San Juan Islander

News from San Juan County in Washington state - Including Orcas Island, Lopez Island, Shaw Island, San Juan Island

Updated August 3: Sheriff’s Log July 1-6, 2026: Dog seriously injured by neighbor’s dog, car fire, fireworks, assaults, illegal U-turn

San Juan County Sheriff’s Log July 1 and 2, 2026. San Juan County Sheriff’s Office is no longer providing the sheriff’s log. The following information is from incident reports received after San Juan Islander Editor Sharon Kivisto filed a public records request for the incident reports from July 1-7, 2026. The files received so far are heavily redacted. and only cover July 1 and July 2.  According to the county, the rest of the files will be released in installments by July 29, 2026.

JULY 1, 2026

26-009651  Domestic   02:01:14 07/01/26

  • Reporting Party hearing fighting from an upstairs apartment, woke up to shouting, can’t tell what they are yelling about. Can hear it over her air purifier, woke her up

26-009660  Agency Assist  09:26:11 07/01/26

26-009661  Traffic Offense : 09:42:03 07/01/26 (Eastsound)

  • warning for illegal U-turn, no registration on perso

26-009696  Fireworks  18:44:54 07/01/26 (San Juan Island)

  • Calling from Egg Lake Rd, large amount of fireworks going off, believes it’s off of Three Corner Lake Rd

26-009699  Traffic Offense  19:13:44 07/01/26

  • White painter’s van, utility, unable to see LPN, reckless driving, almost got hit when van went into her lane, going way too fast. White male, shaved head, smoking a cigarette.
    Looked like an older model, 15-20years old.

26-009700 Citizen Assist  : 19:21:56 07/01/26 (San Juan Island)

  • Reporting Party was involved in a thing earlier at Deadman’s Bay, an altercation. There was a woman we thought she left with the guy who assaulted me. We thought she went with him, but she’s missing. She’s between 35 and 40 years old. RP states fermale and a male left at the same time. RP states they arrested him, but she was not there.Another male who was on the phone reported that the altercation started when the arrested male called the female the n word
    They would really like to know where she is because they haven’t seen her since the arrested male left the area.

26-009703 Fireworks 19:58:12 07/01/26 (San Juan Island)

  • Reporting Party is at the San Juan Island Golf Course. She is reporting neighbor is setting off fireworks.

26-009704 Citizen Assist  20:57:26 07/01/26 (Orcas Island)

  • Caller states they were in an accident earlier today on Orcas and would like to talk to deputy about the incident. The caller attempted to provide an incident number that started with an M. Dispatch asked if he meant to call San Juan County Wa. At this time the caller stated the accident happened on Orcas around 2 today. Dispatch has not been able to locate an incident based off the caller’s description of incident, name or telephone number.

26-009705 Nature: Welfare Check 21:11:15 07/01/26 (San Juan Island)

  • Reporting a male causing a disturbance, walking down the street and yelling odd things, talking to himself. Flannel shirt walking down the street, talking about God and being able to run in the streets. White, cap on, flannel shirt, neutral colors green/grey, approx 30s-40s, medium build, a little bulky. Last seen by Little Store.Another citizen reported same male, wearing plaid shirt, states he was screaming people and running in the road. RP says he started chasing her. RP states she is safe and has driven away.

26-009708 Harassment : 21:22:53 07/01/26 (San Juan Island)

  • Saying that a male was making fun of him for medical conditions, yelling about it while on the street, and saying he was threatening to rape him. RP states he will be at the docks, when deputy is ready to contact him.The RP came into station reporting a kid in a red shirt was calling him a pedophile. He stated that he was going to sue the entire county. He threatened to break the window to dispatch and threatened to break the door that leads to
    the bull pen. He said he was going to get another male  out of jail. He then walked outside.Dispatch checked the cameras after he walked outside. He appeared to throw something towards the tree to the left when you walk out of the station. Shortly after he walked towards Court St.

26-003986 Animal at Large 23:14:09 07/01/26 (Orcas Island)

JULY 2, 2026

26-009711  Citizen Assist  06:25:16   07/02/26 (San Juan Island)

  • A 40 year-old Las Vegas man,, who was in an altercation yesterday,  contacted deputies because he wants to figure out a way he can be notified if the person who assaulted him is bonded out. He said he just needs to know because that man scares him.

26-009716 Traffic Offense  08:18:08 07/02/26 (Orcas Island) 

26-009718 Citizen Assist (San Juan Island)

  • Reporting party has information on where a man is who needs to be served papers.

26-009719  Civil 08:51:03 07/02/26   (Lopez Island) 

  •  Reporting party is in process of divorce, ex husband sent text about coming, he said he was going to come to her house or job to give her documents she insisted she doesn’t need, he came to her house 20 minutes ago and tried to get in. She is currently safe. He left the documents outside the door, she insisted she wasn’t going to take them. She is wanting to know if she can touch the documents or should leave them there.  A person who works for the court is helping her, she is waiting for him to start for the day. She is calling to document that this happened in case anything else happens

26-009721 Animal Sick  08:38  07/09/26 (Orcas Island)

  • Reporting Party was walking a friend’s dog by the Funhouse when she heard a dog screaming at the end of the road. It didn’t sound like a normal bark, sounded like a high pitched distressed bark, dog’s voice was cracking

26-009728  Traffic Offense  09:33:43 07/02/26 (Orcas Island)

  • warning for speed

 26-009729  : Trauma BLS: 09:34:12 07/02/26 (San Juan Island)

  • 36-year-old male possibly concussed. blurred vision. assault happened yesterday. refused yesterday. San Juan Island deputy stood by until Peace Island Medical Center security took over .

26-009731  Citizen Assist 10:05:51 07/02/26 (San Juan Island)

  • Reporting party came in to the office looking to speak with a deputy regarding his mother whose health is declining. RP would like to know what happens if we are called to her house and it is determined that she is not fit to be on her own. RP lives out of town but his parents live here. 

 26-009735  Citizen Assist  11:02:22 07/02/26 (Orcas Island)

  • Reporting Party claimed  his mail was missing.

26-009739  Boating 11:40:52 07/02/26  (San Juan Island)

  • A boat, tied close to the Friday Harbor Ferry Terminal,  may be drifting and may become a hazard. The boat looked to have a person on it. The Tillikum crew were not able to get ahold of him on the radio. Boat name is Pikke, Ferry is wondering if a deputy can reach to see if they can change their location 

26-009741  Citizen Assist  11:44:00 07/02/26  (Lopez Island)

  • moving tiny house from one place on island to another and wants to speak with a deputy regarding a permit.  Wide load about 11 feet

 26-009744  Order Violation  12:23:46 07/02/26 (Orcas Island) 

  • Reporting Party sent and email to Sheriff and was advised to call in. On June 30 there was an order violation by man. A deputy took report for a violation on Monday, second violation happened on Tuesday the 30 which did not get reported.

JULY 3

26-009780  Harassment  Reported: 00:36:38 07/03/26 Complainant CANADIAN COAST GUARD 

  • Individual has called about 10 times tonight, harassing Canadian Coast Guard. The individual is interfering with operations and search and rescue. Someone heard  he said he was on Stuart Island. 

26-009782 Accident-Injury Reported: 01:01:31 07/03/26 

  • South of Warbas turn, 1000 yards north of shipyard. RP saw a bonfire, then a tree on fire. Now seeing explosions and a spark. RP doesn’t see any fireworks. It doesn’t look like there’s any structures there. It looks like it’s in the tree area by Missing Mountain Road. RP is observing this from Brown Island. 
  • Large fire, not sure if its a boat on fire or a house next to the marina. RP heard what sounded like a gun shot and explosions.
  • Additional 911 someone yelling help just up from Shipyard Marina. Rapid SOS ping at Shipyard. 

Nature change from Fire-Burn Inv to Accident-Injury 

26-004009  Nature:  Accident-Injury SHIPYARD COVE MARINA; north of shipyard 

  • San Juan deputies responded to a report of a fully-engulfed vehicle fire. The driver was arrested for DUI and was booked into jail. 

26-009788 Traffic Offense Reported: 08:12:29 07/03/26 

  • Black beamer went flying by going about 60mph, no plate, one male occupant driver wearing a white shirt dark hair. There were high school kids walking near the road so RP was concerned for them. 

26-009790  Parking Problem Reported: 08:31:22 07/03/26  07/03/26 

  • person parked behind a car by ace hardware in eastsound that is blocking a driveway to get into a parking lot in front of a closed business. RP wishes to park there and cannot enter white suburban(ish) suv. 

26-009791  Citizen Assist  Reported: 09:04:48 07/03/26 

  • RP would like to know if the sheriff’s office is going to make a statement about the swastika on the rock by Beaverton and Egg Lake. Dispatch emailed the Sheriff with this info.

26-009792  Fireworks Reported: 09:35:31 07/03/26 

  • Neighbor repeatedly setting off fireworks the past couple of days they have already called it in, not happening now. Wants to speak with a deputy about it because she thinks it will continue this weekend. Golf Course Road, Friday Harbor

JULY 6

26-010146 – Harassment  16:50:02 07/06/26 (SAN JUAN ISLAND)

  • walk-in reporting father is harassing boyfriend

26-010151 – Found Property   16:57:40 07/06/26 (LOPEZ ISLAND)

26-010155 –  Parking Problem  –   17:51:27 07/06/26 (ORCAS ISLAND)

  • Reporting party tells dispatch a black convertible with top down has been parked since early this morning. They may have broken down or maybe they hiked, feels like we should check it out. It is not blocking the road.

26-010159  Accident-HitRun 18:52:08 07/06/26 (ORCAS ISLAND).

  • A 2024 Tesla with Oregon plates was parked at a charging station at Island Market in Eastsound. Vehicle was hit while it was parked, no note was left or info, but an elderly woman left her number and said she witnessed incident, she didn’t get plate, she said it was a dark gray Toyota pickup with a male driver, he said he was going to go back but he didn’t.

26-010160 –  Domestic  19:05:34 07/06/26 (SAN JUAN ISLAND)

  • Reporting party told dispatch a male was dragging woman into a Lexus SUV.  Man said she had one to many to drink. Male was wearing a white USA  shirt.
    RP last saw them enter parking lot of bowling alley.

26-010161 –  Animal Problem  19:23:53 07/06/26 (SAN JUAN ISLAND)

  • On July 6, 2026, at approximately 1943 hours a San Juan Island Deputy responded to a report of a dog that had been attacked by another dog at 500
    Tucker Ave. The victim dog is an English Jack Russell Terrier. She spoke with the victim dog owner who was sitting on a bench with her dog “Freckles” an English Jack Russell Terrier laying in her lap wrapped up in a purple towel. The deputy immediately saw a large injury to the top of the Freckles head. Freckles is a small dog, a 10-year old Jack Russel terrier, who looked scared. In addition to the bite on top of her head, the owner said  that the dog she had been bitten on the mouth and had a puncture wounds to her
    abdomen; The deputy photographed the injuries that could be easily seen. The owner said the vet estimated it  could be anywhere from $1,500 to $1,800, which she
    does not have but hoped the dog owner would. The deputy asked the owner is she wanted to pursue this matter criminally against the dog owner, she answered yes.
  • The deputy asked what happened. She informed me that there was a group of them standing back in the corner of the parking lot, talking, and she had Freckles on a
    leash because she had just walked to the dumpster. While sitting and talking with everyone, the other dog came out of nowhere and “went right after her,” the other
    dog went for a “head shot” the “kill shot that they do.”
  • A male standing by the owner said that he got bit by Freckles trying to get her away from the other dog. The owner stated that it took three people to get the other dog away.
  • The original reporting party stated that they were all sitting over in the corner, pointing to where they were. She said they were hanging out, having conversation and freckles was hanging out with them too while on a leash. The other dog then came “flying around” the corner with the
    sole intent of “her” (freckles). She stated that she “just started chewing.” The RP also  reported sbout other instances with the suspect dog fighting with a different neighbor’s dog. The RP said the dog’s owner came out, she said the owner did and cried about it
    for a bit. She said that they take good care of the dog, but they don’t do anything, and the dog does not have any social skills or training. Johnson said that the dog is a “go-er” and when it spots other animals, it goes for them.
  • The dog that attacked Freckles is a 2-year-old pit bull/ boxer mix. The dog’s owner told the Deputy she wasn’t walking the dog which technically belongs to her.   Her 40-year-old son was walking the dog.  He stated that he when he was
    walking their dog, Khalessi, she just took off. He  stated that he did not even see the other dog, that Khalessi “ripped the leash” out of his hand, he ran to where she was and tried to break them up. He  stated that everyone was circled around, and he couldn’t get to his dog in time. By the time he got to Khalessi, the other dog had been bit. He stated that no one did anything The deputy said one man had been bitten. He then acknowledged that he was the only guy that helped.
  • He  stated that he felt so bad and wished it had never happened. His mother said that Khalessi “only does it” when she is on a leash, that they have had her in every circumstance and that she is not a bad dog. She said, “her and that little
    one are like oil and water.” She  said that she is scared for the little one because of the puncture wound in the abdomen.
  • The son received a citation  for CSJ6.08.080.1 Public Nuisance/Pursue/Bite/Injure. and received a court date.

26-010166  Trespassing – Reported: 20:04:58 07/06/26 (ORCAS ISLAND)

  • appears to have left. but is not supposed to be on the property at all. He’s in green BMW SUV.

26-010167  Accident-NonInj – Reported: 20:34:08 07/06/26

  • fender bender in parking lot. both parties still there. green honda suv. green honda pilot (rp’s car)

26-010173 : Drugs Reported: 22:32:21 07/06/26 (SAN JUAN ISLAND)

  • Meth pipe and bag of meth found in the Village at the Harbor  lobby bathroom. It was placed in a biohazard bag and is near the office. Found about 15 mins ago.

26-010175  Trouble Unknown Reported: 23:55:04 07/06/26

  • Rapid SOS ping only. Called back, reached male. He stated pocket dial. Verified safe to speak and no emergency.

26-010100  Fraud Reported: 08:19:05 07/06/26

  • RP got a call that said RPs credit card was used to purchase gun in NY State. This started a sequence of events that RP believed was with the FBI. Evolved into money laundering incident. RP gave bank info to assist. She realized it was likely a scam and did not lose any money.

26-010132 Property Damage  Reported 14:51:49 07/06/26 (San Juan Island)

  • Delivery driver knocked over a tree

26-010143  Suspicious  Reported: 16:14:22 07/06/26 (San Juan Island)

  • RP just had something happen with his tire, thinks someone shot it or something.

26-010133  Rescue Reported: 14:53:27 07/06/26 (San Juan Island)

  • 9-1-1 abandoned Rapid SOS  Almost 2-year-old female locked in vehicle and other kids at house. Need someone to come up.
    RP called back, child is ok right now, vehicle is in sun.