A 24-year-old Anacortes man was arrested on a charge of DUI after weaving in the roadway and almost striking the curb several times near the middle school when children were present around 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 9.

A convenience store clerk had reported an intoxicated man was staggering and refused to leave the store. He drove away from the business in a pickup before offices arrived.

An officer spotted the pickup on M Avenue. The vehicle reportedly ran a stop sign at 22nd Street before the officer caught up and stopped it. The driver allegedly handed the officer a credit card instead of his license. He smelled strongly of intoxicants and had to lean on his pickup to stay on his feet.

When asked to do field sobriety tests, he would not respond to the officer and just stared. The man appeared to be extremely intoxicated. He was taken to the police station where he refused to take a breath test. He was booked into jail. 

Among the other 240 cases handled by Anacortes police during the previous week:

Friday, June 5

• A cell phone was reported stolen at the Storvik Park playground area around 1:15 p.m. A friend of the victim later received a vulgar text message from the phone.

Saturday, June 6

• A 40-year-old woman was arrested on a charge of domestic assault after she allegedly backhanded her 18-year-old daughter on the cheek at their home. The two reportedly argued after the daughter said she did not like her mother’s new boyfriend spending the night because she didn’t know him. The mother allegedly said she struck her daughter because she had been mouthing off. The mother was booked into jail.

• A 49-year-old Seattle man was stopped after an officer saw him do a U-turn on D Avenue and then accelerate rapidly to more than 75 mph in the posted 30 mph zone around 1 p.m. The driver expressed surprise when asked why he was driving so fast. The officer spoke with the man away from his two teenage sons, who were passengers in the car, and he admitted he “punched it” and had no idea how fast he was going. The man’s driver’s license was suspended for unpaid tickets and his driving record showed numerous speeding violations. He faces reckless driving and suspended license citations.

• A 40-year-old Anacortes woman was arrested in the 2400 block of Commercial Avenue on two Skagit County Superior Court warrants. One of the warrants was for failure to report to a jail work crew. Officers also found a marijuana pipe in the woman’s purse. She was booked into jail on the warrants and cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Sunday, June 7

• Officers contacted an intoxicated 27-year-old Bellingham woman in an apartment complex parking lot in the 1100 block of 24th Street after receiving a report of two women arguing around 3:45 a.m. The woman said she was upset with her boyfriend because he promised to stay sober and take care of their baby so she could drink for the first time in 15 months and he broke his promise by drinking and smoking marijuana. The woman claimed her best friend, a 27-year-old woman who lives at the apartment complex, got involved in the argument and attacked her. The woman had fresh scratches on her arms she said were the result of the attack, but she did not want to pursue charges. The woman and her baby were taken to another friend’s home to cool off.

Later, the woman and her 23-year-old boyfriend were contacted outside the police station after they argued about the man not wanting the woman to drive away with their child. The man was uncooperative with police, but no assault or crime occurred. The woman left with the child and the police calmed the man.

• Several mailboxes in the area of the 3500 block of West Fourth Street were knocked from their posts. It appeared a baseball bat was used to cause the damage.

• Neighbors reported a 48-year-old woman possibly overdosed on prescription medication at her home on 29th Street. The woman was found stumbling in the parking lot and bleeding from a head injury. She told paramedics she fell in her bathtub after taking a large amount of pills from a prescription that was filled that morning. She was taken to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. 

• A 35-year-old Anacortes man reported that three men he knew entered his home in the 400 block of 36th Street without invitation and beat him up. The victim initially said he did not know why the men would beat him, but then said they might be upset about a problem over a barbecue and alleged damage done to a vehicle. The assailants have not been located to offer their version of events.

Monday, June 8

• A Mount Vernon man driving westbound on the Highway 20 Spur struck a deer that jumped over the guardrail and onto the road around 4 a.m. The deer was killed.

• An 18-foot galvanized boat trailer was stolen in the past six months from a boatyard in the 700 block of 30th Street. Employees noticed the theft after the boat owner mailed the boat yard a new license tab and they couldn’t find it.

• A $38 tire and rim for an ATV was stolen from behind a business in the 1000 block of 20th Street. 

• A parks department employee reported two men swimming at Whistle Lake had a digital camera, shoes and sunglasses stolen from their unattended backpacks. The victims did not want to speak to police.

• An 18-year-old Anacortes man stopped for not wearing a seat belt was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana after an officer smelled marijuana in the man’s car. A pipe and a small amount of marijuana was found in the vehicle. The man allegedly told the officer he forgot it was in the car, although he admitted he smoked it about an hour earlier.

• A family of raccoons was reported on top of a sign at a bar in the downtown area around 10:30 p.m. The officer told the complainant the raccoons would come down when they were ready.

• Officers responded to a home where a 21-year-old woman reportedly refused to leave and tried to force her way inside around 10:40 p.m. The woman was the ex-girlfriend of a man living at the house with whom she has a child. The woman was intoxicated and fell down in the yard. She then allegedly ran into the open garage and pushed her former boyfriend into a glass door while threatening his current girlfriend. The woman struggled with officers when told she was under arrest and continued shouting threats. She was booked into jail on charges of domestic assault and violating a protection order.

Tuesday, June 9

• An Oak Harbor man suffered a possible neck injury when the car he was driving was struck from behind by a commercial truck driven by a Ferndale woman around noon. The man was turning from Commercial Avenue onto Sixth Street and slowed to allow another vehicle to turn when his car was struck. The truck driver was cited for failing to yield the right of way.

• A .380 caliber pistol, checkbooks, prescription medication and assorted jewelry were stolen from a residence in the 1100 block of Longview Avenue. The homeowner returned and found her bedroom was ransacked. Entry was made through an unsecured bedroom window.

• Officers counseled a woman and her 12-year-old grandson at their home after they argued over the boy throwing a television remote control against a wall and breaking it.

• A neighbor saw a blue Plymouth van hit a garage door and leave the scene after causing an estimated $400 in damage at a home in the 2000 block of I Avenue. The witness got the license number and officers learned a 16-year-old Bow girl had been in Anacortes with the van. The girl told officers she let her 14-year-old boyfriend from Anacortes drive, and he struck the garage door when he was trying to turn around. Police contact with the boy is pending.

Wednesday, May 10

• A student’s car was struck and damaged while parked on the north side of the high school.

• A $450 mountain bike was reported stolen from Storvik Park. The name of a possible suspect was provided.

• A woman called 911 and reported her husband struck her in the nose. She then called back and said it was an accident and she didn’t need the police. Officers responded anyway and spoke with the woman and her husband. The woman refused to provide any information and the husband said they had just argued. The husband agreed to leave for the night.

Thursday, June 11

• An officer saw a man leave a store in the 900 block of 11th Street carrying beer around 12:15 a.m. When he drove from the parking lot a vehicle parked next to it followed. The two cars stopped in the 1100 block of 11th Street, where the officer saw the man give the beer to a 20-year-old Anacortes woman. The man allegedly admitted buying the beer for the woman as a favor, but claimed he thought she was 21. The woman, who also had a water bottle with alcohol in her purse, was cited for possession of alcohol. The man faces a charge of furnishing alcohol to a minor.

• The owner of a car parked at the base of Mount Erie reported someone used a rock to smash a window and enter the car. The glove compartment and interior of the car were ransacked, but nothing appeared to be missing. Estimated damage is $250.

• The owner of a pickup parked in the alley behind his residence in the 900 block of 27th Street reported he and his girlfriend heard a loud crash around 9:40 p.m. They looked outside and saw a dark colored full-size pickup leave the area. The man went outside and found his pickup’s bumper and driver’s side door damaged. The fleeing pickup was described as having a loud muffler.

• Officers responded to a domestic dispute at a duplex around 10:45 p.m. A man reported his girlfriend arrived with her new boyfriend demanding the return of her apartment key and other items. The man said he wasn’t aware until then that he was the “old boyfriend.” The woman appeared to be intoxicated and the man asked her to come back and retrieve her belongings when she was sober. The officer made the same request and had her pour out an open can of beer she was carrying.