At 12:40 a.m., police received a 911 call. The caller was not English speaking and accidentally pushed the SOS button on his phone. They had to use “Google translate” to determine the call was a nonemergency.
At 8:37 a.m., a theft was reported from Wal-Mart. There are two male suspects.
At 11:42 a.m., the caller reported her ex-boyfriend because he had been sending harassing texts and Facebook messages to her friends and family. She was advised to have her friends and family block his number.
At 12:52 p.m., a citizen reported that she had received a call that her daughter had been kidnapped and was demanding ransom money. It turns out the call was fraudulent and believed to be from Nigeria. The caller’s daughter was at work and doing fine.
At 1:19 p.m., police assisted Polk County Sheriff’s Office with a stolen vehicle pursuit from Marion County. The vehicle was stopped at milepost 9.5 on westbound Highway 22. Polk County Sheriff requested a shield from the police, which was provided.
At 2:54 p.m., a report of a burglary on Jonathan Avenue. The homeowner was remodeling his house and reported someone broke in through an unlocked window and stole $1,000 – $2,000 worth of tools. Partial fingerprints were obtained.
At 11:10 p.m., an attempted theft was reported at Wal-Mart of over $2,500 in merchandise. Wal-Mart declined charges. They just wanted the suspect to be trespassed from the property.
At 12:02 p.m., extra patrols were requested on Lyle Street due to ongoing theft issues from different tenants at the old mill property. Police have the gate code and have permission to arrest anyone trespassing.
At 1:39 p.m., police responded to a hit-and-run crash on Olive Street. The suspect vehicle is an older four-door gray and black car with moderate rear-end damage. There are no suspects.
At 4:05 p.m., police warned juveniles about shooting Orbeez from a moving vehicle at parked occupied cars on Southwest Walnut Avenue.
At 12:33 p.m., a juvenile overdosed at LaCreole Middle School and was transported to the hospital by his father.
At 8:08 p.m., a report of construction blocking the roadway on Evergreen Court. It appeared that workers were working on a water leak. Police were able to navigate through the construction.
At 8:56 p.m., a report of a man and Juvenile girls screaming at each other was made on Lange Street. The yelling stopped when the police arrived, and there was no answer at the door. The neighbor said there was no disturbance heard.
At 12:01 a.m., a female was reported running naked in the park on Southwest Robinhood Drive.
At 12:16 a.m., a lady was asked to leave the ER at West Valley Hospital because she was yelling profanities at the staff. She was trespassed from the property.
At 4:59 a.m., a report of a lady shoplifting at Center Market. Center Market was unwilling to pursue charges but wanted her trespassed from the property.
At 5:54 a.m., Misty Bohannon was lodged for theft.
At 8:20 a.m., a Wal-Mart employee found a dead turkey in the dumpster in a dog food bag. The turkey did not appear to be shot but did have road burns along its body. The turkey was likely hit by a car and thrown away.
At 10:27 a.m., Charlie Sexton was lodged on theft charges.
At 10:39 a.m., a juvenile was actively swinging a large piece of wood with screws on LaCreole Middle School grounds. Police handled the incident.
At 1:31 p.m., police lodged John Ricketts on a failure to appear warrant.
At 2:27 p.m., a man wanted to follow up on a report of stolen headphones. He was talking nonsense and wanted to feel safe in the gym, requesting them to put a camera in the shower. Police told him that would be something to talk to the gym owners.
At 4:01 p.m., a fraudulent $100 bill was exchanged for $20 bills two days ago at Berts Restaurant on Orchard Drive.
At 6:24 p.m., a report of a vehicle hitting a cat and not stopping. Police were unable to locate the car.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
At 12:19 a.m., a report of an adult male that had been having inappropriate conversations since November with a 13-year-old female in the 39000 block of Ward Road. A detective has been assigned for follow-up investigation.
At 11:27 a.m., a report of a PJ 2015 black Utility Trailer stolen from 6700 block of Bethel Road sometime between April 16-18. The trailer contained about $5,000 worth of tiling supplies.
At 11:43 a.m., a report of a subject who fell victim to a Craigslist internet scam involving a house for rent in the 10700 block of Rickreall Road. The victim reported she was not out any money and she had already used the fraud reporting link to report the scam.
At 12:35 p.m., a report of four chickens on the loose in the 5900 block of Willamette Ferry Street. A deputy was able to corral two of them and a nearby neighbor volunteered to house them until the owner could retrieve them and the rest.
At 3:29 p.m., a crash occurred involving two vehicles near the intersection of Highway 22 and Salt Creek Road just east of milepost 11. The at fault driver was cited for failure to obey a traffic controlled device.
At 4:58 p.m., a deputy served a restraining order to a subject in the 1300 block of Solomon Court.
At 5:09 p.m., a report of a fight between two students at Falls City Elementary School. No injuries were reported by either student. Neither parent of the involved wanted to press criminal charges but requested that the investigating deputy speak to both students. The deputy contacted one student at school and explained the importance of keeping our hands to ourselves and the criminal consequences of his actions. The deputy planned to follow up with the other student who was not immediately available.
At 6:27 p.m., a report of a stolen vehicle out of McMinnville. A PCSO deputy began pursuit on Highway 22 near milepost 54. The driver of the stolen vehicle tried to elude pursuit, but broke down near milepost 9. The driver and passenger were detained. The passenger was eventually released, and the driver lodged in Polk County Jail for felony elude, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of stolen vehicle, felony driving while suspended, criminal mischief II, hit and run (property), and reckless driving.
At 10:39 p.m., a deputy provided traffic control while Sheridan Fire Department extinguished a car fire in the 20200 block of Highway 22.
At 1:35 p.m., a report of a female subject from California who was bitten by a neighbor’s dog while visiting her father in the 300 block of Fir Villa Road. The neighbor agreed to quarantine the dog while the victim was visiting and was given a week to update the dog’s vaccinations.
At 4:48 p.m., a report of a 1992 Chevy S10 pickup stolen sometime overnight from the 22800 block of Gooseneck Road. The owner suspects his son stole the vehicle.
At 5:12 p.m., the Benton County Sheriff ‘s Office attempted to lodge a male subject on a Polk County warrant for failure to appear on an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle charge. The BCSO jail was unable to lodge to subject, so he was turned over to PCSO deputies and lodged in the PCSO jail.
At 10:43 p.m., a deputy stopped a 17-year-old driver for speeding on Highway 22 near milepost 21. The youth received a verbal warning in lieu of a citation after a phone call to the driver’s mom, who advised she would handle it.
At 4:26 a.m., a deputy came across an unoccupied Volvo parked on the northbound shoulder of Highway 223 near milepost 9 with its hazard lights on. The vehicle had minor front end damage, a spider webbed driver’s side windshield, and broken driver window. The deputy was unable to contact the registered owner. The car was tagged for towing.
At 12:58 p.m., a resident in the 3400 block of Broken Arrow Loop reported someone knocked over and damaged his water fountain in his front yard, causing about $500 damage to three water hoses. The resident suspects someone also put dirt in the fuel tank of one of the vehicles on the property.
At 2:33 p.m., a resident in the 20800 block of Parry Road reported someone stole and cashed a check she wrote and mailed to Century Link on Dec. 22 in the amount of $69.99.
At 4:42 p.m., a report of a two-vehicle, non-injury crash on Salem Dallas Highway near Independence Highway.
At 8:52 p.m., a complaint was received about an orange Mini Cooper driving through the area of 55th Avenue and Aster Street acting suspicious and the female driver as acting “looney.” A deputy was unable to locate the vehicle.
At 8:59 p.m., a motorist reported a vehicle pulled out in in front of her from Smithfield Rd and headed east on Highway 22, almost causing a crash. She added the occupants threw beer cans out the windows as they drove off. A deputy was unable to locate the vehicle.
At 10:04 a.m., a deputy contacted a male subject at Highway 22 and Highway 223, where he was hanging out with a shopping cart full of his belongings. The subject was wearing some new clothing from Dallas, saying he “got them” from Rite Aid and he had taken the cart from Safeway. A Dallas police officer arrived and their investigation showed the male subject had stolen the clothes. The subject was arrested for theft and taken to Polk County Jail.
At 10:11 a.m., a report of two dogs that attacked a blind horse in the zero block of Prospect Street in Falls City. Damage to the horse was estimated at $700. The dogs’ owner was shown photos of the injured horse and was cited for maintaining dogs as a public nuisance (potentially dangerous).
At 12:50 p.m., a report of a female subject, already lodged in County Jail on other charges, was seen on video smearing a substance that appeared to be feces on the jail door / windows. Maintenance cleaned it up and found additional substance “artwork” on the Polk County flagpole. A deputy confirmed it was indeed the suspected female subject on video. She was interviewed and admitted to painting her mixture all…
