Port Townsend police received 121 total calls for service between Monday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 22. Below are selected reports.  

At 1:51 a.m. on Nov. 17, an officer in the 600 block of Rainier Street observed two men, one who admitted to carrying a number of items he had taken from a Goodwill donation area. The officer discovered that the other man was driving with a suspended license in a vehicle with suspended license-plate tabs. All of the items were returned and the men were warned against driving with a suspended license. 

At 12:59 p.m. on Nov. 17, A woman in the 4200 block of Hill Street reported an iPod and vehicle registration were taken in a car prowl. Later, at 2:52 p.m., another caller in the area of Hill Street reported glasses and a first aid kit had been taken out of their car. Officers assigned additional units to the area 

At 3:59 p.m. on Nov. 17,  officers received a complaint of loud music in the 700 block of Sheridan Street. Officers arrived but the occupants had already turned down the music. The residents were told to keep the noise down. 

At 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 18, a woman reported that she had been getting harassed by a transient man near the intersection of 43rd Street and Wilson Street. The woman told police that the man had repeatedly accused her of stalking him while she was taking her morning walks. The man is known to engage in this sort of behavior, according to police. At 8:16 a.m. the following day, a man contacted police to report the same man from the previous incident had yelled at him, accusing him of stalking, this time in the 4900 Block of Landis Street.

At 4:28 p.m. on Nov. 18, officers received a report of someone calling for help in the 1700 block of Jackson Street. Officers responded to the area and located an elderly woman who had injured herself on her back porch. Officers assisted the woman and helped her get back inside. The woman was not transported to the hospital, as she showed signs of only minor injuries. 

At 8:24 a.m. on Nov. 19, officers responded to a report from a business in the 1100 block of Water Street that a customer had attempted to use a credit card not belonging to him. The man told officers he was authorized by the owner of the card to use it. Officers contacted the cardholder who confirmed that the man was indeed authorized to use it. 

At 9:35 p.m. on Nov. 20, officers were told that an individual in the 300 block of Sims Way had been yelling at a drive-thru window and attempted to climb through. Officers responded and discovered that it had only been a bit of spirited horseplay between two employees at the restaurant. 

At 8:08 a.m. on Nov. 21, a caller reported an ongoing series of gunshots in the 1800 block of Lawrence Street. Officers responded to the area and believed that the noise was coming from a construction site one block over.  

At 11:41 a.m. on Nov. 21, a man in the 900 block of Lawrence Street reported that he had received a counterfeit bill in his change following a transaction at a local business. The man attempted to return the bill to the business but staff refused and advised he take it to a local bank to exchange it. Police informed staff of the business that they should have exchanged the counterfeit bill for legal tender and reported it to the police department. In this case, police say the bill was a movie prop, bearing a disclaimer on it that read “for motion picture use only.”

At 1:36 p.m. on Nov. 21, officers received a report of a burglary in the 2800 block of Washington Street. A storage container on property owned by the Port of Port Townsend had been broken into. Officers noted that a padlock had been broken in the incident and multiple items and boxes were missing. A stocking cap and box cutters were left at the scene. The value of the stolen items has yet to be determined. 

At 8:05 p.m. on Nov. 22, an employee of a business in the 2400 block of Sims Way reported that an unknown person had recently defecated in front of a door to the business and left cigarettes throughout the area. The employee stated that the culprit must have committed the act within the previous two hours. Video cameras onsite likely captured the event, but police have yet to review the footage.