Two Hoquiam teens are in the Grays Harbor County Juvenile Detention Facility this morning facing Robbery charges. 

At 7:48 PM Sunday evening Aberdeen Police Officers were dispatched to a reported robbery at the Grocery Outlet.  The reported victim, a 39-year old Westport woman, and her 16-year old son and 13-year old daughter had gone over to the Hoquiam Police Department to report the incident.  Officers were advised initially that during a reported vehicle purchase, the 16 and 17-year old Hoquiam male suspects grabbed the woman’s purse (containing cash) and fled. 

According to a Washington State Patrol report an Illegal passing, hitting a patch of water is the cause of an injury accident Thursday afternoon on US 101 north of mp 95 and Dekay Road. 

The Hoquiam man, a 28-year-old man driving a 2010 Dodge Caravan was traveling on 101 southbound and passed a vehicle in a no-passing zone according to WSP and then as he was returning to the southbound lane hit a patch of water and lost control of the vehicle spinning and putting him back into the northbound lane. 

A second vehicle driven by a 70-year-old Hoquiam man in a red 1995 Geo Prism struck the Dodge caravan in his lane of travel hitting the driver side door. 

There was a passenger in the offending vehicle, a 4-year-old child.  All occupants of both vehicles were using safety restraints and only the driver of the Geo Prism went to the hospital however by private vehicle only. 

Charges to the 28 year old negligent driving 2nd, no insurance, driving while license suspended

We have an update this morning to an alert that we sent out to our supporters yesterday via our GHScanner APP Push Alerts in regards to a man that was involved in a domestic argument outside of Elma carrying a machete 

Undersheriff Brad Johannson says that on 02-05-20 deputies were dispatched to a reported domestic dispute between a man and woman in the 700 boxes of Elma-McCleary Road. 

It was reported the female was crying and covered in mud and a male subject was reported to be carrying a machete. 

Deputy Parris arrived in the area and located a man matching the suspect’s description walking in the area he male was not carrying the machete at the time.  The deputy attempted to stop the male to investigate the domestic dispute from a safe distance away as to where the man ignored the deputy's commands to stop and reached into his jacket and pulled out a machete.