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Monday March 24 3:02 p.m.: Crunch time – A motorist new to the area failed to yield to oncoming traffic on Fir Island Road while coming off Moore Road near the north fork of the Skagit River. Thursday March 25 3:14 p.m.: Being helpful – A deputy gave a resident a ride home from La Conner Town Hall. Friday March 28 11:56 p.m.: Oops! – Someone accidently dialed 911 from a pay phone near the public restrooms onFirst Street in La Conner. This time, the person was nice enough to stay on the line to say the call was accidental,...
Monday March 17 12:01 p.m.: Info, please – A La Conner resident had a question about civil processes. 12:05 p.m.: Big ticket – A motorist in a vehicle with expired registration tabs was stopped and found to be also driving on a suspended license. 12:10 p.m.: Be gone! – Someone at the Rexville Grocery onBest Road was raising a ruckus and deputies sent him on his way with a trespassing warning. 4:10 p.m.: Napper – A man was passed out in the parking lot at Pioneer Market. He was given a trespassing warning and a ride...
Monday March 10 12:19 p.m.: Suspicious – Someone reported what they suspected to be a person waiting to conduct a drug transaction, 900 blockMaple Ave., La Conner. 2 p.m.: Theft – A small home-made boat trailer was taken from a shed onChannel Drive north of La Conner. Tuesday March 11 3:02 p.m.: Lost – Someone lost a wedding ring during a sports tournament at La Conner Middle School over the weekend. 6:35 p.m.: Lost & Located – A fellow reported to La Conner deputies that he’d lost his backpack a couple of weeks back. I...
Monday March 3 10:04 a.m.: Boat grounded – A sailboat got stuck in shallow water nearGoat Island as the tide was going out. They captain was contacted by radio and said they were fine, and would wait for the tide to come back in and free them. Tuesday March 4 5:48 a.m.: Arrest – A person in La Conner called aCalifornia law enforcement agency and seemed confused, so they alerted the local Sheriff’s office to go check on him. Deputies would up arresting him on two outstanding warrants from Skagit Count District Court. 6:18 p.m.: O...
Monday Feb 17 10:19 a.m.: Guest ticket – A driver fromAlaska was stopped for speeding and was discovered to be driving on suspended driver’s license, both inAlaska andWashington. Tuesday Feb 18 11:23 a.m.: Alcohol problem – Swinomish Police reported that they saw someone walking intoPioneerPark in La Conner carrying what looked like an alcoholic beverage, but when a deputy arrived to check, they were unable to locate the person. Thursday Feb 20 12:47 p.m.: Assault – A woman inConway reported that about two weeks ago she was w...
Monday Feb 10 3:30 p.m.: Suspicious – A resident ofCaledonia Street in La Conner received a phone call that sounded suspicious. Tuesday Feb. 11 7:50 p.m.: Lost phone – Someone left their cell phone on a coffee table at the La Conner Country Inn and when they came back for it, the phone was gone and nobody had turned it in. 9:32 p.m.: Alarm – An alarm went off at the La Conner School District. Nothing was amiss and it is thought the wind set it off. Wednesday Feb 12 9:39 a.m.: Worried friend – Deputies tracked down a...
Monday Feb 3 4:17 p.m.: Alarm – An alarm went off in a home onChannel Drive north of La Conner. The deputy contacted the homeowner and everything was fine. Wednesday Feb 5 9:08 a.m.: Alarm – An alarm went off at the Post Office inConway. There were no problems. Thursday Feb 6 5:19 p.m.: AWOL pooch – A canine resident ofState Street in La Conner went missing, but was located. 8:05 p.m.: Death – A resident ofSouth Fourth Street in La Conner who had been in hospice care passed away. Friday Feb 7 9:18 a.m.: Fraud – La...
Monday Jan 27 3:27 p.m.: Crunch time – Fender bender in the parking lot at La Conner Elementary School. The drivers swapped information. Tuesday Jan 28 2:39 p.m.: Fraud – A La Conner resident checking her credit history found that someone had fraudulently opened a line of credit in her name and had made charges inFlorida on one of her accounts. 3:31 p.m.: Forgery – A business inConway took in a counterfeit $10 bill. The customer apparently had been carrying it around for sometime and couldn’t shed light on where it o...
Monday Jan 13 11:53 a.m.: Crunch time – Two vehicles backed out of parking spots at the same time in the Key Bank parking lot onMorris Street in La Conner. 12:19 p.m. Suicide intervention – A despondent man was said to be on his way toDeceptionPassBridge to end it all, but a deputy contacted him and he agreed to postpone his plan. Wednesday Jan 15 10:21 p.m.: Suspicious – A passer by spotted a person near a closed business in the Rexville area. A deputy responded and didn’t find anyone and the building was secure, but there w...
Monday July 21 12:14 p.m.: Bad driver – Someone reported that they had been following a vehicle that was being operated poorly in the La Conner area. No license plate number was provided. Wednesday July 23 12:14 a.m.: Not a prowler – Someone phoned in saying they saw a prowler at the waterfront end ofCaledonia Street in La Conner. It turned out to be a fisherman waiting for the rest of the crew to show up. Thursday July 24 2:49 p.m.: Found purse – Nobody reported it missing, and there was no wallet inside, but a found purse...
Monday Oct 10 11:39 a.m.: Not nice – A student made verbal threats at the La Conner Middle School. The student was counseled by the Sheriff and school. No crime. Tuesday Oct 11 10:49 a.m.: Super not nice – A student stole another student’s cell phone at the La Conner Middle School, but it was later returned; the victim did not wish to press charges. 3:54 p.m.: Big ticket! – Someone hit a parked car at the La Conner Marina and left the accident. Surveillance cameras caught the suspect’s car, and theMontana resident was con...
Calls Sheriff's Deputies responsed to in the area served by the La Conner sub-station. Monday Jan 6 11:08 a.m.: Booze bust – Someone was cited for drinking an alcoholic beverage in public onFirst Street. Tuesday Jan 7 3:30 p.m.: Fraud – A woman wrote a check on a closed bank account at a business in theLimeDockBuilding onNorth First Street in La Conner. The woman had similar incidents throughout the county during the pasty six months. 7:44 p.m.: Gunshot – Someone reported hearing what sounded like gunshots in the area ofRainie...
Sunday Dec 29 8:47 p.m.: Medical aid – A man fell at a residence onMorris Ave in La Conner. Monday Dec 30 5:31 p.m.: Road kill – Deputies removed a dead dear from the roadway onBest Road near Rexville. Tuesday Dec 31 12:50 p.m.: Big ticket item – A deputy stopped a driver near Morris and Third streets in La Conner because the vehicle’s tags were expired and discovered that the driver was also operating the vehicle on a suspended license. 4:33 p.m.: Bogus billing – A La Conner resident was looking over their bank s...
