Taken from Port Orchard Police Department Incident Reports:

February 15
7:30 a.m.

• Dementia patient wanders over to visit neighbors. Officers were advised that an elderly resident of a Lippert Avenue assisted-living home suffering from dementia had wandered away and was missing. As they were en route, they were advised that a woman answering her description had showed up on the doorstep of an apartment at the nearby Arbor Terrace complex. The administrator of the facility informed officers they had last seen the woman around 7:15 a.m. near the dining area and told her to return to her room, but apparently she had taken a wrong turn. Asked how she could walk out the door when it was supposed to be locked, the administrator said the locks needed to be reset because of a power outage the night before. The resident was returned unharmed to the facility.

February 16
9:46 a.m.

• Boyfriend throws punches, phone. Officers were dispatched to a Lippert Avenue apartment for a reported domestic violence. When they arrived, they heard the female occupant of the apartment crying inside. She then opened the door and, once it was determined her boyfriend was not home, officers questioned her. She said she and her boyfriend had gotten into a shouting match over whether she was having an affair with someone else. She said she wasn’t. He then grabbed her cell phone and went into the bathroom to check its list of contacts, but he was unable to do so with a PIN number, which she refused to give him. He then came out of the bathroom and struck her twice, she said, after which he slammed her phone on the ground and damaged it. The male suspect then left with the couple’s 1-year-old daughter, prompting the female to call the police. The male suspect returned with the daughter but left again moments before the police arrived. The female appeared to have red marks on her face where she said she had been struck. Officers were advised another unit had picked up the missing boyfriend who, it turned out, also had an outstanding warrant for a misdemeanor DUI. He was arrested and booked for the DUI charge, fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and malicious mischief and held on $30,000 bail.

4:47 p.m.

• Animal abuse report turns up nothing. Officers were called to a Farraget Avenue home for a report of animal abuse. On arrival, they were told by a 65-year-old female that she had observed her neighbor, with whom she has had trouble before, strike his dog with a closed fist. The dog, a 9-month-old St. Bernard weighing 150 pounds, had gotten loose from its owners and came into her yard, she said. She also said the dog didn’t want to leave because it appeared frightened. Officers promised they wouldn’t tell the suspect who had called in the complaint, but when they subsequently confronted the subject, he said he’d spoken with his neighbor and she told him she’d reported him. On inspection, however, the animal showed no signs of abuse and appeared quite friendly toward the suspect, who said they sometimes rough-housed with the dog but had never abused it. The report was forwarded to the Humane Society, but no action was taken.

February 17
6:06 p.m.

• Bloody hand looks suspicious. CenCom advised officers of a reported suspicious person at the Mile Hill Drive 7-Eleven store. When they arrived, officers questioned store employees, who said a male, age approximately 18 with brown hair dyed blue walked into the store and asked if anyone had a Band-Aid. He then showed them his hand, which was covered in blood from a large gash. He didn’t say how he got the injury. The employees asked if he wanted to use the bathroom to clean the wound, and he agreed. He came out five minutes later and applied a Band-Aid to his hand. As they were helping the suspect, the employees observed what appeared to be a club tucked into the sleeve of his jacket and recalled he kept pushing it back down so it couldn’t be seen. The suspect was picked up by another male and left five minutes before the officers arrived.

February 18
9:16 a.m.

• And you think you’re sloppy. Officers were called to an Arnold Avenue home by a neighbor who believed it constituted a public menace and a safety hazard. The home had been abandoned for some time, they were told, but the rear door was open. Officers checked the door but were unable to inspect the interior of the house because there were two to three feet of trash piled on the floors inside. The walls were also covered with thick growths of mold. Officers recommended action by the city’s Code Enforcement Division as soon as possible.

1:46 p.m.

• You mean I can’t just arrest people myself? Officers were advised that a suspect was being detained for theft by a citizens arrest at a Lincoln Avenue apartment complex. On arrival, they were confronted by a resident of the complex who said he had captured a man who had stolen the stereo out of his car back in November. Asked if he had any proof, he admitted he didn’t. Officers then spoke with the suspect, who said he was walking through the complex when the other man had grabbed him, placed him in handcuffs and pulled him into his apartment, where he called the police. Officers asked him if he had stolen the other man’s stereo in November and he said he hadn’t. The complaintant told officers after the theft he had asked the suspect’s father whether he had stolen the stereo, and the father said he wouldn’t be surprised. The complaintant said if he ever saw the suspected thief again, he would detain him — as he had. Officers informed the suspected thief he was free to go and warned his captor that his actions might constitute unlawful imprisonment. The case was referred to the Prosecutor’s Office for review.

February 21
5:57 p.m.

• I forgot to pay for that stuff I hid. Officers were called to the Sedgwick Avenue Fred Meyer store for a reported shoplifting. The store’s loss-prevention specialist told the officers he observed a 26-year-old female who he had previously suspected was a shoplifter but hadn’t been able to catch in the store. This time, he noticed her place a gray skirt and a box of tampons under a large purse in the child seat of her shopping cart. She then went to the grocery department and selected several items, which she paid for at the checkout stand. But she neglected to pay for the items hidden under the purse. On questioning, she told the officers she had simply forgotten. She was cited for third-degree theft and released on site.