Fife Police Department
Press Release
December
1 to December 8:
Fife
Officers were contacted by members of the Adult Protective Services and asked
to conduct a welfare check of a 59 year old female who reported that she was
assaulted by her 58 year old brother whom she lived in a Fife apartment with. Officers contacted the apartment and the
brother attempted to hide in a rear bedroom.
Officers found that he had Fife and Milton warrants for his arrest for
DUI, DV assault, violations of a protection order, and driving on a suspended
license. When he was arrested, the brother
was found to be in possession of methamphetamine. He was booked into jail for assault and
possession of felony drugs.
On
December 6th at approximately 3:00 AM, Fife Officers were dispatched to a
report of a possible drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Hwy 509 and
heading into Fife. Officers began a
check of the area for the suspect vehicle and a Milton Officer spotted it in
the 7900 block of Pacific Hwy E weaving back and forth in its lane of travel. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle but it
took off and a pursuit began. The
vehicle was crossing over the center line and ran a red light. The driver hit a curb and flattened two of
the vehicles tires. Officers were able
to use a PIT maneuver to get the vehicle stopped, but the driver refused to
exit the vehicle. Officers broke out the
driver’s side window and opened the door to remove the driver. They found the driver was a 22 year old
female who was wearing nothing but a bra.
She was taken into custody and refused medical aid. The driver, who was from University Place,
told officers she thought she was in Kitsap County. She was taken to the Pierce County Jail where
she was booked for eluding and driving under the influence.
On
December 8th at approximately 5:30 PM, Fife Officers were dispatched
to a restaurant in the 5200 block of 20th St E for a fraud that was
in progress. Officers were told that a
male suspect was attempting to cash out phony pull tabs in the bar. Officers contacted a male in the lobby who
immediately became nervous but denied he was there to redeem pull tabs and
claimed he was there meeting a friend.
The restaurant staff positively identified the male as the person who
attempted to cash out the phony pull tabs and showed the officers that the pull
tabs he was trying to redeem were fake.
They advised that the same male had been successful in cashing in two
phony pull tabs in November and they recognized him when he returned. The male refused to answer any question from
the officers. He was arrested and booked
into Pierce County Jail for forgery and attempted theft.
For
Immediate Release
Fife
Police Department
3737
Pacific Hwy. E.
Fife,
WA 98424
(253)
896-8287
(253)
922-6633 (Dispatch)
(253)
922-1220 fax
Sergeant
T. Thompson #253
12/08/2014
Today, the Auto Crimes Enforcement (ACE) auto
theft task force of Pierce County concluded a mission called "Operation
Cancel Christmas." Their task was to identify the region's most
prolific auto thieves and arrest them for outstanding bench warrants in order
to preclude them from committing their crimes over the holiday season.
ACE detectives arrested 7 of the targeted 17 suspects, and today arrested
a male subject in Tacoma. With the Tacoma Police SWAT team serving 2
warrants in the City of Tacoma, the male subject, who was considered the "ACE of
Spade" suspect for the warrant sweep, was finally apprehended. He
was wanted for 2 felony warrants for eluding area police in stolen vehicles, a
recent car jacking in Tacoma, and a home-invasion robbery.
