Man spits ‘infected’ saliva

Island County Sheriff’s deputies on Camano Island responded to the following recently:

• On May 2, officers responded to a 911 dispatch about a suicidal 46- year-old man in the 3000 block of Goldberry Lane, who told the dispatcher he wasn’t sure if he wanted to shoot himself or cook breakfast. Over the course of his interaction with deputies, the man was very angry and belligerent, shouting profanities and spitting “infected” saliva inside the back of a patrol car. He was cited in connection with obstructing a law enforcement officer and malicious mischief.

• A 24-year-old man reported that his 46-inch Sharp flat screen TV and 21 video games had been stolen from the Amanda Lane residence where he lives. The home belongs to the man’s aunt, who said she returned home at 5 p.m. on April 28 to find the front door open. Nothing else was missing. The TV is valued at $1.076.

• Deputies responded to a two-vehicle non-injury motor vehicle collision on May 3, near the intersection of S. East Camano Drive and East Thunder Road. A 74-year-old woman driving a blue 1987 Plymouth Voyager was rear-ended by an 81-year-old woman driving a gold 1991 Buick Park Avenue. The 74-year-old woman was waiting to turn left when the other driver, who said she hadn’t been able to stop in time, ran into her at low speed.

• On April 28, the manager of Camano Plaza IGA contacted deputies to report that a 63-year-old man, who had been convicted of shoplifting in March and banned from the store for five years, was on the premises again. The man was arrested and cited in connection with trespassing, first-degree. He also had an active warrant for theft.

• A 69-year-old California woman called deputies to report that she had been talking to her 46-year-old son on the phone when he told her he was feeling suicidal. Deputies responded to the man’s S. East Camano Drive residence, took him into protective custody, and transported him to Skagit Valley Hospital for a mental health evaluation.