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At 9:12 p.m., a Southeast Eighth Avenue resident reported that her mother beat her with coat hangers.

Oak Harbor Police

Tuesday, Oct. 28

At 9:12 p.m., a Southeast Eighth Avenue resident reported that her mother beat her with coat hangers.

Wednesday, Oct. 29

At 10:27 a.m., a caller reported that a co-worker came to work with puncture wounds on his back and neck from a fireplace poker.

At 3:24 p.m., a driver reported that someone was lying face-down in a field off Erie Street.

At 5:31 p.m., a caller reported that a dead eagle was on the beach near the basketball courts.

Friday, Oct. 31

At 12:50 p.m., a girl reported that a man in a white van asked if she needed a ride and then followed her home when she refused.

At 7:39 p.m., a caller reported finding a child who was separated from his family while trick-or-treating.

Sunday, Nov. 2

At 7:25 a.m., a caller reported that a shirtless man with a lot of tattoos urinated outside on State Highway 20.

At 7:58 a.m., a Harrier Circle resident reported receiving threatening calls, possibly from the Secret Service.

Monday, Nov. 3

At 10:32 p.m., a woman in the Safeway parking lot reported that she was having a bad trip and needed help.

Tuesday, Nov. 4

At 2:33 p.m., a caller reported that her mother’s dog was attacked and injured by a neighbor’s dog on Northeast Goldie Street.

At 5:06 p.m., a woman at the marina reported that she was expecting her husband to report from Lopez Island on his sailboat, but he was overdue. The Coast Guard located the boat and found that he was fine.

At 11:35 p.m., a caller reported that a man was beating up his wife at Harbor Station.

Thursday, Nov. 6

At 10 a.m., a caller reported that two people living in a tent and using a backyard on Southeast Second Court as a toilet.

At 8:34 p.m., a woman reported that she was being chased by her daughter on Southwest Mulligan. The woman said her daughter wants her pain medication.

Friday, Nov. 7

At 3:41 p.m., a caller reported that high school kids were jumping in and out of traffic on Oak Harbor Street.

At 3:59 p.m., a woman reported that her dog was attacked by another dog on Northwest Sixth Avenue. The dog also turned on her husband.

At 4:13 p.m., a caller reported that an infant was alone in a car without a car seat at a State Highway 20 location.

At 7:43 p.m., a Northeast Seventh Avenue resident reported being harassed electronically. The caller said she covered all the red beans in the apartment, which seemed to “solve some problems.”

At 10:23 p.m., a man reported he was jumped by someone in a mask at a location on State Highway 20. The caller suffered a busted lip.

At 10:47 p.m., a woman reported her husband hit her in the car.

Saturday, Nov. 8

At 8:31 a.m., a caller on Southwest Leschi Drive reported that three young girls took three to five pills of Benadryl.

At 10:37 a.m., there was a report that a woman passed out at a State Highway 20 location but then got up and walked away.

Sunday, Nov. 9

At 5:05 p.m., a Northwest Almond Loop resident reported that her father took her pipe, broke it and threw it away.

At 6:15 p.m., a Southwest Fairway Point Drive resident reported seeing a “peeping Tom.” The resident said there was a possibly attempted break-in a few nights before.

At 7:29 p.m., a Southwest Sixth Avenue resident reported hearing a whistling sound outside.

At 7:42 p.m., a caller reported that a woman was bitten on the neck near a Highway 20 business.

At 11:01 p.m., a State Highway 20 resident reported that her fiance was dancing, tripped on the bed and fell to the floor.

Monday, Nov. 10

At 8:46 a.m., there was a report that someone stole a walker from the Harbor Tower parking lot.

At 9:20 a.m., a caller reported that someone was living in a car on Northeast Nunan Loop.

At 3:33 p.m., a caller on Goldie Street called about a quarantined pet and the “rabies thing.”