The Port Townsend Police Department received a total of 129 calls between Friday, April 14, and Thursday, April 20. Below are selected reports.

At 10:10 a.m. Monday, April 17, malicious mischief was reported in the 43rd and Grants streets area after a woman was reported for removing signs from a nearby construction site.

She’d been recorded on camera removing, knocking down, and damaging multiple signs and items at the site.

The construction company hadn’t reported the minor damage prior, but the company is starting to survey the site and put up construction markers, which would be costly to redo or repair if the woman continued damaging property on the site.

Officers are aware of the woman’s identity and attempted to contact her at her residence, but she didn’t answer the door. Officers will continue to attempt to contact the woman.

At 11 a.m. Monday, April 17, an unwanted person was reported in the 500 block of Sheridan Street. A caller at a nearby parking lot said a man was staring down people and drivers as they passed by and acting erratic in the parking lot.

The man was contacted by police, and there was a language barrier preventing the officers from communicating with the man. A passerby who spoke fluent Spanish attempted to help out, and officers transported the man to another business in the area to speak with his friend.

Once the man went inside the business, he grabbed a knife and pulled it to his wrist. The officers called backup and ordered the man to drop the knife, and he complied. The man was detained with no further incident and taken to the hospital.

At 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 17, in the 700 block of Water Street, a bank employee reported a man after he cashed fraudulent, altered checks.

The two checks were from the state of Washington, in the amount of $3,813. Officers contacted the Washington state treasurer and confirmed the checks weren’t issued by the state and were fraudulent. The crime is under investigation.

At 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, a screaming man in the 2300 block of Washington Street was reported for disorderly conduct. The man was yelling in a laundromat and was asked to leave by an employee. The man left the area by the time officers arrived. A trespass form was filled out and the officers found and served the man with a 30-day trespass warrant.

At 4:40 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, in the 400 block of West Sims Way, an attempted theft was reported at the nearby grocery store.

A man entered the business with a bucket and began putting items in it. After he was contacted by an employee, the man refused to show what was in the bucket. The man eventually decided to give back all the items in his bucket and left the store.

No theft charges were made, but the man was trespassed from the store.