Jefferson County Sheriff's Office | Smells like death, Part 2

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Posted 9/30/21

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 333 calls for service between Friday, Sept. 3 and Friday, Sept. 10. Below are selected reports.

At 12:33 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 in Port …

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Jefferson County Sheriff's Office | Smells like death, Part 2

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The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 333 calls for service between Friday, Sept. 3 and Friday, Sept. 10. Below are selected reports.

At 12:33 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 in Port Hadlock, a rental company reported a customer that had not returned a tool that has been rented but was due back on Sept. 2.

The man was contacted and he promised to return the item before the store closed.

He was told that if he did not, a case would be forwarded to the prosecutor’s office.

At 1:06 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 in Port Hadlock, a resident reported a case of credit card fraud. An unauthorized charge of $59 had been made.

At 4:09 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 in Chimacum, a license plate was stolen from the rear of a vehicle.

At 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 in Gardiner, an Amazon driver called 911 after the driver went to the wrong address and was confronted by a man who started yelling and screaming at him.

The driver said the man wouldn’t let him leave the property.

The driver eventually was able to leave, and wanted the confrontation documented.

At 10:33 am. Sept. 9 in Brinnon, a caller said more than $1,400 in unexplained charges had been found on a credit card that was thought to be expired.

A total of 45 charges were made between Aug. 27 and Sept. 7.

The suspect is a girl who was under suspicion due to a large number of Amazon packages she had been getting. She claimed she had been making money online.

The caller said the credit card had indeed been canceled but had been reactivated by the bank a month later.

The girl has her own Amazon account but no one in the house had access to the account, and couldn’t confirm that she was responsible for the charges made on the card.

The caller contacted the bank to cancel the card and have a fraud investigation started.

At 12:53 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9 in Port Hadlock, a caller reported that prescription drugs were missing from his trailer.

He had found them gone after a return from the hospital. The caller wasn’t sure if the medication had been stolen or just removed by the landlord.

At 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9 in Quilcene, a 68-year-old woman was stung by a bee while hiking on the Tunnel Creek Trail and was having an allergic reaction.

The woman was two miles from the trailhead. Another hiker reported the woman was shivering and was numb.

Jefferson County Search and Rescue was called, and brought the woman down off the trail by 7 p.m.

At 4:33 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9 in Port Ludlow, a caller said his son was driving with a friend on Larson Lake Road and had seen a suspicious red Mazda parked on the side of the road. As they went by, “they smelled the strong odor of death.”

A deputy responded and did not find the vehicle. Nothing smelly was discovered.

At 4:50 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9 in Port Ludlow, a caller said a neighbor knocked down his fence. The caller said the damage was recorded on video.

It appeared the fence had been unscrewed from a fence post.

The residents have a history of not getting along.

The caller was advised to use the courts and not law enforcement for neighbor disputes.

The man said he understood.