Police Blotter follow up

The April 20 edition of the La Conner Weekly News had a Police Blotter report of a suspicious driver in a white pickup slowly cruising around La Conner streets.

I want to put the residents of La Conner at ease about this report in the police blotter.

I also witnessed this driver as he cruised through our neighborhood twice.

He was driving slowly and stopping in front of some residences and typing on a laptop.

This aroused my suspicions, and I managed to get the license number as well as the make and model of the pickup.

I was contemplating calling 911 when it dawned on me, this was the new delivery driver for the Skagit Valley Herald/Seattle Times mapping out his route.

The prior delivery driver had a heart attack a few weeks ago and had to give up the route.

I subsequently confirmed this was the paper delivery person by reviewing our security cameras.

I am pleased that residents noticed something unusual and reported it.

As our sheriff’s department says, “If you see something, say something.

Rick Dole

La Conner