Police & Fire

The suspect presented a note to a teller but didn’t show a weapon.

Editor’s note: The Police Blotter is written based on information in Gig Harbor Police reports.  A man was arrested early on the morning of June 19 after officers responded to a reported assault at a graduation party on Arrowhead Drive. Involved in the altercation was a recently broken-up couple who ended up at the same party. Officers described the

Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One will practice its response to a marina fire from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, at the Gig Harbor Marina. The drill involves a scenario with multiple boats on fire and trapped victims. Smoke and people portraying victims may be visible in the downtown area. No

Editor’s note: The Police Blotter is written based on information in Gig Harbor Police reports.  A 76-year-old man fired a handgun at another man, whom he suspected of possibly stealing items from parked cars, outside a business on Highway 16 on June 11. Nobody was injured. Police were called to the business around 4 a.m.

Vandals caused an estimated $150,000 in damage to the future home of the Greater Gig Harbor Foundation’s Community Campus. The unknown vandals broke into a house at the property in the Artondale area on June 9, cut the power and smashed the handle of a kitchen faucet. Water sprayed for four days and caused extensive

Gig Harbor Police arrested a man suspected of robbing two Target stores after he immediately attempted to unload stolen merchandise via an online sales website. Officers were called to the Gig Harbor Target on the afternoon of June 8. Employees there reported that a man had asked them to take two Google Pixel 6 mobile

A Gig Harbor man is one of three who were charged Tuesday in Kitsap Superior Court in connection with the 2017 killing of four members of a Kitsap County family. Robert J. Watson III, 50, was charged with 16 crimes, including aggravated first-degree murder, which carries a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Also

Gig Harbor Police arrested a man suspected of stealing more than $100,000 worth of merchandise from Target stores in the region on May 20. Store security, who had recognized the suspect in the Gig Harbor store, called police around 9:30 p.m. The officers noted a maroon Nissan Altima in the parking lot that is associated

Only one offender has ever breached the Purdy prison’s fence, and that was before a second razor-wire barrier was added last summer.

A Gig Harbor Police officer on a “theft deterrence” patrol of the Home Depot parking lot on May 13 spotted a man passed out in a vehicle. When the officer went to check on the man, he saw a 9 mm handgun wedged between the driver’s seat and the center console. After waiting for other