Editor’s note: This blotter is compiled from recent Gig Harbor police reports.
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She took the money out of the safe and gave it to scammers
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Ross Dress For Less stores have been the target of a recent scam.
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The store manager of the Gig Harbor location at 5500 Olympic Dr. told officers she received a call on the store’s landline on Aug. 2.
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A person claiming to be from the corporate office was on the other end. They told the store manager she needed to take $12,500 from the safe and send it to them via Bitcoin Depot to a bitcoin ledger, according to the police report.
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The store manager did exactly that.
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The scammers called her on her personal cellphone.
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She told officers she did not give them her personal phone number. That was one of the reasons she thought it was real at the time.
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The district manager for Ross also met with the officers.
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He told officers the scammers attempted this at a few other Ross store locations in recent months. It wasn’t clear if the scam was successful at other locations.
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Police advised him to report the incident to the FBI Internet crimes division.
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He forgot the drive-thru was one-way
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Just after 9 p.m., GHPD received a call on July 30 that there was a possible drunk driver at the McDonald’s on Borgen Boulevard.
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When an officer arrived, they noticed a vehicle attempting to back out of the drive-thru after pulling in the wrong way, according to the report.
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A McDonald’s employee was trying to help the man back out.
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The officer approached another employee who was standing outside.
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The employee told the officer that the driver initially pulled into the drive-thru the wrong way and had parked his car on the adjacent grassy area.
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“He then got out and chased some of the employees of McDonald’s around the parking lot before eventually returning to his vehicle,” the report said.
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The driver was slurring his words and admitted to the employees that he was drunk, according to the report.
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The officer watched the driver try and pull out of the drive-thru for several minutes, striking curbs.
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Once he got out of the drive-thru, the officer asked him to stop and put the car in park.
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The driver ignored commands and drove out of the parking lot. The officer got in his car and followed him.
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The driver entered the parking lot of a nearby pet store, parked in one of the stalls, exited the car, and began walking away.
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The officer could smell alcohol, the man was slurring his words, and he wasn’t able to put thoughts together, according to the officer.
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The man said he did not consume any alcohol and would not perform any field sobriety tests.
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Then he contradicted himself by saying: “I have no reason to drive, I’m not sober,” according to the report.
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The officer put him in handcuffs in the back of the car and took him back to the police station.
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After a few minutes of being held in the DUI cell at the station, the man started to scream about speaking with an attorney and he started banging on the door, according to the report.
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He also threatened to assault two of the officers, the report said.
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Officers decided to book him into Kitsap County Jail.
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While officers were putting him in the back on the police car for transport, he bit one of the officers on the forearm.
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Officers booked him into jail just before midnight.
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Officers noticed the registration numbers looked fake
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While working in the marine unit on Aug. 4, a Gig Harbor police officer noticed something weird on one of the boats docked at Jerisich Dock.
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A black sailboat displayed hand painted vessel registration numbers. It was docked in the 15-minute load and unload area.
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The officer recognized the boat. He’d seen it in the bay for the last few months, according to the report.
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The officer circled back almost two hours later and the boat was still docked there.
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The officer approached the man on the boat to issue a moorage violation.
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The boat owner told the officer he’s been in Washington waters for over 60 days, and provided the officer with a current California vessel registration and decals.
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He told the officer he did not have the registration number displayed on his boat because he was painting the boat.
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The officer told him that was not a valid reason.
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It appeared the owner was intentionally not displaying his vessel registration in order to not be cited for moorage violations, according to the police report.
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After 60 days, he’s required to pay boat use tax in the state of Washington or get a vessel visitor permit.
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The officer asked the owner where he got the registration number that was painted on the boat. The owner said he had paperwork for it, but ultimately could not provide it.
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The officer told the owner he’d be mailing the violation to the listed California address.
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The man said he’d be leaving Gig Harbor that day and sailing to Mexico.
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She thought gravel was hitting her. They were airsoft pellets
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A minor was at Ancich Waterfront Park on Aug. 14, when someone drove by and shot her with an airsoft gun.
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She was across the street, loading gear into her car, she told officers.
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“She started to feel what felt like gravel being kicked up hitting her,” the report said. “This is when she could hear the airsoft gun being fired in fully automatic mode and she was struck with four pellets in the back, each causing red marks.”
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She told officers by the time she realized what was happening, she looked back and saw a silver Mercedes four-door driving off.
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She couldn’t see who it was or how many people were in the car.
Aspen Shumpert es el reportero de The Peninsula Gateway. Creció en Tacoma y se graduó de la Universidad Estatal de Washington en mayo del 2022. Comenzó a trabajar en The News Tribune en marzo del 2022.
