San Juan County Sheriff’s Department reported responding to these calls:
March 30: Orcas school officials opted for handing out discipline on their own rather than pursuing criminal charges following the arrest of a student for trespassing after-hours at the school. The 18-year-old boy was taken in around midnight after he and three friends climbed onto the roof and slipped inside the building to reportedly play a prank on a science teacher. The others fled the scene.
March 31: A jewelry collection valued at $5,000 disappeared from a Lopez Island home in an apparent theft. The homeowner, a 66-year-old woman, noted the jewelry went missing at the same time a home-improvement project was underway at her Schreider Road home.
• Two bank bags containing a total of $600 cash and various credit card receipts vanished from a Friday Harbor restaurant in an apparent after-hours theft. The bags were reportedly inside a the business office of Homesteaders restaurant at the time they disappeared.
April 1: An Orcas Island woman’s bank account was drained of nearly $5,000 through the illicit use of her debit card numbers in an apparent case of theft and fraud. The thief reportedly ran up $4,912 in charges, which included gas and food, at several business in the Tacoma and Puyallup area.
• A San Juan Island woman was arrested for driving with a revoked license following an early evening traffic stop near the intersection of Second and Spring streets. The 46-year-old, who was pulled over for not wearing a seat belt, was released with a criminal citation and ticket for the traffic infraction.
April 5: An ornamental shrub disappeared from outside an Orcas Island liquor store in an apparent copy-cat theft. The shrub, 1-foot tall and 1-foot wide was planted as a replacement for another that vanished in an earlier theft. Security cameras are reportedly being realigned at the Prune Alley purveyor.
April 7: An Orcas Island man who made a half-dozen late night 9-1-1 calls in which he was reportedly belligerent, offensive and not in need of help was given a pass on the heels of a belated apology. The 60-year-old, who was intoxicated at the time, was initially argumentative when a deputy arrived at his Cayou Valley Road home to investigate, and then later apologized. A military veteran, the man reportedly is disturbed by combat memories.
April 8: A San Juan Island woman who reportedly prevented an elderly woman from making a 9-1-1 call was arrested for misdemeanor vandalism and for interrupting the call. The 45-year-old was taken into custody at the 70-year-old’s Douglas Road home shortly after the call was interrupted. The two were reportedly arguing over the younger’s substance abuse moments before the phone line went dead.
April 9: A Mount Vernon man faces possible charges of hit-and-run and making false statements following a late night single-car collision near Roche Harbor Resort, the aftermath of which he and four others fled. The 24-year-old was one of two occupants who were found hiding in the brush nearby and denied being behind the wheel of a Lexus that went of the road near the intersection of Afterglow Drive and Roche Harbor Road and crashed shortly before 1 a.m. The man, accompanied by the owner of the car the following day, reportedly admitted he had been driving at the time of the crash.
April 10: Someone with an apparent grudge vandalized a San Juan Island woman’s Volvo sedan while it was parked outside her Jensen Alley home after dark. The car’s windshield wipers, radio antenna and driver’s side mirror were ripped off the vehicle; the wipers were found in bushes nearby.
April 13: A Lopez Island woman who took matters into her own hands and tossed a female acquaintance from her home insisted on notifying authorities of the noontime altercation despite being the aggressor. The 51-year-old reportedly was advised of less combative ways of resolving future confrontations and that by reporting the incident she could face assault charges. The alleged victim, a 47-year-old, opted to forego involving authorities.
April 14: A San Juan Island man ended up on the receiving end of back-to-back profanity-laced tirades after asking that his name be taken off the call list of a telemarketing company. The 64-year-old was reportedly subjected to a verbal attack by a man making calls on behalf of the company and who, after being hung up on, called back to spout off so more. Authorities are unable to investigate without the company’s name.
• A San Juan Island woman was arrested for driving with a suspended license following a late night traffic stop near the intersection of Roche Harbor and West Valley roads. The 30-year-old, who was pulled over for speeding at about 10 p.m., was ticketed for the traffic violation and allowed to leave the scene with a former passenger behind the wheel.
April 16: A familiar face and tainted driving record led to the arrest of a San Juan Island man for driving with a suspended license as he drove off a ferry in Friday Harbor. The 50-year-old was reportedly behind the wheel of a sedan and recognized by a deputy as the boat approached the ferry landing. He was taken into custody shortly after 9 p.m.
April 20: A San Juan Island man could face charges of interfering with a federal officer following a mid-morning arrest at American Camp. The 61-year-old was taken into custody following a dispute with ranger near the American Camp Redoubt shortly before 11 a.m. The man reportedly became belligerent during a heated exchange with the ranger over the agency’s functions.
April 21: A runaway Pontiac clipped a power pole, crossed two lanes of traffic, busted through a fence and then slammed into a power transformer, where it came to a stop, following an unmanned descent down a steep driveway in the 500 block of Orcas Island’s Point Lawrence Road. The engine of the sedan, which was still running, was turned off by the person living nearest the transformer. The car began to roll even though its owner, a 40-year-old woman who got out of the vehicle after starting it up, had reportedly put its transmission in park.
