COLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE LOG

_ Nov. 29 - An officer was dispatched to a Colby residence in reference to a fight between two male subjects who had been throwing bottles. Dispatch reported that one of the parties left the scene in a pickup truck.

The officer arrived and met with a male subject who had dried blood on his chest and a small cut by his eye. The subject said he had consumed around six bottles of beer before the offi cer arrived. He said another male subject had come over and was intoxicated.

The complainant said the fight started when the other male subject started pulling on his cat’s tail. The complainant didn’t like this, and he told the male subject to leave his residence. He said the male subject started calling him by a vulgar name, and he continued asking him to leave. The complainant said he grabbed a beer bottle and struck the male subject on the top of his head several times. He said a female party at the residence pulled him off the other party.

The complainant said the male party threatened to kill him and then threw a beer bottle against the wall before running out of the residence. The officer noticed blood on a chair and on the wall near the kitchen.

The officer met with the other male party involved in the incident. He had a laceration on the top of his head, with blood running down by his eye. He said he and his girlfriend had been invited over to the complainant’s place. He denied pulling on the cat’s tail, but said the complainant got mad at him and hit him with a beer bottle several times. He said he poked the complainant in the eye, creating a small cut on his face.

The officer photographed both parties’ injuries, and had the male subject fill out a lack of consent form.

_ Nov. 30 - While on patrol in Colby, an officer noticed a male individual who was the subject of a welfare check request. The male subject said the request was the result of a misunderstanding he had with someone he blocked on social media. He said the person in question got worried and called the police to request a welfare check. He said he is doing fine and has no thoughts of harming himself. He thanked the officer for making sure he was OK.

_ Nov. 30 - An officer was dispatched to a Colby residence in reference to a car alarm going off in the driveway of the residence. The officer met with three individuals, one of whom said he saw someone standing in the driveway after the car alarm went off. A female subject said she heard someone trying to open both the front and back doors of the house while the car alarm was going off. The witnesses both said they were unable to see if it was a male or female subject or determine what kind of clothing they were wearing. The officer checked the vehicles in the driveway, and did not see any damage. He also checked the doors of the residence, but did not see any signs of forced entry.

_ Nov. 30 - An officer spoke to an Abbotsford city employee about a resident turning his water service back on after the city shut it off due to $800 in unpaid water bills. The employee said the city had turned the water off and someone turned it back on, so the city placed a large concrete block over the water valve access point.

The officer went to the residence in question. The man there admitted to using a wrench to turn the water back on after the city shut it off. He said he was aware of the pastdue payments to the city, but he claimed the city would not allow him to make payments, so he took it upon himself to turn the water back on. The officer told him that he would be receiving a theft citation for using the city’s water without paying for it. The officer also told him not to turn the water back on if the concrete block is removed. The resident said he understood and would speak to the city about getting his water running again.

_ Nov. 30 - An officer responded to a vandalism complaint at an Abbotsford residence. The homeowner showed the officer where someone had spraypainted the letter “A” on his garage. He said his neighbor pointed it out to him, and he recently noticed that a piece of yard art had been moved from its normal location in front of the garage.

The officer noted that the school resource officer had told the department about a “gang” calling itself “A-Town” that is spray-painting the letter A on buildings in the city. The SRO provided a list of suspected gang members, and the officer was able to speak to two of them. Both of them denied knowing anything about the graffiti. At the time of his report, the offi cer still had other suspected “gang” members to speak with.

_ Dec. 1 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence in reference to a juvenile disturbance. The officer met with a woman who said her son had flipped out and hit her and her other son. The complainant said the incident started when they were about to clean the house as a family. She said her son refused to help and got in the face of her husband.

The complainant said she told her son that he was grounded from his phone and asked him to hand it over. She said he punched her other son in the shoulder and pushed him out of the chair he was sitting in. The mother said she grabbed her son, and in response, he scratched her and pushed her to the ground. When the officer spoke to the son, he admitted to everything his mother said and said he was mad that she was trying to take his phone away.

The officer contacted Clark County Social Services. The mother said she was confident that she and her husband could handle her son for the rest of the night. She said he might need to be removed from the household if the police were called a second time. A charge of disorderly conduct was recommended for the son.

_ Dec. 2 - An officer responded to an Abbotsford apartment in reference to a dispute between two neighbors. He spoke to the complainant, who said his neighbor across the hall was making loud noise late night and was also parking improperly, forcing him to a park in a spot he didn’t like.

The officer contacted the neighbor, who had her own complaints about the complainant. She accused him of keeping his door open throughout the night, causing her to hear all of the noise coming from his apartment. She also said she can park wherever she wants. The officer said he simply wanted her to be aware of the complaint.

_ Dec. 2 - An officer was dispatched to an Abbotsford residence to assist with a woman who had fallen and could not get back up. The officer worked with a member of the ambulance crew to get the front door open using a Halligan bar. Once entry was gained, the woman was located on the floor and evaluated. She refused medical transport.

_ Dec. 2 - An officer was dispatched to an Colby residence in reference to a 911 call. Dispatch reported that they could only hear talking in the background. The officer met with the residents, who said the emergency call button had accidentally been pressed on someone’s phone. The officer didn’t see anything out of order, and the residents apologized for accidentally calling 911.

_ Dec. 2 - An officer interviewed an Abbotsford woman about domestic abuse issues involving her estranged husband. The complainant explained the relationship issues they were having and also described several incidents of abuse dating back to 2020. She said he had punched her during one incident and threw a drink in her face during another. During the most recent incident, she said he unzipped her pajamas and ripped off her underwear.

The complainant said her husband’s behavior often gets worse when he drinks alcohol, and she believes he drinks almost every day. She said he has groped her on multiple occasions, and also recently took her phone away and broke it. She was worried about him retaliating against her for reporting these incidents. Another officer who sat in on the interview said he would follow-up with the husband at his place of employment.

_ Dec. 3 - An officer was on East Spruce Street in Abbotsford when he observed a vehicle at the intersection with STH 13 without any headlights or taillights on after dark. The officer pulled the vehicle over after it turned north onto STH 13.

The officer met with the driver, who had alcohol on his breath. The officer also noticed several empty beer cans in the front passenger’s side of the vehicle. The driver said those cans were left there from the day before. The officer also saw a marijuana grinder in the front cup holder. The driver claimed it belonged to his friend. When asked if he had anything to drink, the driver said he had consumed three cans of beer.

The driver agreed to field sobriety tests, and he exhibited several signs of intoxication. He also submitted to a preliminary breath test, which showed he was over the legal blood-alcohol limit. A search of the driver’s vehicle uncovered a marijuana pipe with burnt residue and a small container with marijuana inside. The driver was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and taken to the police station, where he registered a .15 BAC on the breathalyzer. The driver was cited for drunk driving, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was warned for driving with defective taillights and driving without required headlights. A total of 2.8 grams of marijuana was taken as evidence.

_ Dec. 5 - An officer observed a vehicle parked on East Spruce Street near Cemetery Avenue with no one inside. The officer observed a large dent on the driver’s side door, along with several dents on the hood, which was raised up. The officer also saw what appeared to be a “dime bag” of drugs in a compartment in between the steering wheel and driver’s side door.

The K-9 officer arrived on scene, and the dog alerted to the smell of narcotics coming from the vehicle. The officer used the department’s lockout kit to unlock the trunk. He then crawled through the trunk, through the back seat and unlocked a passenger’s door. A search of the vehicle uncovered a backpack with a 9mm pistol, a scale and other items commonly used to sell drugs. The officer also located a 600 milligram THC bag and a bag with several darkcolored seeds. A further search of the backpack revealed a clear bag with several smaller bags inside, and a scale with meth residue. There was also a straw with cocaine inside it.

The officer found a wallet in the glove compartment with a driver’s license inside. The offi cer searched the surrounding area, but did not locate anyone nearby. The officer ran the man’s name from the license through dispatch, and he came back as having several bodyonly warrants, including one for possession of methamphetamine and several for felony bail jumping. He did not have a concealed carry license, and he was under court orders not to possess any illegal drugs or paraphernalia.