COLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE LOG

_ Aug. 26 - An officer spoke to a woman about an accident that damaged her car door while it was parked at an Abbotsford gas station. The complainant said the driver of another vehicle opened his door into hers, creating a dent. The man said “me bad” and then left the parking lot, the complainant said.

On Sept. 3, the officer spoke to the gas station manager and was able to get a license plate number for the other vehicle. He went to the man’s house in Abbotsford, but no one answered the door, so he left a note asking the man to contact the police.

_ Aug. 30 - An officer was handling a family dispute when one of the parties left a house door open, allowing a dog to escape the property. One of the parties wanted to go looking for the dog, but the officer told her that she couldn’t leave until the family matter was resolved.

The dog was later captured by another resident, but the owners weren’t immediately available to retrieve it, so the officer brought the dog to the kennel in Abbotsford. One of the owners came and claimed it. The dog’s collar did not have a registration tag, so the officer warned the owner about getting it properly registered with the city.

_ Aug. 30 - An officer responded to a domestic dispute involving a woman and her teenage granddaughter. The complainant said the granddaughter had borrowed her cell phone, and when she went to get it back, her granddaughter called her a vulgar name and pushed her back into a towel rack. The complainant said she defended herself by putting her granddaughter into a bear hug.

The officer spoke to the granddaughter, who confirmed that the fight started over the complainant’s cell phone. She said her grandmother had placed her in a headlock during the incident. The officer also spoke to the teen’s mother, who said the grandmother was having some issues. They agreed to leave the apartment, but the grandmother was already packing to leave.

_ Aug. 31 - An officer was dispatched to a Colby residence after an anonymous caller heard yelling and arguing. The officer arrived and spoke to a man and his stepson. The man said he had been arguing with his wife about how much time she spent playing on her phone, but he said nothing physical happened. The stepson said he witnessed the argument and confi rmed that it was only verbal.

The officer also spoke to the wife and her daughter separately, and they too said the argument did not involve physical violence. The wife admitted to yelling pretty loudly at her husband during the argument, which likely led to the police being called.

_ Aug. 31 - A woman called to report an accident she was in that caused damage to the exterior of an Abbotsford restaurant. She said she was going through the drive-thru with a trailer when she hit the side of the building and removed a brick. She said her insurance company advised her to file a police report.

The restaurant had not filed a damage complaint, so the officer went and spoke with a manager. The restaurant was busy at the time, so the officer put off their conversation until Sept. 3. At that point, he spoke to an employee who witnessed the accident and spoke to the driver at the time. The officer provided the manager a lack of consent form so she could write down the cost of the damage. The offi cer noticed that the hole in the wall had already been repaired.

_ Sept. 1 - Officers were dispatched to a local hotel in reference to verbal domestic dispute. They met with a woman who said she had come home from work and discovered that her boyfriend had been drinking all day. She said they started to argue, and he tried to punch her in the face, but only hit her cell phone.

Officers also spoke to the male party involved. He said the complainant immediately started to harass him when she returned home from work. He said she spit in his face at one point, but he did not retaliate because he knew he would be arrested. He said he documented the incident on a Facebook live chat.

Officers got together to compare notes from the stories and decided to separate the parties for the night instead of making any arrests. The female party initially agreed to pay for a room at a different hotel for the male party. She withdrew this offer when she found out that he was going to stay with one of his “side pieces.” Officers were going to bring the male party to the Salvation Army in Wausau, but there was no room there.

Dispatch reported that the male party was out on bond for a domestic abuse case and was not allowed to have any contact with the female party. He was informed of the bond violation, arrested and taken to the Marathon County Jail.

_ Sept. 1 - An officer was completing a traffic citation on a male subject he had pulled over on Aug. 15 when he discovered that he was not allowed to have any contact with the woman who was his passenger. Officers went to the man’s house in Abbotsford, and the woman in question answered the door.

The male party was also at the residence. He said he knew about the restraining order but had not taken care of it yet. Both parties were told that an arrest was mandatory. The female party was told that she needed to contact the county where the restraining order was issued if she wanted to have it lifted.

The male party was arrested and taken to Clark County Jail on a charge of violating a restraining order.

_ Sept. 4 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to a noise complaint. The officer arrived and met with the homeowner, who was having a party in his garage. The officer informed him of the complainant, and he agreed to turn the music down and keep the kids quiet.

_ Sept. 5 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to a disturbance. A woman there said she was staying with her sister after her ex-boyfriend became aggressive toward her.

The complainant said it was her ex’s weekend to take their two-year-old son, but her ex dropped him off at a babysitter instead and would not tell her where the babysitter was.

The complainant said she was out at the bar with some with some friends when her ex showed up. She said he tried instigating a fight, but nothing happened. When she left the bar at the end of the night, the complainant said her ex was waiting outside with his friend. At one point, she said the friend reached into a bag that her ex normally uses to carry his gun. She said her ex and his friend eventually ran away. She said her ex had picked their son up from the babysitter and she was worried about his safety.

The complainant was visibly shaken and kept saying that her ex was going to shoot her or her friends. While she was speaking to the officer, the ex’s vehicle drove by. The officer attempted to follow the vehicle but was unable to find out where it went.

The officer confirmed with the complainant that neither her ex nor his friend ever actually produced a firearm or threatened anyone. The officer informed her that he could not arrest him at this point because he had not done anything illegal. The officer agreed to check on the welfare of the complainant’s son and to speak with her ex. Because the ex lives in Dorchester, a Clark County deputy went and spoke to him.

The deputy reported that the child was happy and seemed OK. When he was questioned about the incident at the bar, the ex said he just briefly spoke to the complainant and did not even have his gun with him at the time. This information was relayed to the complainant, who became very upset because she wanted her son returned to her. An officer explained to her that he could not force the father to give up the son based on the custody arrangement in place.

_ Sept. 5 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to possible break-in. A woman had called and said she was checking on her father’s house while he was out of town. She said there was an unknown vehicle parked in his driveway, even though no one was supposed to be there.

The caller was told to park down the street, and as she was waiting, the unknown vehicle drove past her. She tried it following it, but she lost track after it turned twice. The caller was told to meet with the officer at the police station.

The caller told the officer that she went to check on her father’s house when she noticed a vehicle parked in the driveway. She said she kept driving and called her father. She turned around and passed the house again, and this time, there was a light on inside. She said her dad told her to hang up and call the police. She described the vehicle as a gray or black fourdoor passenger car with heavily tinted windows. She said she lost track of the vehicle near the intersection of West Linden Street and STH 13.

The officer called the father, who said he was not expecting anyone and did not give anyone permission to enter his house. He gave officers permission to enter his house and check to see if anything was missing. The officers cleared through the residence and did not notice anything out of the ordinary. The daughter was called into check, and all she noticed was a bathroom rug that looked like someone had tripped over it.

All the windows and doors were intact, but a sliding door entrance to the garage had a dent behind the handle, in line with the lock mechanism. A plastic strip used to keep the door from sliding had also been moved. There were also scratches and a marks in the weather stripping on the garage door.

The homeowner said he would return the following day and check to make sure nothing was missing. The officer said he would do some extra patrols in the neighborhood.

_ Sept. 6 - An officer was asked to help with locating a dog running near the STH 29 ramps off of STH 13. When the officer arrived, he noticed a large Husky walking down the STH 29 westbound off-ramp. As the officer approached, the dog took off running. The officer was able to find the dog and capture it near the intersection of East Linden Street and South Sixth Street. The dog was later returned to its owner.