a no contact order with her.

The officer obtained the identifying information for both parties involved and saw there was an open bond condition to have no contact. The officer obtained a booking photograph of the ex-boyfriend from dispatched and confi rmed he was the one that drove past him.

The officer returned to speak to the female about what transpired that evening. She explained her ex had been following her around for about six hours throughout Abbotsford and would try to make contact through her window when she stopped at the Abbotsford business.

The female became agitated while speaking to the officer explaining her ex-boyfriend meant well but makes bad decisions. The officer advised the female driver being followed for almost six hours by her ex-boyfriend is someone who does not mean well and was dangerous. The female agreed.

The female told the officer she did not know where to go and her ex was following her everywhere. The officer asked the female where her ex lived and where he would be at the current moment. She told the officer he would most likely be at his first day of his new job. The officer requested a patrol to confirm he was at his shift.

The officer stayed with the female driver and returned the pocketknives and keys. The officer did not want her to leave as the ex-boyfriend could be watching, until another unit could respond to the area. The officer saw the second officer pass his location to check the place of employment. A few minutes later the officer observed the same vehicle that left the parking lot earlier follow the requested officer. The first officer advised the second officer the suspect was traveling right behind him.

The second officer conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and he was able to indentify the male as the ex-boyfriend. The first officer responded to the traffic stop and confirmed that was the male individual who had passed him. The offi cers arrested the male individual for violation of the bond of no contact.

_ March 6 - Two officers were dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to a possible disturbance and abduction.

The officers arrived at the residence and met with the five different residents. The officers were told early in the day, after returning home from grocery shopping, a group of men were banging on their door and began accusing the male who opened the door of harrassing a girl and accused of threatening to kidnap said girl. The male individual who opened the door told the officer he had no idea what the male was talking about and thought it was some misunderstanding. He also told the officer the male was yelled at him, hit him in the face with an open hand, yelled a bit more and left in a vehicle.

The male individual said he did not know the male party’s name but that he lives next door. The officer spoke to the one of the other male individuals who had been a witness to the confrontation and he said he was pushed as well by the male party.

The two officers then spoke to the manager of the building to watch the security cameras to see if they had captured the incident. The officers told the manager what they were looking for and she told them she knew about the situation. She explained she has been having issues with the residence where the incident occured and there was only suppose to be one resident staying there and the next door neighbors had been making complaints.

She explained the neighbor has a girlfriend and everytime she would come home there would be harrassement complaints.

The manager told the officers that one of the men cat calls her through the upstairs window and has a crush on her. She went on to explain the cat calling had been getting worse and creepier as the male would yell through the window that he is going to kidnap her as he wants her for himself.

The manager explained to the officers she was starting a process to have everyone staying at that residence be removed as they were causing issues and the other tenants had not have any issues the last couple years they have been living there.

The officers spoke to the family, with the woman who had been receiving the cat calls, to explain the manager was starting a process to remove the individuals and that if the harrassment continues to contact CAPD instead of trying to handle it themselves, as they might get into trouble. They acknowledged their understanding.