By Thurston Chronicle staff
The Olympia Police Department responded to a total of 1,120 calls for service this week.
The department remarked upon the following notable trends:
- One arson was reported. Pallets were placed under a businesses’ truck and then set on fire. It was extinguished by Olympia Fire Department and did not spread.
- Officers arrested the suspect in the aggravated assault reported. The suspect strangled the victim.
- Officers arrested suspects in all three robberies reported. In two cases, suspects fought with employees trying to stop shoplifting. In the other case, the suspect forced his pregnant ex away from a vehicle so he could take her engagement ring. He was located and arrested.
- One rape was reported that is an open investigation. The victim did not know the suspect.
- Three auto thefts were reported. One was an attempt of a 2015 Kia Forte and the other two were 2013 and 2014 Hyundais. Security footage of one theft caught two young men stealing it. There was another attempted auto theft reported under vehicle prowl where a Kia had its window shattered and steering column damaged.
- Two residential burglaries were reported. One was delayed reporting and unsure how anyone entered. In the other case, two men tried to break in through a sliding glass door before being startled off by the victim who was home. Fingerprints were lifted and sent to the lab for processing.
- Fourteen vehicle prowls or vandalisms were reported this week. The Olympia Police Department saw an uptick in prowls at parks, particularly Watershed. Citizens are advised not to leave valuables in their cars. If people have any with you at their destination, they are asked to take the items with them. Park Rangers, officers and volunteers are doing extra area patrols.
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
