Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.
With rainfall about one-third less than normal, Pierce County issued a burn ban that began today, June 7. It applies to yard debris and land clearing, not burn pits and barbecues.
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A 76-year-old man whose wife apparently collided with a Tesla in a parking lot, then left without providing insurance information, told an officer “that’s too (expletive) bad.” The owner of the Tesla asked officers to come to the parking
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Two occupants of a single-engine Cessna airplane that skidded off a landing strip at Narrows Airport Tuesday morning escaped the incident without injury. The plane’s landing gear malfunctioned, forcing the pilot to attempt an emergency landing after about 40 minutes of circling the airport. The landing gear collapsed when the plane touched down, and it
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Gig Harbor police arrested a 67-year-old Olalla man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated at around 1:30 p.m. May 19 in the parking lot of the Home Depot store on Borgen Boulevard. The man told police he had been
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Scammers stole more than $32,000 from a 82-year-old Gig Harbor resident by claiming that she owed money to the IRS. Scammers targeted the woman for about two weeks, bombarding her with phone calls and text messages. A scammer actually
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. A 67-year-old Gig Harbor woman walked away without a $6,000 cashier’s check after police trespassed her from a bank on Point Fosdick Drive on the afternoon of May 4. Bank employees asked officers to come to the business because
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. An 80-year-old homeowner called police after finding a woman he didn’t know sleeping on the floor near his couch around 11 a.m. April 27. The man told police he had been home all day, but didn’t hear the woman
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The Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One commissioners voted last week to put a renewal of its general levy before voters in August. Gig Harbor Fire is asking for a renewal of its levy equal to 32 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. For the owner of an average-priced Gig Harbor-area home (worth $865,000),
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Editor’s note: The Blotter is written based on information provided by Gig Harbor Police and Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One. Gig Harbor Police officers fired Tasers at a fleeing suspect on April 21 in the Target parking lot, striking him twice. Officers said they observed no injuries from the Taser strikes, but medical crews took the suspect to the
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A jury found David Charles Rhine guilty of four misdemeanors for entering the Capitol Building and walking the hallways for 22 minutes.
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