The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a total of 281 calls for service from Dec. 13-20. Deputies conducted 64 traffic stops, of which five resulted in criminal (misdemeanor/felony) charges.

Dec. 13: Deputies responded to a possible assault at the Chimacum School. Upon arrival, deputies determined that an assault had in fact taken place between two students. The aggressor was identified, and charges forwarded to the juvenile court.

Dec. 14: A deputy spotted a vehicle exhibiting the signs and symptoms of the driver being under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the Port Hadlock area at around 1am. After detecting a strong odor of alcohol emanating from the driver, standardized field sobriety tests were administered upon the driver’s agreement. Ultimately the driver was arrested for DUI and booked into jail.

Dec. 15: A deputy took a call regarding littering in the Eaglemount area. The caller had discovered their neighbor’s trash was knocked over, apparently, and there was a substantial quantity of trash now on the road. In the trash pile were paint cans, which the caller said could possibly assist them in identifying who dumped the trash. It appears the caller just wanted to “report this” and did not need any additional contact.

Dec. 16: A Port Townsend area business called to report their fence had been cut through sometime early this morning or overnight. It did not appear anything had been stolen after the business conducted an inventory check. The investigating deputy completed a police report for the damages to the fence.

Dec. 17: A deputy was dispatched to a report of a loose dog, with a collar, in the Cape George area. A bus driver had called about the friendly dog, concerned it may have been lost. While the deputy was heading to the pooch’s location, the bus driver called back to report the owner of the dog had been found after they pulled up in their car and told the dog to get back home. The dog did so.

Dec. 18: A caller in the greater Quilcene region reported mail theft today. Multiple boxes were open in and around the neighborhood, with the caller themselves reporting a medical device was being delivered to their home and was not there. Thankfully the package was insured by the shipper, so the caller was not out any monetary loss, however their medical device shipment was significantly delayed as a new one needs to be sent.

Dec. 19: Deputies responded to the Larry Scott Trail in the Cape George area after receiving a report of a man in a silver passenger car yelling and throwing things out of his car, before attempting to set the trash on fire. The man is incredibly well known to deputies for similar antics. The man admitted to hearing voices in his head, and was cooperative with picking up the garbage and being sent on his way.

Dec. 20: Deputies responded to a two vehicle collision in the Chimacum area involving a car and a school bus. The investigation was turned over to the Washington State Patrol due to the involvement of a school bus, which is considered a commercial vehicle.