At 1:13 a.m. Wednesday, March 16 in Port Hadlock, a loud party was reported at the end of Price Street.

The caller said he lives a block away and the loud music woke him up. People were also yelling and screaming.

Deputies responded and people started running away from a campfire when the first deputy approached.

A deputy spoke with adults at the scene about the complaint and they said they would get things quieted down.

At 3:11 a.m. Wednesday, March 16 in Port Hadlock, a resident complained about loud music coming from a nearby trailer.

A deputy responded, and could barely hear a radio playing in someone’s garage.

The deputy contacted the resident; he apologized and shut off the radio.

The deputy determined the county’s noise ordinance had not been violated.

At 6:56 a.m. Wednesday, March 16 in Chimacum, a resident reported a suspicious vehicle parked near the end of a nearby driveway.

A deputy found the vehicle and spoke with the woman inside; she said she was parked on her parents’ property and was waiting for her mother.

At 11:13 a.m. Wednesday, March 16 in Port Hadlock, a caller said a man was taking metal off of a barn on Mason Street.

The caller said the owner of the property had been contacted, but the owner told the caller to contact law enforcement.

The caller, however, wanted to remain anonymous.

The suspect was described as “a larger guy with dirty clothes.”

No vehicle was seen near the man, and it was believed he had come from a nearby property.

A deputy responded and a person on the property was arrested for first-degree theft and second-degree burglary after a woman’s credit card was found in his possession.

The card had been reported stolen earlier while the woman was traveling between Shelton and Belfair. The victim had the card canceled after she noticed several fraudulent charges had been made.

At 8:28 p.m. Thursday, March 17 in Chimacum, a caller said a man was at the end of their driveway and was acting “really weird.”

The man said he was waiting for a ride. He was holding a flashlight and a cellphone. The caller said he did not recognize the man, and said he appeared to be under the influence. 

The caller said he has a long driveway and there was no reason for the man to be standing there. The man was last seen heading toward Highway 19.

A deputy was unable to locate the man.

At 3 p.m. Friday, March 18 in Port Hadlock, a bank clerk said a man’s girlfriend was spending money the man had in his bank account.

The girlfriend had spent a couple thousands dollars, and was forging the man’s name on starter checks for his account and cashing them at various locations.

The victim, who was incarcerated in the county jail, reportedly called his wife and told her his girlfriend was stealing his money.

A deputy contacted the victim in jail, and asked if he knew the woman who had used his account. He said he did, and that the woman was his girlfriend, and that he had given her permission to sign his name.

A deputy learned the victim was also in constant contact with the woman.