Gig Harbor Now reporters stay alert to crimes and emergencies and relay information that allows readers to understand and react to incidents.
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a four-part series on services for victims of abuse and violence in Pierce County. Subsequent stories include: Inside the Crystal Judson Family Justice Center Other resources available to help people escape abusive relationships How the Gig Harbor Police Department handles these cases, and resources for navigating the legal
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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 70-year-old Fox Island woman jumped into the passenger side of her vehicle as it was being stolen at St. Anthony Medical Center around 10:30 a.m. Aug. 14. She then convinced the thief to take her back to the
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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. Officers responding to a report of a verbal dispute between a man and woman walking on Harborview Drive recovered drugs creatively hidden on one suspect’s person. The male suspect gave officers a false name, a ruse which didn’t fool
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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 Gig Harbor officer responding to a suspicious vehicle complaint ended up deploying his Taser, drawing his weapon and commandeering a car before finally arresting a suspect around 6 p.m. July 29 in a parking lot on Point Fosdick
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Peninsula School District has hired two new armed safety and security officers. Unlike school resource officers, they are employees of the district. SROs are law enforcement officers contracted by the district in coordination with a local police or sheriff’s department, typically with a cost-sharing arrangement. “PSD has not employed any SROs since the pandemic,” said
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Gig Harbor-area voters renewed a levy that helps Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One fight fires, according to preliminary results of the Aug. 1 election posted by the Pierce County Elections Office. Early tallies show 6,768 voters supporting the levy (61.86 percent) vs. 4,172 opposing it (38.14). In the only other race on local ballots,
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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. Three people stole 31 bottles of tequila from the Rite Aid store on Point Fosdick drive around 8 p.m. July 23. The liquor was worth about $1,150, clerks told officers. Employees provided officers with a license plate number for
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Local voters will winnow the field of candidates for a PenMet Parks commission seat and decide the fate of Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One’s levy renewal request next week. Voters must return ballots by Tuesday, Aug. 1. As of the morning of Thursday, July 27, the Pierce County Elections Office reported receiving 6,265 ballots
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Ballots have been delivered and more than 10% of those in the Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One service area have already been returned to the County Clerk. As Fire District Commission Chairman, I hope the majority of these, and the ones still sitting on kitchen counters, are cast in support of the District’s general
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The bad news: Gig Harbor experienced a 34 percent increase in the most serious crimes against persons, property and society in 2022 compared to 2021. The good news: Relatively little of that was violent crime, no complaints were filed against Gig Harbor officers in 2022 and the Legislature approved measures this year that could give
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