By Thurston Chronicle staff
The Olympia Police Department responded to a total of 1,031 calls for service this week.
The department remarked upon the following notable trends:
- Officers arrested the suspect in the aggravated assault this week. The suspect walked into a death investigation scene and kicked the deceased. He then spit on multiple officers during the arrest.
- Officers arrested the suspect in the aggravated assault reported this week. The suspect strangled the victim during an argument.
- Three auto thefts reported with one arrest. One case was also a commercial burglary. The vehicle and keys were inside the building. It’s unknown how the suspect entered, but once inside, they used the keys to steal the van and all the tools inside. They also stole a wheelbarrow full of more tools. In another case, the keys were left in the vehicle. In the arrest, the victim left the car running briefly unattended while delivering newspapers to a business. Officers recognized the suspect from security footage and with the help of partners at the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, the car was located and the suspect arrested.
- The two residential burglaries were both violations of no contact orders at the same address with two different suspects.
- A theft case was reported where the suspect stole a door handle and lockbox with the key to the victim’s home. A K9 and drone were used to try and find the suspect, but no one matching the security footage was located.
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
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