Sheriff's Report
--compiled by Penny Chambers
Theft From Yard - July 5: Unknown person(s) entered the yard of a residence on 428th Street East in Eatonville while the home owners were away, stealing a weed eater, gas can and a carved wooden yard ornament.
Burglary/Forced Entry/Assault - On July 6 a 34-year-old Auburn woman entered a home in Ashford where she had been storing an RV. Forcing her way past the resident's small children, she assaulted a 12-year-old boy with a blunt object, leaving him with "apparent broken bones and bruising" and took various items valuing approximately $2,000.00 from the property.
Burglary - Between July 6 - 9 a Honda trail bike, two Trek mountain bicycles, a Skill saw and Black & Decker drill were stolen from a residence on Christensen Muck Road East. The unknown suspects entered the home through an unlocked door while the residents were away camping.
Vehicle Theft/Burglary/Forced Entry/Possible Fraud - July 7 a resident of State Game Road in Eatonville was the victim of a car and RV trailer theft. The car, a white 1982 Ford Mustang was taken from a garage where it was being stored on property owned by Coldwell Banker. The 1974 RV, white with gold stripes, was taken from Benbow Drive East where it was being kept. The owner of the two vehicles was under home monitoring and had been involved in a fatal hit and run accident on June 9. After investigating, PC sheriffs and detectives found the owner had lied about when he purchased the Mustang, and asked the person he bought the car from to falsify a new bill of sale. The case is now under investigation for fraud.
Vandalism Of Property - July 7: A satellite dish was vandalized at the Rocky Point Campground in Elbe. After running the registration on the suspect's vehicle, a blue 1994 Ford Taurus Wagon, it was found that he had used a false name when registering at the campground.
Vehicles Vandalized - July 7: Three vehicles were vandalized at a residence on 251st Street East in Graham. Tires were slashed, deflated and windows smashed on a passenger van, car and a truck, after a woman, accompanied two males, went to the property in an attempt to take her daughter from what she called "a drug environment".  No arrests were made.
Criminal Trespass - July 7: Two officers from the Eatonville Police Department and a sheriff's deputy were called to a vacant residence on Orville Road East in Kapowsin. An unknown white male in a hooded sweatshirt had been observed coming and going from the home and was suspected of manufacturing methamphetamine. Upon inspection of the home officers found a sleeping bag and several empty containers of alcohol but determined that the man had not been manufacturing drugs.
Theft From Motor Vehicle - July 10: A Pioneer CD car stereo, Nintendo video game with accessories, CD's and a wallet were stolen from a car parked at a home on 275th Street East in Graham. The unknown suspects entered the car through a sliding rear window.
Assault - July 9: A "supplemental" report of domestic violence was sent by sheriff's deputies to Pierce County Prosecutors and the Domestic Violence Unit after a woman was struck on the head by her husband, age 55, of Lillie Dale Road in Eatonville. The woman seemed to feel she had been the cause of her husband's violent outburst as they had been arguing about finances. She did not press charges against him, feeling that doing so would put the family in further financial difficulty.

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