Olympia Police Department Weekly Update: June 11 to June 24

The Olympia Police Department responded to a total of 2,322 calls for service this week. 

The department remarked upon the following notable trends:

• One arson was reported over the last two weeks. The suspect allegedly admitted to setting a fire in her apartment. It did not spread to other apartments.
• Six aggravated assaults were reported for the two-week period. Two are open investigations and officers arrested suspects in four of the cases. In two cases, the suspects strangled the victims. In one of the strangulations, the suspect also stood over the victim with a knife. In the last case, the suspect assaulted officers who were arresting her for assaulting a neighbor and causing a huge disturbance in the neighborhood.
• Six auto thefts were reported, with one arrest. Three were Kia Souls and the others were a 2000 GMC Sonoma, 2016 Dodge Dart and a 2004 Toyota 4Runner. One of the Kia’s was an attempt only with damaged ignition and steering column. All vehicles were recovered except for one. In the arrest, the victim’s girlfriend stole his vehicle and was also arrested for DUI when located by officers.
• One robbery was reported where the suspect pushed an employee trying to stop a shoplift.
• One rape was reported that is an open investigation. The victim knows the suspect.
• Four residential burglaries were reported over the last two weeks. Officers arrested the suspect in one case for a violation of a no contact order. In one case, the suspect stole an e-bike from a shed that was left briefly unsecured. In another, the suspect entered through an unsecured bedroom window and stayed overnight while the victim was out of town. In the last case, three juvenile suspects kicked in the side door of a house under renovation and vandalized the bathroom.

The Olympia Police Department posts weekly crime updates at https://tinyurl.com/2s49v9f9

The police department’s crime map, which includes serious felony crimes, vehicle prowls, thefts excluding shoplifting, and arrests beginning in Nov. 2020, can be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/stk9a64n

 For a complete list of case reports, visit olympiawa.gov/p2c