By Thurston Chronicle staff
The Olympia Police Department responded to a total of 991 calls for service this week.
The department remarked upon the following notable trends:
- One arson was reported that is still an open investigation.
- A suspect arrested for an aggravated assault reported this week after he strangled the victim. The case is tied to the open arson investigation.
- Three commercial burglaries were reported, with arrests in two of the cases. In one arrest, the suspect returned to a business previously trespassed from and stole again. In the other arrest, the suspect disabled power to a fence, pushed it open and then cut a lock to a storage garage, stealing chainsaws, work clothing, a hard hat and other supplies. An officer saw him later wearing the business branded hard hat and sweatshirt and carrying a chainsaw.
- One robbery was reported. Two suspects stole meat from a grocery store. One elbowed an employee trying to stop the shoplift and then punched a different employee who also tried to stop them.
- One rape was reported that is an open investigation. The victim knew the suspect.
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.
