Hoquiam burglar caught by K9 … again

A burglary suspect was sniffed out by a Hoquiam Police dog Tuesday, and it wasn’t the first time. The 23-year old Hoquiam suspect tripped the alarm at a marijuana production facility in the 500 block of South Adams Street shortly after noon. The first responding officer saw a door that had been forced open, then heard the suspect breaking through brush to the east. Hoquiam officers and Grays Harbor County deputies set up a perimeter, and a K9 officer was deployed. The suspect, when found hiding in thick brush and briars about 200 yards from the building, refused to show his hands or comply with officers’ commands. The police dog “contacted” the suspect, after which he was taken into custody and taken to the hospital for “treatment of minor injuries,” according to Hoquiam Police Sergeant Jeff Salstrom. The suspect was then booked into the Grays Harbor County Jail for second degree burglary.

“This suspect is well known to local officers,” said Salstrom. “He was apprehended in 2009 by late Hoquiam Police K9 ‘Enno’ after stealing a vehicle in north Hoquiam and damaging a patrol car.”

Man drowns off North Jetty in Ocean Shores Tuesday

A 45-year old Gig Harbor man drowned near the North Jetty in Ocean Shores early Tuesday afternoon, according to a statement released by Ocean Shores Police Chief Neccie A. Logan. The man walked past the breakers before witnesses lost sight of him. Ocean Shores police officers and firefighters responded to the scene, and vessels from Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor and a helicopter from Coast Guard Station Astoria were deployed. About a half hour after the initial report, the man was pulled from the water at the mouth of Grays Harbor. Rescuers performed CPR on the man as he was transported by helicopter to Bowerman Field and taken from there to Grays Harbor Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The man’s name has not been released pending notification of his family.

Aberdeen man booked for unlawful display, discharge of a weapon

An Aberdeen man pulled a handgun and fired it once during an altercation near the intersection of Market Street and Michigan Street in Aberdeen early Monday morning, according to a report by Aberdeen Police Lieutenant Kevin Darst. Aberdeen officers were nearby and quickly arrived on the scene shortly after midnight, where they found a single shell casing, which they gathered as evidence. Video surveillance from a nearby business was reviewed and a suspect was identified. The suspect was contacted and he voluntarily returned to the scene, still carrying the handgun. The man was arrested and booked into the Aberdeen Jail for unlawful display and unlawful discharge of a weapon.