COLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE
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_ Jan. 10 - An officer met with an Abbotsford business owner in reference to a theft complaint. The complainant said a male suspect had stolen a laundry cart from the laundromat he owns. The officer was shown a surveillance video of a man taking the cart. The officer recognized the man from previous law enforcement contacts, and went to his house to speak with him.
The suspect said he took the cart home because it was too cold outside to unload into his truck. He agreed to return the cart to the laundromat.
_ Jan. 11 - An officer spoke to an Abbotsford woman regarding a harassment complaint. She said several parties were posting her ex-boyfriend’s online court records on social media and commenting on them.
The officer said he couldn’t stop people from posting public records online and discussing them. He asked her if any of the parties had contacted her directly.
She said they did before she changed her phone number. She said they are now harassing her relatives, including her mother in Thorp.
The officer told her that her mother needed to file a complaint with the Thorp police. She also brought up an incident that occurred at the school in Stanley. The officer told her to speak to the Stanley school about that incident.
The officer told her to call the police again if she received direct phone calls from any of the parties involved.
The officer called one of the parties to warn him against contacting the complainant. No one answered, so the officer left a voicemail.
_ Jan. 12 - An officer responded to a report of suspicious activity at a Colby business. The officer spoke to a manager who said she arrived at the business at 8:30 a.m. to open it at 9 a.m.
A vehicle was already in the parking lot, honking its horn. She said there were three high school-aged males inside, and they were causing a scene before they left.
Another employee arrived and told the manager about the same group of teens in the vehicle making a scene at a nearby gas station before being kicked out.
The group of teens returned to the store at 9 a.m. The complainant said one of the teen’s eyes looked like he was on drugs and he was acting odd.
The complainant put up a sign saying the store was not opening up until 10 a.m. The teen got mad and started pounding on the door several times before getting back in his car.
The complainant said each of the other of males got out of the vehicle and took turns pounding on the door before leaving.
The officer notified a Clark County deputy to be on the lookout for the vehicle.
_ Jan. 12 - An officer took a walk-in complaint from a Colby man. The complainant said he had lost his phone on Jan. 11, and he got a notification from his bank asking him if a $1 charge to his debit card was fraudulent.
The complainant said he flagged the charge and asked his bank to put a hold on his card. He said he was issued a new card.
The complainant said he started getting calls from someone claiming to be from the IRS. He said the caller was trying to get his Social Security number.
He said he was also getting official looking letters from the IRS seeking his Social Security number. He said he realized they were fraudulent. The complainant was concerned that someone had found his phone and hacked it.
He said he expressed his concerns to his bank, and they referred him to the police. The officer provided him with a phone number for the Social Security Administration.
He told the complainant that the SSA may have monitoring systems to make sure no credit cards can be obtained without his authorization.
_ Jan. 16 - An officer was patrol on North First Street in Abbotsford when he noticed a car parked in the yard of a residence on Pine Street.
There were three male parties standing outside the car, and one of them was having a hard time maintaining his balance. The other two male parties said they were inside their residence when they heard a loud noise and felt their house shake.
The male who admitted to driving to the car was swaying back and forth and he had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath. He said he had come from a nearby bar and admitted to driving his vehicle into the house.
The officer noticed several pieces of siding in the yard. The driver said he attempted to turn back onto Pine Street, but only his front tires reached the street before he came to a stop.
The officer could see several dents and scratches on the vehicle, and he noticed fluid dripping from underneath.
The driver did not have a driver’s license, and wrote his name down for the officer. He came back as having seven warrants out of Clark County and two out of Marathon County.
He also had to prior convictions for driving under the influence. The driver underwent field sobriety tests and tried providing a preliminary breath sample, but he was unable to do so.
The driver was arrested and taken to the police station, where he registered a .17 blood-alcohol content on the breathalyzer.
He was cited for drunk driving, inattentive driving, driving without insurance, driving while revoked and reckless driving - endangering safety. A Clark County deputy transported him to jail.
