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: Scuffle ensues when shoplifter tries to flee

Nov 02, 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 Gig Harbor Police officer wrestled a 42-year-old man to the ground on Oct. 30 at a shopping complex on Olympic Drive after the suspect tried to escape an arrest for shoplifting. The officer

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Gig Harbor Police, county deputies searched Burnham Drive for suspect in Poulsbo murder

Nov 01, 2023 | By:

Gig Harbor Police officers, along with deputies from the Pierce and Kitsap sheriff’s offices, searched along Burnham Drive on Halloween night for a suspect in a homicide that occurred near Poulsbo. They didn’t find the suspect, and aren’t certain he was even there. An off-duty Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office detective spotted a vehicle associated with

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Pierce County Sheriff’s Office seeks suspect in Rosedale Market armed robbery

Nov 01, 2023 | By:

The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at the Rosedale Market that occurred on Oct. 25. Tacoma-Pierce County Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and filing of charges against the suspect. On Oct. 25, 2023, the pictured suspect robbed the

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Driver realizes he should have just provided name and insurance

Oct 27, 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. Gig Harbor Police arrested a 21-year-old Gig Harbor man on Oct. 19 on suspicion of hit and run with injury, five days after he allegedly hit a bicyclist with his car on 35th Avenue.

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Driver in fatal Highway 16 crash charged with vehicular homicide

Oct 16, 2023 | By:

Witnesses told Washington State Patrol troopers that a 54-year-old Federal Way woman appeared to be driving over 100 mph in the wrong lane of Highway 16 when she struck and killed a 30-year-old Shelton woman on Oct. 7 near Rosedale Street. Prosecutors charged the suspect, Mecca K. Berkins, with vehicular homicide in Pierce County Superior

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Burglars take the good stuff from two restaurants

Oct 12, 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. An unknown suspect stole hundreds of dollars worth of alcohol from two Gig Harbor restaurants on Oct. 10, causing extensive damage to both buildings in the process. At a restaurant on Judson

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Sports safety agency suspends former coach at Gig Harbor gymnastics facility

Oct 09, 2023 | By:

The U.S. Center for SafeSport suspended a former coach at a Gig Harbor gymnastics facility for two years, citing inappropriate conduct, emotional misconduct and physical misconduct. The organizations suspended Andrew Michael Smith, listed as a resident of Dupont and a former coach at NASA Gymnastics in Gig Harbor, on Sept. 6. It will remain in

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One dead in collision on Highway 16

Oct 07, 2023 | By:

A Shelton woman died in a wrong-way collision on Highway 16 early Saturday. Just after 1 a.m., the 30-year-old was riding her 2000 Yamaha motorcycle eastbound on the highway near Rosedale Street, according to the Washington State Patrol. A 2014 Honda Civic going the wrong direction hit her. The motorcycle rider died at the scene.

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Suspect who threw frozen shrimp could face robbery charge

Oct 05, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A man threw a bag of frozen shrimp at a store security contractor on the afternoon of Sept. 23 at the Safeway store on Point Fosdick Drive. According to a report that the security contractor supplied to Gig Harbor

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Gig Harbor Police Blotter: Weapons found in car on school grounds

Sep 28, 2023 | By:

Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A Gig Harbor Police officer investigating alleged threats made via social media on Sept. 25 ended up taking possession of weapons found in an 18-year-old’s vehicle at Henderson Bay High School. The suspect made no threats toward the school

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