Long Beach Police: Electric lawnmower and a ouija board are missing
Long Beach Police: Electric lawnmower and a ouija board are missing Published 1:00 am Saturday, September 26, 2026 Sept. 13 — Disturbance: A homeless male subject asked a 13- to 14-year-old girl for her phone number at Culbertson Park. The caller said the subject was sleeping in one of the dugouts. Two officers responded. They contacted the subject and told him to leave the dugout, and not return. He complied without incident. Traffic accident: There was a report of a cold hit and run that occurred yesterday at noon. The caller had his Jeep side-swiped in the parking lot by a subject. The caller had the driver’s phone number provided to him by the hotel, as well as pictures and videos. The driver was not returning any of the caller’s phone calls. The caller did not want to press charges for hit and run, but wanted the driver’s insurance information. After speaking with the driver on the phone, the officer went to the hotel and contacted the caller. It turns out that the hotel just had the incorrect phone number written down. The officer stood by while the caller and driver exchanged info over the phone then left. Disturbance: Mobile Crisis Services called about an out of control 10-year-old. They wanted her transported to the hospital. An officer arrived and determined that the girl was not a danger to herself or others, she was just out of control. After talking to everyone, including her mother, the girl elected to go to a youth group and to calm down. Disturbance: Her husband was threatening her, and the caller locked herself in her room. Two officers responded. When the officers arrived, both parties were separated and both said nothing physical had occurred. The officers agreed to leave for the night. The officers provided her with a domestic violence packet and remained on the scene until she departed. Sept. 14 — Harassment: Someone put his phone number on multiple keys and was dropping them all over the peninsula. The caller reported he had received about 50 phone calls so far, and his voicemail was full. He said it must have been a friend of his playing a prank on him, because he has not lost any keys, and does not live in our area. He said he picked up a few of the keys, and they do not belong to him, but he wanted to call and let the police know, since they had called him to pick some up on Friday night. Traffic accident: His Supper Table called and said they had video of last night’s accident involving a single vehicle and a stop sign. An officer called them back and they sent the video to his work cell phone. In the video, a white truck with a name and phone number on the side, backed into the stop sign at an intersection and knocked the sign down. There was no report of the sign being knocked down last night, and when the officer drove by today, it had been repaired. The officer called the number on the truck and spoke with someone. He immediately knew why the officer was calling and admitted to being the driver of the vehicle. He said he didn’t call last night because he figured the office was closed, and was going to call today. He provided his insurance and vehicle license plate registration. Sept. 15 — Disturbance: The caller reported that her neighbors were fighting, and she saw the male subject push the female subject down to the ground. Two officers responded and made contact with the couple. The first officer spoke with the female subject who stated it was only verbal, and she claimed she had no injuries. She explained that she went to sit in the chair, and it broke, and she fell through it, but that he did not throw her on the ground. The other officer spoke with the male subject, who had a similar story. They had the parties separate for the night and provided the wife with a packet containing domestic violence resources. Sept. 16 — Theft: The caller had a Pentax K1000 camera stolen out of his white Chrysler Sebring yesterday, while parked at Ace Hardware, Culbertson Park or Sid’s IGA. He left his car unlocked. Burglary: When she arrived home yesterday she noticed her shed had been broken into. She has been gone for two weeks. The caller said an electric lawnmower and a ouija board are missing. She lives behind Sadie and Josie’s Bakery and hopes they might have cameras, as she does not. An officer spoke with the owner of Sadie and Josie’s Bakery and they have cameras, but the camera doesn’t catch the caller’s shed. It only catches part of her fence. She said that the caller has been trying to get a fence built for a while, and she noticed there’s new posts in the ground now. She also said that last week, Thursday or Friday, she saw a guy standing on the patio smoking around 8 p.m., and saw the lights on in the house, but thought maybe the caller had sold the house. The officer did not observe any other cameras in the area. The suspects are unknown. This log will serve as a case report unless further information on suspects arise. Theft: The caller reported a male subject stealing a couple of bags of chips from him. The caller got a couple back, but still lost a bag of Fritos. A subject with the laundromat said he gets one warning and then he’s trespassed. An officer searched the area, and was unable to locate the suspect. The suspect’s photo will be on the white-board if anyone can identify him. If anyone sees him, tell him about his warning. Sept. 17 — Theft: Overnight someone stole ice out of the caller’s ice maker. They have been having issues with stuff missing for some time. The vehicle was found over at Beacon RV. An officer looked at the surveillance video and it appeared to be Frances L.M. Starr. An officer went to the trailer and contacted a subject. He said that Starr wasn’t there. The officer looked in the truck and saw the same jacket and hat that Starr was wearing. The ice she took was also in the truck in a black bin. The caller said he normally wouldn’t care as much, but they have been having lots of problems, and he wants to send a message that this is not acceptable. The officer was unable to locate Starr at this time, but will issue her a citation through the court for third degree theft. Prowler: The caller, who is renting a unit as an Airbnb, reported that around 12:33 a.m. he heard something messing with the window, but did not think much about it. Today he found that someone tore the screen and he thought they were trying to get in. An officer advised him he would document the call. Theft: On Sept. 16, at approximately 3:45 p.m., the caller’s property was stolen from the laundromat. There was a push cart that had his clothes and some other property of his in it. A female subject came in and took the cart and removed some of the property from the cart before leaving with it. The cameras show a female subject with bright red hair and a small backpack. Inside the backpack was a small dog that had its head out the whole time. The officer did not recognize the subject, and will post a picture to see if anyone recognizes them. The caller just really wants his cart back, if it’s located. The suspect is unknown at this time, and this log will serve as a report unless the suspect is identified. Sept. 18 — Suspicious person: A male subject was walking around shirtless and yelling in the area, right next to the baseball field where soccer practice was being held. An officer went down and contacted the subject, who asked if he was being detained. The officer stated no, so he walked off and eventually went back into an apartment unit on the block. The officer spoke with a female subject on the scene, who advised the subject was down at the Bolstad approach walking around yelling at people and at her, and she then decided to follow him back to his house to see if she should call the police. The officer eventually ran his vehicle, and the information came back. The subject lived in the apartment, and came back out and advised he was having a bad day and would leave people alone. Traffic citation: An officer stopped a driver for failing to stop at a marked stop sign. Upon contact, the driver, Brice A. Sorenson, was exhibiting possible signs of impairment. The driver was unable to provide the vehicle registration, insurance information, or a physical driver’s license, only the paper copy without photo ID. Upon further investigation, the driver was found to be driving while license suspended in the second degree. Washington State Patrol arrived and took over the driving under the influence investigation. While the trooper was conducting a search incident to the arrest, he discovered that Sorenson had a white powdery substance in his possession. Sorenson, informed the trooper that it was cocaine he had purchased from an individual at the Long Beach Tavern. WSP booked him for DUI. He was also cited for driving while suspended in the second degree, for possession of a controlled substance, and for failure to stop at a stop sign. Sept. 19 — Theft: A Supermart employee reported that a female subject, who was white, 40 years old, with dark hair, and wearing a black jacket, stole two beers and left the building walking eastbound. An officer located Jacqueline Harmon walking, matching the exact description. Another officer got a better confirmed description while at the Supermart. Harmon was eventually cited for third-degree theft and served new updated trespass paperwork. It was found that she had previously been trespassed from there three years ago. Sept. 20 — Disturbance: There was a report of a neighbor arriving home, and now an argument going on inside the trailer after he was beating on the trailer door. An officer could hear a female arguing and cussing inside trailer 32. The officer pounded on the door and said “Police” several times. Another officer pounded on the other end, and heard the male get out of bed. While the male appeared to be coming to the door, The first officer could hear him yelling, “Stop, get off me.” At this point he attempted to open the trailer door, believing there was exigency as to a possible assault in progress. The door was locked, and right after that a female subject opened the door, and stated there was no problem, and attempted to close the door. The officer stopped her and told her why they were there. The male subject, her son, advised that everything was fine, and there was no assault. He was extremely intoxicated. The officers have had multiple contacts with them, and the officer advised them to stop the yelling, or they would be back. She closed the door. She then came back outside and wanted to yell and ask who called her in, and the officer said it was an anonymous call, and advised her that he could hear her from a trailer-space away, so it was loud enough. She started walking around the trailer park, and wanted people to wake up, before the officer convinced her to go back to her trailer for the night, and that there was no issue.