COLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE LOG

_ April 19 - An officer received a phone call from the principal at Abbotsford High School regarding two students walking out of school without permission. An officer located the two teens on Sycamore Street, and they immediately took off running. The officer told them to stop running, and the female party gave him the finger and continued walking away.

Another officer arrived in the area and tried to get the teens to stop and talk, but the female party swore at him. She was told that she was being detained for disorderly conduct and instructed to put her hands behind her back. She pushed one of the officers away and continued swearing at them as she resisted. The officers had to direct her to the ground in order to get handcuffs on her, but she slipped one arm under her body. She refused to show her hands when told to do so, but one of the officers was able to get her arm out and into handcuffs.

As she was being taken to the squad vehicle, the female party yelled at the male party to run away, but he did not. The female party also bragged about throwing rocks at one of the officer’s cars in the past and threatened to kill both officers. She was taken to the police station, and social services was contacted. The officer described what had happened, but social services did not believe a detention center was warranted.

A social worker agreed to come to the police station and arrange for a temporary physical custody order at the teen’s place of residence. Charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, threatening law enforcement and truancy were referred to the juvenile court system.

_ April 20 - An officer was on patrol in Abbotsford when he noticed a vehicle with its taillights out on STH 13. The officer pulled the vehicle over and met with the driver and his female passenger. Dispatch reported that the driver had an open felony case, and he was not allowed to be in contact with his female passenger. There was also a domestic abuse injunction filed against him by the passenger. The driver was arrested for felony bail jumping and violating a court order and taken to jail.

_ April 20 - An officer investigated a possible ordinance violation at a home on Butternut Street in Abbotsford. The officer could see a vehicle with an expired license plate. Photographs were taken, and a warning letter was sent to the owners.

_ April 21 - An officer investigated possible ordinance violations at a home on South Sixth Street in Abbotsford. The property had a substantial amount of junk on it, including a mattress leaning against the house on top of a ladder. There was also a wheelchair with items piled in and around it, and numerous piles of junk, including tables, wood and lumber, life jackets, hoses, jugs, signs, plastic and other metal and plastic debris. On one side of the property were several shelves, plastic bins, and others items piled on top of each other. There was also a trailer in the front yard with two cat towers leaning against it and flat board on the tongue of the trailer.

An SUV with no license plate displayed was parked in the driveway. The officer noted that the condition of the property had gotten worse since the previous year, and many of the items had never been moved. Photographs had been taken dating back to 2017, and a new set were taken. A warning letter was sent to the property owner.

_ April 22 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford business in reference to a harassment complaint. The officer met with a man who identified himself as a supervisor at the business. He said an employee under his supervision had recently quit because he disagreed with being transferred.

The complainant said he started receiving text messages from the former employee that referred to the complainant’s girlfriend in a sexual manner. The messages were not threatening, but the complainant said they were making him mad.

The complainant believed the ex-employee is intoxicated and he thought he knew what bar he was drinking at. The complainant said he had driven to the bar in order to confront the exemployee, but then he stopped himself before going into the bar because he didn’t want to get himself in trouble. He said he wanted the text messages documented.

The officer advised the complainant to call the police again if the ex-employee showed up at the business. He also told him to block the ex-employee’s text messages and block him on all social media.

_ April 24 - Officers were dispatched to a Colby residence in reference to a domestic disturbance. A female party had reported that her ex-husband had broken down a door and was inside the house.

As officers approached the house, the female party yelled at them through the window to go to the basement door. The woman met the officers there and said the suspect was in her bedroom and had “destroyed everything.” The complainant showed the officer her kitchen, where the stove had been moved in front of the door, along with a 2x4 piece of wood wedged against it.

Thecomplainantstartedbanging on the bedroom door so hard that a small plaque fell onto the floor. She gave the officers permission to enter the bedroom, so they forced the door open and found the ex laying in bed.

When the complainant was asked to explain what happened that night, she said she came home from work, and her ex had locked all of the doors and wouldn’t let her in, so she called 911. A friend of the ex was also present and he wanted to provide his version of what happened, but the complainant kept talking over him.

The friend was taken into the bedroom so an officer could speak with him and the ex privately without the complainant interrupting. Both the ex and his friend said the complainant had come home from work and then took off. They said she came back later when they were asleep and caused a disturbance. The man who had been identifi ed as the ex-husband said he was just the complainant’s boyfriend. He said she has a history of physically abusing him and threatening to kill him. About a month earlier, he said she hit him in the temple with a hammer. He said she has also bitten him and kicked him out in the dead of winter when he had nowhere else to go. He said he is afraid of what will happen when she drinks, so that is why they barricaded the door.

The officer questioned the complainant again, and she denied all of the abuse allegations. Based on the boyfriend’s statements and what the officers saw at the scene, the complainant was arrested for domestic disorderly conduct.

_ April 26 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence for a welfare check. A woman at the house said she was worried about her 18-year-old daughter drinking alcohol with people she doesn’t like. She said their neighbor saw her daughter leave with all of her clothing packed up. She said she has tried calling her daughter, but she won’t pick up. She said she realizes her daughter is an adult, but she’s still worried about her.

The officer told the complainant that he would not be able to force the daughter to return home, but he agreed to call and check on her. The daughter answered after the second call. The officer said he was just confirming that she was OK. She said she was with her boyfriend and was fine. The officer relayed this message to the mother.