COLBY-ABBOTSFORD POLICE

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_ Feb. 22 - An officer was on routine patrol when he noticed a car traveling south on State Highway 13 in front of him. He identified the car’s driver and passenger from prior contacts.

The officer ran names through the dispatch and saw multiple warrants out for the passenger.

The officer made a traffic stop with the assistance of another officer. The first officer made contact with the passenger and instructed him to exit the vehicle. The male passenger complied and did so.

The officer conducted a search of the passenger and found nothing. He was placed under arrest and put in the back of the second officer’s patrol squad.

_ Feb. 23 - An officer received an email from the Marshfield Police Department in regards to suspicious activity.

It said that an attempt in identifying a vehicle involved in theft of catalytic converters had been made and observed the photographs of the vehicle were included.

Later that day the officer was on routine patrol when he observed a similar vehicle parked, with no lights and no footprints coming from the vehicle, at a local Abbotsford business. The officer made contact with a male individual in the driver’s seat and asked what he was doing. The male stated he hit a deer near Unity and was waiting for a friend to bring his trailer as he did not feel comfortable driving. The officer looked in the rear of the vehicle and did not observe any tools or equipment which may have been used in a theft.

The officer returned to his patrol car and conducted a records check of the vehicle. The records had come back with registration expired. The officer reviewed the email and photographs again and observed the vehicle in front of him. The officer advised dispatch the vehicle had observable damage but it did not match exactly to the photographs.

A second officer arrived on scene to assist. The male subject asked if he could exit the vehicle to smoke. The officer allowed him to exit his vehicle.

Marshfield requested the first officer to photograph the vehicle and the driver stood by the second officer. The driver was advised he could return to his car but could not drive it due to lapse in registration.

The officer sent the photographs to the Marshfield Policce Department as requested.

_ Feb. 23 - An officer took an animal complaint from an Abbotsford citizen. The citizen made a report prior and the officer remembered the dog owner of the complaint. The officer met with the dog owner’s sister who said that she was not there but admitted the dog was her sister’s. The officer got the number for her sister.

The officer left the residence and called the dog owner on the provided number. The offi cer had made contact with the dog owner and explained there was a complaint about dog feces. She told the officer she was picking up after the dog since the last time she was warned by him. The officer looked in the alley behind the residence and did not locate any feces where the complainant lived. The officer did notice urine spots next to an entrance of the complainant’s house.

The officer told the dog owner she would need to take her dog out elsewhere. The dog owner understood and received a citation for not having her dog registered with the city.

_ Feb. 24 - An officer was returning to CAPD from a routine patrol when he observed a vehicle pull into the parking lot. The officer made contact with a female individual who advised there was a vehicle in the ditch on Hiline Ave. The female stated the male occupant was possible intoxicated, based on the way he responded to her asking him if he was ok.

The officer drove the area and observed a vehicle in the ditch with a truck attempting to pull the vehicle out. The vehicle almost slid down a steep embankment near Hwy. 29 ramp.

The officer made contact with the male individual who advised he came upon the vehicle and attempted to pull the vehicle out of the ditch. The officer advised the driver could leave.

The officer made contact with another male individual near the car in the ditch. He was attempting to unhook the tow strap from the vehicle. As the male stood up, the officer noted the male individual unsteady on his feet for a second. The male said the vehicle was his. The officer asked what had happened. The man stated he was laughing and conversating with his passenger when he slowed down to stop at the stop sign but his vehicle slid into the ditch.

A second officer came to the scene to assist. The first officer asked for information and the identification of the passenger. While speaking to the driver, the officer noticed a slight odor of intoxicants coming from the male driver and his bloodshot eyes. He told the first officer he had only one beer and that they were on there way to a bar in Abbotsford.

The first officer asked the driver to do some field sobriety tests to ensure he was ok to drive. The driver was placed under arrest after failing the field sobriety tests.

The second officer advised he would provide the passenger with a ride to his residence. He then observed an item the pocket of the passenger’s shirt. The second officer removed the item, which appeared to be a thin pipe with a green leafy substance inside of the tube.

The officers issued a citation for possession to the passenger.

_ Feb. 23 - An officer was notifi ed of a possible no contact violation.

The officer went to the residence and made contact with a female party. The female told the officer she had contacted her ex-boyfriend’s mother to return the last of his belongings to him since she had moved out of the apartment they shared.

The female party told the offi cer she and her boyfriend’s mom had discussed a location to met. She did not want to go to the her ex-boyfriend’s residence since there was an open case against her ex-boyfriend and they were not to have contact.

The female party stated that when she arrived at the specifi ed location, her ex-boyfriend showed up by her vehicle, opened the front passenger side door and grabbed her cell phone. He started accusing her of cheating on him and started to go through her phone.

She also stated that he was calling her names. The female party’s daughter heard it and started repeating what her ex-boyfriend had said. The exboyfriend started hitting the phone on the dash of the vehicle and also her arm twice, causing her pain. He then grabbed the phone with both hands and started twisting, causing the screen to crack and break, also bending the phone.

The officer took photos of the damaged phone and the dash of the female party’s car.

The female also showed the officer a screenshot of a friend request from her ex-boyfriend on Snapchat, which the officer photographed as well.

The officer spoke to the female party’s mother, who had followed her daughter to make sure the drop off went smoothly. The mother told the officer she had seen her daughter’s ex-boyfriend come up and get into the passenger side door and the vehicle rock back and forth. The mother could not see what was happening in the vehicle.

The officer ran the ex-boyfriend and was told by Clark County that the ex-boyfriend was to have no contact of any kind with the female party.

The officer went to the exboyfriend’s place of residence to make contact but he was not home. The officer called and spoke to him on the phone and he told the officer he would stop by the CAPD when he got back into town later that day. He also stated he had not contacted the female party first and he did break her phone but it was an accident. The exboyfriend never showed up.

The officer went to his place of business to make contact with him but his manager said he did not show up for his shift that evening.

When the officer tried calling the number back, the number had been disconnected. The officer called a second contact number for him and another male answered. The second male told the officer he had not seen the ex-boyfriend but would tell him to turn himself in.

The next day the officer made contact with the ex-boyfriend and got his side of the story.

The ex told the officer he had not made first contact, that in fact, the female party had contacted him on Facebook messenger. He knew he wasn’t supposed to be talking with her. He told the officer the female came in the driveway and started acting crazy. He went to go sit in the car to calm her down and he sat on her phone, which was already cracked. The ex-boyfriend explained the female got mad at him for breaking her phone and started to call him names and punching him in the face by his eye. He the officer he left at that point, but before he left she threw her phone at him. He then threw the phone on the dashboard because he was mad, then left.

The officer questioned him if he knew he was not supposed to have contact with her and he replied yes. He explained that she contacted him first in regards to seeing his daughter. He told the offi cer he just wanted to see his daughter.

The officer asked about the Snapchat request and the ex-boyfriend said he did not know who sent that request, it wasn’t him.

The officer placed the exboyfriend under arrest for battery.

_ Feb. 26 - An officer was dispatched to a Abbotsford residence in reference to a domestic disturbance in progress. Dispatch advised a male was physically assualting a female and two small children inside the residence.

Upon arrival the officer made contact with a female complainant, who had visible red marks on her face. During the initial contact a second offi cer arrived on scene to assist. The female told the officer the male party was in the back bedroom. The officer then ordered the male out of the back bedroom, which the male did not comply. The officer opened the door and told the male party to walk towards him and again the male did not comply. He stayed sitting on the bed.

The officer approached the male and placed him in handcuffs until a weapons search was concluded. The male was informed he was being detained until further information had been provided.

The second officer stayed with the male party while the first officer spoke to the female party. The two young children were also present. The officer could see small bruising and red marks on both the daughters’ arms.

The female party explained to the officer she was laying on her bed texting some friends when the male party entered the bedroom, grabbed her phone and starting yelling at her. The female said the male party punched the wall above their bed, causing a large hole, and then slapped her face twice.

The female told the officer she told the male party to stop but he grabbed her by her hair and threw her onto the floor. She tried to get up but the male party forced her back to the floor.

The oldest daughter tried to tell the male party to stop hurting her mother. The male party grabbed a shoe and struck the oldest daughter in the face with it. The female told the offi cer she was able to get to her phone and called police.

The female and her children escaped to the kitchen and waited for the police there.

The officer questioned the female party on how many times she was struck and she told the officer she and her children were abused frequently.

The officer asked how long the two had been a couple and the female stated one year and they just started to live together.

The female told the officer they have been abused everyday for the past three months and she was afraid what he would do to her if she reported it. She told the officer she was finally sick of it and wanted to get her and her daughters away from him.

The officer made contact with the male again to place him under arrest for domestic battery, domestic disorderly conduct, criminal damage to property and child abuse. The officer also informed the male party he was to have no contact with the female party or her daughters for 72 hours. He was transported to Clark County jail.

_ Feb. 27 - An officer was driving in Abbotsford when he spotted a vehicle driving with lapsed registration. The officer conducted a traffic stop and made contact with the driver of the vehicle.

The officer smelled a strong order of marijuana coming from the vehicle as soon as the driver side window was opened. The officer asked the male driver if he had smoked any marijuana and he replied no. The officer asked for his driver’s license and the male driver told the officer he did not have one and gave him an identification card.

The officer ran the driver’s name through dispatch and received notification of a warrant and bond.

The officer had the male driver step out of the vehicle. The officer informed the driver to be truthful about smoking marijuana, as there was a strong order coming off his clothes. The male stated he had and there was marijuana in the vehicle.

The officer found the marijuana and informed the driver he was being placed under arrest for his outstanding warrant and bond and he would be mailed a citations for operating while revoked, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.