Police & Fire

Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.

Gig Harbor Police Blotter | One arrested following rollover collision

Jan 18, 2024 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One  and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One responded to a rollover collision at 8 p.m. Jan. 12 on the Kimball Drive/Pioneer Way overpass of Highway 16. A 67-year-old Silverdale man told

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Suspect who shot at deputies arrested near Olalla

Jan 12, 2024 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One  and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. A Washington state Fish & Wildlife officer arrested a 29-year-old man who shot at Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputies around 2 p.m. Thursday in Olalla. The arrest followed a long search for the man,

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: A bad place to get high and blast music

Jan 05, 2024 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One  and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. An officer working at his desk in the Police Department at the Civic Center on Grandview Street went outside to investigate around 8 a.m. on Dec. 29 when he heard music playing loudly from

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter | Suspects rob Purdy convenience store

Dec 22, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One  and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Two people robbed a convenience store on the 13800 block of Purdy Drive early on Dec. 16, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. According to a report on the sheriff’s office’s report, two

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Man struck and killed while crossing Point Fosdick Drive

Dec 19, 2023 | By:

The 57-year-old man was wearing dark clothing while crossing the street on a dark, raining Tuesday morning.

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Fire district headquarters building flooded following November storm

Nov 30, 2023 | By:

Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One is looking for a temporary home for its administrative and leadership staff after a tree fell on its Bujacich Road headquarters building during a wind storm in early November. The tree poked a hole in the building’s roof and punctured its sprinkler system, GHFMO public information officer Tina Curran

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Shoplifter’s getaway car gets away

Nov 30, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One  and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. A 43-year-old Port Orchard man’s unpaid shopping spree at a Gig Harbor department store went badly for him when his partner drove his getaway car away at the first sight of police. An officer

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Police find 66-year-old man dead of apparent suicide after woman reports being held against her will

Nov 20, 2023 | By:

Gig Harbor Police found a 66-year-old man dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a home on Sehmel Drive on Saturday, Nov. 18. The discovery came after a 27-year-old woman said he held her against her will for several days. The woman walked up to a house on the 10800 block of Sehmel around

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Suspect Tases woman during robbery attempt

Nov 16, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One  and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. A 68-year-old Port Orchard woman told police that someone Tased her following an unsuccessful attempt to steal her purse in the parking lot of the Gig Harbor Costco around 3:30 p.m. Nov. 9. Police

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: State Patrol seeks info on hit-and-run in Wauna

Nov 10, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police , Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One  and the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The Washington State Patrol is looking for people who witnessed a hit-and-run collision in which a pedestrian was injured last month. The collision occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, on Highway 302 near

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