NCN911: Young dead whale washes ashore

Female Humpback Likely killed when entangled in crab pots; local police call logs

May 22, 2018 1:30 am
Dennis Schulte photo of the dead whale that was found in Ocean Shores on Sunday.
Dennis Schulte photo of the dead whale that was found in Ocean Shores on Sunday.

Scientists this week have conducted a necropsy on a dead humpback whale that washed ashore Sunday off the Damon Road beach approach in Ocean Shores.

The cause of death was determined to be crab pot entanglement, according to the Cascadia Research Collective, which said the 28-foot juvenile female whale appeared healthy before getting tangled in the crabbing gear off the Washington coast.

The dead whale was seen floating off shore Friday and was reported to the Coast Guard. It was found washed ashore Sunday morning.

Ocean Shores Police

May 13

• Code violation/wood sale in the 800 block of Ocean Shores Blvd. NW at 7:52 a.m.

• Citations for speeding, driving with suspended license in the 800 block of Pt. Brown Ave. SW at 9:10 a.m.

• Report of coyote in the dunes on the beach north of the Chance a la Mer approach at 11:28 a.m.

• Four separate reports of vehicles stuck in the stand on the beach at the Chance a la Mer approach between 11:45 a.m. and 1:29 p.m.

• Disorderly conduct/fight between customer and employee in the 700 block of Pt. Brown Ave NE at 2:58 p.m.

• Assist Fire Department with response to illegal fire in the 800 block of Ocean Shores Blvd. NW at 9:58 p.m.

May 14

• Assist Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s response to threat with a gun in the 400 block of Damon Rd. NW at 3:59 a.m.

• Code violation/arrest for camping in the dunes protected area at 9:30 a.m.

• Illegal burn/campfire in the dunes off the Illahee beach approach at 9:42 a.m.

• Assist with child locked inside vehicle containing the keys at the Post Office on Dolphin Ave. NE at 1:39 p.m.

May 15

• Report of a burglary at the Sands Resort in the 800 block of Ocean Shores Blvd. NW at 7:41 a.m.

• Residential burglary reported in the 100 block of S. Razor Clam Dr. SW at 8:01 a.m.

• Disorderly conduct/urinating in public in the 100 block of E. Chance a la Mer St. NE at 7:11 p.m.

• Domestic violence assault in the 300 block of Orion Ave. SW at 8:07 p.m.

• Theft/shoplifting in the 700 block of Pt. Brown Ave. NE at 11:24 p.m.

May 16

• Repeated 911 calls from “elderly male requesting room service” reported in the 1400 block of Ocean Shores Blvd. SW at 10:05 a.m.

• Warrant arrest in the 600 block of Sunset Ave. NE at 11:28 p.m.

May 17

• Illegal burn/unattended fire in back yard in the 400 block of Ocean Shores Blvd. NW at 9:51 a.m.

• Trespassing in the 100 block of E. Chance a la Mer St. at 12:39 p.m.

• Traffic accident/citation issued for driving with suspended license in the 500 block of Pt. Brown Ave. NW at 1:37 p.m.

• Subject turned himself in on outstanding warrants at the Police Station at 2:35 p.m.

• Theft reported from donation jar at the Library on Pt. Brown Ave. at 3:11 p.m.

• Warrant arrest on Point Brown Ave. NW and Ocean Lake Way at 4:35 p.m.

• Black bear seen in the 700 block of Island Circle SE at 9:57 p.m.

May 18

• Sign code violation in the 700 block of Pt. Brown Ave. NW at 11:59 a.m.

• Disorderly conduct in the 200 block of S. Razor Clam Dr. SW at 12:27 p.m.

• Sign code violation in the 200 block of Pt. Brown Ave. NW at 2:12 p.m. and another one in the 100 block of Ocean Shores Blvd. NW at 2:39 p.m.

May 19

• Malicious mischief/broken window in the 700 block of Park Ave. NE at 9:04 a.m.

• Camping/RV violations in the 100 block of Polaris Blvd. SW at 9:13 a.m. and in the 700 block of Wawona Ave. SW at 9:20 a.m.

• Sign code violations in the 300 block of Ocean Shores Blvd. NW at 11:39 a.m. and at Butter Clam St. SW and Ocean Shores Blvd. at 11:49 a.m.

• Camping/RV violation at Texmar Ave. SW at Marine View Dr. at 1:06 p.m.

• Burglary reported at a shed in the 300 block of Dorado Ave. SW at 5:26 p.m.

May 20

• Robbery/purse snatching reported in the parking lot in the 700 block of Ocean Shores Blvd. NW at 10:05 a.m.

• Code enforcement/large pile of garbage dumped in the dunes off of the Marine View Dr. trial at 11:07 a.m.

• Report of a bear in the area of Oyhut Bay Blvd. and Fairwood Dr. SW at 11:54 a.m.

• Trespassing reported in the 600 block of Sunset Ave. NE at 3:06 p.m.

• Vehicle prowl in the 800 block of Pt. Brown Ave. NW at 4:33 p.m.

• Arrest (felony Department of Corrections warrant) in the 100 block of E. Chance a la Mer St. NE at 5:12 p.m.