Law Enforcement
_ May 10 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford store in reference to a theft. A customer at the store said she set down her wallet for a few minutes, and when she went to retrieve, it was open. Two credit cards and $100 in cash were missing. The complainant said while she was talking with employees at the store, she got a text warning that one of her credit cards was used to make a $223 online purchase. The purchase was canceled, and the complainant said she put a halt on her two credit cards. She said a debit card, identification and other cards were not taken. The officer advised her to cancel her debit card just in case.
_ May 11 - An officer was dispatched to a Colby residence in reference to a 10-year-old who had run away. The officer met with a couple who said they were serving as foster parents for the boy who was acting out and punched and kicked one of them. They said they did not feel safe with the boy in the house. The officer was given the phone to the social service agency in charge of the boy’s placement. Another officer arrived and located the boy in a neighbor’s yard. The boy had calmed down and eventually agreed to be transported to the agency that had placed him.
_ May 12 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in response to a complaint of someone driving a dirt bike up and down the road. The officer was informed that a large group of people were standing in the road as the bike went back and forth. When the officer arrived, he did not see anyone around or notice any dirt bikes. He was informed of a male juvenile standing in his yard with a dirt bike. The officer went to the residence and spoke with the rider. He admitted to riding in bike around to test it out. The officer told him it was OK if he rides the bike on his own lawn, but he cannot operate on the street. He advised him where the routes were in Abbotsford. The officer let him off with a warning but told him that any further complaints would result in a citation.
_ May 12 - An officer was driving southbound on North Second Street in Abbotsford when he noticed a go-cart traveling down East Spruce Street. He could see a female driving and a male subject in the passenger’s seat. The go-cart turned north on Second Street, and the officer activated his emergency lights to pull it over. The male passenger exited the cart and started approaching the officer’s squad. The officer yelled at him to return to the cart, and the male subject got upset and started yelling back at the officer. The male subject was upset that the officer was yelling at him in front of his daughter. The male subject had his daughter get in the passenger seat and the male subject entered the driver’s seat and took off, despite the officer’s emergency lights still being on.
The officer followed the gocart to the man’s residence and exited his squad in the driveway. The man yelled at him to get off his property, but the officer refused, saying he was following up on the traffic stop. The man started walking toward his residence with his daughter, and the officer attempted to grab his left arm in an attempt to stop him. The man pulled his arm away and told the officer not to touch him. The officer told the man that he was not going to enter the residence. The man continued walking away, and the officer grabbed his arm again. The man pulled away and said he didn’t care what the officer had to say to him. The man asked the officer to call his supervisor.
The officer tried several more times to grab the man’s arm and keep him from entering the house. The man tried opening the front door, and the officer pushed it shut with his knee. Another officer arrived on scene, and the man went and spoke to him. The other officer told him that he had been illegally driving a go-cart on a roadway. The man asked that he be given a warning for his behavior. The first officer said no, placed him under arrest and transported him to Clark County Jail.
_ May 13 - A Colby man called the police department to verify that he had an arrest warrant. An officer looked it up and confirmed that he had a $500 warrant for failure to pay child support. The man arranged to meet the officer at the police station and posted the $500.
_ May 13 - An officer was conducting traffic enforcement in the 100 block of North Fourth Street in Abbotsford when he observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. He used his radar to clock the vehicle going 56 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone. The officer attempted to catch up to the vehicle, which maintained its high rate of speed before turning west onto Pine Street. The officer continued to follow, accelerating to 50 mph and activating his emergency lights. The vehicle slowed and pulled over on West Pine and North Second Avenue.
The officer met with the driver and her passenger, and he noticed they both had bloodshot, glassy eyes. The driver thought she had been going 40 mph, but the officer informed she was going muchfasterina25mphzone. The driver also seemed to space out at times as her voice would slur. The officer also observed liquid on the passenger’s side floormat and a wet spot on the passenger’s jeans. When asked how much they had to drink that night, the driver became quiet. The passenger said they only had two each. The driver said her house was just up to the road. The officer told the driver to stay put while he returned to his squad. The driver laughed in response.
As the officer returned to his squad, the driver accelerated away from the traffic stop. The driver traveled to a nearby apartment complex and stopped in a parking stall. The driver got out of her vehicle, and the officer yelled at her to return. She continued to argue with the offi cer until he put her handcuffs and placed her in the back of his squad vehicle. The passenger was also placed in handcuffs and placed on the curb until another officer arrived and put him in the back of a squad.
Officers used their flashlights to look inside the vehicle and could plainly see a marijuana cigar that had been previously smoked. Two open beer cans were also found in the center console.
While the officer was finishing the search, he could hear the driver banging on the interior of his squad vehicle. The officer suspected that she was trying to kick the window out, so he opened the rear door, and she fell out. He caught her on the way down, and she started rolling around on the ground and screaming. The driver’s nephew was nearby and had been watching the scene. He came over and yelled at her to quiet down. The driver said her handcuffs were too tight and the inside of the squad was too hot. The officer readjusted her handcuffs and turned the air conditioner up, and the driver stopped complaining.
The officer spoke to the passenger, who said they were returning from a party in Colby. He was not sure how much the driver had to drink, and he denied the marijuana cigar was his. The driver was transported to Clark County Jail, where she underwent failed sobriety tests. She refused to submit to a preliminary breath test, and was arrested for drunk driving. She was also cited for possession of marijuana, fleeing an officer, resisting or obstructing an officer, speeding (30-35 mph over), driving without a license, failure to stop for a stop sign and having open intoxicants in a vehicle.
_ May 13 - An officer was dispatched to a Colby gas station in reference to a man who had apparently passed out near the rear of the building. The offi cer met with a man who was sleeping on the sidewalk behind the station. He woke up and said he was OK. He said he was waiting for the bus, which was scheduled to arrive at noon the next day. He said he was headed from Chicago to Minneapolis. When asked what his plan was for the next 12 hours, he said he was going to sleep outside. The officer retrieved a Salvation Army voucher so he could stay the night in a local hotel.
_ May 14 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to a man and woman yelling at each other. The officer met with a woman who said she got into an argument with a male party when she tried to use the washer and dryer. She said nothing got physical, but she wanted the male party to leave. The officer spoke to the male party, who said he did not want the woman using the washer and dryer anymore. Since they both rented the apartment, the officer said they could both use the washer-dryer. After some further investigation, the officer determined that the male subject was on probation with the condition that he have no contact with the female party. He was arrested for probation violation and taken to Clark County Jail.
_ May 14 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford store in reference to a suspicious activity complaint. He spoke to an employee who said an elderly man came into the store, stood there for a few seconds and the left soon after. The employee said the man was walking very slowly and sat in his car for several minutes before leaving. The employee didn’t think the man stole anything, but he was worried about his well-being, as he seemed “off.” The officer got the man’s license plate and attempted to make contact with him at his residence, but was unable to do so. The man’s car was parked outside the residence.
_ May 14 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to a 911 hang-up call. Dispatch reported that a woman said her child accidentally pressed the emergency function on her phone. The officer met with the woman and her son, who said he was playing a game on his mom’s phone when he accidentally dialed 911. Everyone seemed to be calm, and the house was in order, so the officer left the scene.
_ May 15 - An Abbotsford woman came to the police station to report receiving harassing and threatening text messages and phone calls. The complainant said she received the messages from several different numbers, and as soon as she blocked one number, the messages would start coming from another. She said the area codes were from Arizona and Guatemala, and she didn’t know anyone from that area. She said she had been the victim of domestic abuse by her ex-husband and some of his family members had issues with her, but she didn’t think they were the source. An officer advised her to continue blocking the numbers and said she might need to change her phone number if the messages continued.
The complainant called back later and said a strange man had followed her and her kids home from the park. She said they had been playing at the park when she noticed the man sitting under a tree. She became uncomfortable, so they left, and the man followed them from a distance. The woman’s daughter had some video footage of the man. He was white, wearing a black shirt, khaki shorts, white shoes and black calf socks. The officer advised the complainant to call the police as soon as she encounters someone following her so they can respond right away. The officer also said he would do extra patrols in her neighborhood.
_ May 15 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford apartment in reference to a domestic disturbance. The neighbor had heard what sounded like things being thrown around the apartment and a woman screaming and telling a male subject to stop. The officer knocked on the door and rang the doorbell several times, but no one responded. He contacted the landlord, who provided a passcode for the door. Due to exigent circumstances involving the woman screaming, the officer decided to enter the apartment.
The door was blocked by a closet door and several other items. The officer announced that he was a police officer, and after several announcements, a male party came to the door. He was placed in handcuffs while the officer went inside to check on his girlfriend.
The girlfriend was found lying on a bed, with a blanket over her. She would not respond to several questions asked by the officer. The officer pulled the blanket off of her and told her he was with the police. He noticed a bruise under her left eye. She would only mumble and could not seem to speak coherently. She was unable to get up or stand under her own power. The officer believed she was under the influence or some other similar drug. Officers were able to get her out to a living room couch, and an EMS crew arrived and administered narcan, but it did not seem to have any effect on her.
The officer went outside and asked the boyfriend what his girlfriend had taken. He said she had taken a Seroquel, an antipsychotic drug, but he helped her throw it up in the toilet. The officer also saw several vials of Naloxone, a drug used to counteract opiate overdoses. After the girlfriend was transported by ambulance, the officer took the boyfriend into the apartment to speak further. He said he had flushed something his girlfriend had down the toilet, but he wasn’t sure what it was. Every room in the apartment had items that had been thrown around or broken. The boyfriend said his girlfriend had tried walking to the bathroom when she fell and hit her head on a countertop. The officer walked around the apartment, but did not see any illegal drugs in plain sight.
_ May 15 - An officer was on STH 13 in Abbotsford when he noticed a westbound vehicle on
POLICE / East Cedar Street stop several yards back from the stop sign. As it started to turn, the vehicle drove over the corner of the curb and sidewalk. The vehicle body shook as it returned to the roadway. The vehicle performed an incorrect turn, entering the furthest northbound lane instead of the nearest one. The officer activated his traffi c lights to conduct a traffic stop. The vehicle turned left onto Pine Street and came to a stop.
The officer could smell alcohol as he approached the vehicle with its windows rolled down. The driver had glossy eyes, and did not have any identification on him. When asked how much he had to drink, the driver said three beers. The officer could see a plastic bag in the center console, containing three beers. He also saw an unopened case of beer in the back. The officer had the driver exit the vehicle, he was unsteady on his feet. The officer also noticed some liquid drip out on the pavement. The driver said he had vomited. The officer had the driver undergo field sobriety tests, and he noticed several signs of intoxication. After the tests, the driver unzipped his pants and started to urinate all over his pants. The officer moved him to the grass to finish urinating. The driver was arrested for suspected drunk driving and taken to the police station. His passenger, who had fallen asleep, was told to walk home.
While the driver was being placed under arrest, his wife showed up at the scene in another vehicle. The driver became upset and said he was afraid of his wife. He asked the officer multiple times to take him to Mexico due to his fear of her. He started crying and yelling and asked the officer to look at the messages she sent to him on his phone. The driver was taken to a local hospital for an evidentiary blood draw. He was released to his friend, instead of his wife, who had also tried to pick him up. The driver was cited for drunk driving and driving without a license.
