By the Thurston Chronicle staff
The Olympia Police Department responded to a total 994 calls for service this week.
The department remarked upon the following notable trends:
- Three aggravated assaults were reported this week with one still an open investigation. In one case, officers arrested the suspect after he punched the victim multiple times and covered their nose and mouth. In the other case, the suspect punched and choked the victim and threw property all over the house. He fled prior to police arrival and charges were referred to the prosecutor.
- Two rapes were reported that are both open investigations. The victim knew the suspect in one case. In the other, an officer picked up a SANE kit from the hospital.
- Three commercial burglaries were reported. All are open investigations.
- Four residential burglaries were reported. Officers arrested the suspect in one that was a violation of a no contact order. In another, a bike was stolen from the victim’s garage. In another case, the victim returned home to find a woman inside looking through his wallet. His house keys had been stolen in a previous theft incident, but it’s unknown how she would have located the victim’s home. In the last case, personal documents and a security camera were stolen from the kitchen area.
- Six vehicle prowls were reported. Some of the property stolen includes a laptop, tools, batteries and chargers, clothing, backpacks and a diaper bag. Three had windows shattered, one was unsecured, one unknown entry and the property was stolen out of the back of a truck in one.
The Olympia Police Department posts weekly crime updates at https://tinyurl.com/2s49v9f9
The police department’s crime map, which includes serious felony crimes, vehicle prowls, thefts excluding shoplifting, and arrests beginning in Nov. 2020, can be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/stk9a64n
For a complete list of case reports, visit olympiawa.gov/p2c
