tight paper this week, the ever-popular police log got squeezed out late:

Ocean Shores Police Dept.

April 9

Mt. Olympus Ave. SE

Disorderly student. Second grader stole cell phone and was threatening to use it to take pictures under bathroom stall.

Seashore Street

Dead beaver or opposum in pond.

Pt. Brown Ave. NW

Caller wants to know if city has ordinance about firearms.

excerpted from the proposed ordinance, scheduled to be voted on April 27:

10.30.020 Point Brown Avenue Speed Limits.

(a) From the City of Ocean Shores Entry Gate south to J.K. Lewis Street Albatross Street, (reduced from 30 to) twenty-five (25) miles per hour on both sides of Point Brown Avenue; and

(b) From Albatross south to 1/10th of one mile north of Ocean Lake Way, (reduced from 40 to)  35 miles per hour on both sides of Point Brown Avenue; and

From Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Dept. dispatch log:

April 5

Moclips

1:02 a.m.

Rollover accident on SR 109. “Subjects were ejected from the vehicle . . .” Large amount of alcohol evidence. One male has no pulse. Others appear seriously injured. “Car is so badly damaged that (caller) can’t tell what kind of car it is.”

Ocean Shores Police Department

March 29

Magellan Ave. NE

Phone company hired someone to bury phone cable, in process Reporting Person’s water line cut.

Albion Ave. NE

Camping citation.

N. Wynoochee Dr. SW

Deer hit by vehicle. Injured leg.

Ocean Shores Police Department

March 29

Magellan Ave. NE

Phone company hired someone to bury phone cable, in process Reporting Person’s water line cut.

Albion Ave. NE

Camping citation.

N. Wynoochee Dr. SW

Deer hit by vehicle. Injured leg.

March 26

Copalis Beach

Reporting person was at doctor’s office, says her sunglasses are missing.

Pacific Beach

Motorcycle stolen from front porch. 125 Jetmoto, silver with black gas tank, plastic around gas tank.

Ocean Shores Police Department log

March 23
S. Sand Dune Ave.
Crime Watch found vehicle in driveway that does not belong to resident.

Discovery Ave. SE
“Found some marijuana in room.”

Hake Court SW
Lost dachshund.

March 19

Copalis Beach

Package with medications delivered by UPS missing. Suspects neighbor.

March 20

Moclips

Door locked from inside, resident suspects break-in . . . Door was jammed.

In 2008, of 176 Class A crimes reported in Ocean Shores, 64 (36 percent) are listed as “cleared,” or closed. (By Department of Justice guidelines, they are cleared by arrest or “exceptional means,” such as death of a suspect or lack of cooperation by victim.)

The two reported rapes were both cleared, as was the one robbery in 2008. Two of three stolen autos were cleared, and 44 of 50 (88 percent) assaults.

Three of 41 (7 percent) reported burglaries and 12 of 79 (15 percent) thefts were listed as cleared.

In 2007, 29 of 102 (28 percent) burglaries and 26 of 80 (32 percent) thefts were cleared.

In 2007, there were 237 Class A crimes. Of them, 98 were cleared, or 41 percent.

A vehicle was REPORTED to be doing 90 mph. According to Russ Fitts of the Ocean Shores Police Department, no citation was issued; the suspect driver was contacted by police officers. But, since no speeding was witnessed, no citation was issued.

(Notes from the Police log: “Red vehicle . . . doing 90 mph.”)