[2] June 29, 2012
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Pacific without top cop after resignation of Sgt. Jim Pickett Acting police chief returns to sergeant’s duties By SHAWN SKAGER sskager@auburn-reporter.com
Pacific Police Sgt. Jim Pickett has stepped down as the City’s acting police chief. In an e-mail to Pacific Mayor Cy Sun, members CRIME
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Police Blotter Auburn police responded to the following calls for service, among many others, between June 20 and June 24:
June 20 Vandalism: 10:09 a.m., 1013 Auburn Way S. Yahoos unknown vandalized Ace TV and Stereo’s store window. Stolen property: 12 a.m., 100 block of 10th Street Northeast. A woman living in a local, assistedliving apartment turned up with the maintenance worker’s FEDEX package. When police questioned the woman, she said the whole thing was a mistake. Police gave the case
of the Pacific Council, Pacific Police personnnel and the department’s Teamster’s Union 117 representative, Pickett cited among the reasons for his resignation Sun’s “expressed decline of trust in me and your belief that I am working against you.” “…I believe it is in the best interest of the Pacific Police Department and the City of Pacific that I now step down from my role as
acting chief of police and return to my position as sergeant,” Pickett wrote. Pickett went on to cite his involvement with the recent Sgt. Jim Pickett lock-out of City Clerk Jane Montgomery. On June 9, he wrote,
after Montgomery filed a whistleblower complaint detailing her concerns about an unauthorized Sun appointee signing off on building permits and inspections, that Sun had asked him to serve her with two letters. According to Pickett, one letter placed Montgomery on administrative leave, and the other informed her of an upcoming Loudermill
to the prosecutors office to sort out.
the bogus bill passer.
Prescription forgery: 1:18 p.m., 1416 Harvey Road N.E. A woman presented two forged prescriptions on two separate dates to the Walgreens on Harvey Road. Police contacted the woman at her residence, and when she copped to using the forged prescriptions, they arrested her and booked her into the SCORE jail facility.
Shoplifting: 8:38 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Safeway store security caught a boy boosting booze. Police also found drug paraphernalia on him.
vantage of the cover of darkness to break into Auburn Riverside High and smash things up.
Shoplifting: 3:07 p.m., 101 Auburn Way S. Police arrested a female person for choosing undisclosed items for sale and skipping that pesky business about paying a visit to the check out lines and paying for what one has before leaving the store. Forgery: 6:20 p.m., 2200 Auburn Way S. Some fellow used fake $20 bills to buy fireworks, at which the person selling the fireworks took offense, so police showed up to bust
Burglary: Overnight, 30620 116th Avenue S.E. Burglars damaged three outside windows at Rainier Middle School to steal from the school.
Theft: 10:19 a.m., 1347 Auburn Way N. While a woman was dozing in her car, a man reached inside, grabbed her purse and tried to pull it through an open window. The would-be thief dropped his prize, however, when the woman pleaded, “please, don’t.”
Trespassing: 2:21 p.m., 1317 Harvey Road N.E. Police made the unwanted status of an obnoxious person at the South King Alano Club formal by telling him or her to go away, beat it, don’t come around here anymore.
Vandalism: 4:10 p.m., 2301 F St. S.E. An out-of-control boy kicked two holes through some walls in his mother’s apartment and damaged a door. Police forwarded the case to the King County Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office.
June 22
Flower filching: 4:26 p.m., 400 block of 4th Street Northeast. A woman saw someone stealing flowers from her yard.
June 21
Burglary: Overnight, 501 Oravetz Road S.E. Persons unknown took ad-
hearing, which is part of the due-process procedure for government employees before disciplinary action. Pickett added that Sun told him to deliver the letters to Montgomery at her home. After consulting with the City attorney, Pickett wrote, he was advised that serving Montgomery at home would, “border on harrasment, and might be illegal.” According to the e-mail,
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Fire & Rescue Blotter The Valley Regional Fire Authority responded to 185 requests for services between June 18 and June 24, among them the following:
June 18 Aid call: 7:46 p.m., (Lea Hill). Firefighters treated a little girl who had fallen and hit her head and her mother transported her to Auburn Regional Medical Center (ARMC) for further evaluation.
June 19 Aid call: 9:36 a.m., (Auburn). Firefighters treated a woman in the throes of severe back pain and
Pickett worried about “being drawn into a pit of unethical behavior.” Lt. Edwin Massey, who was the acting police chief before Pickett, is now the department’s highest ranking officer. Massey – who was named the department’s acting chief after Sun placed former-Chief Jon Calkins on adminstrative leave in January – was removed from the acting chief post by Sun in April. a private ambulance transported her to St. Francis for more care.
June 20 Power lines down: 1:20 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters responding to reports of wires down found a sheared-off power pole and lines lying across the roadway and across several vehicles. Firefighters blocked off the roadway and kept civilians away from the power lines until Puget Sound Energy could cut the juice to the lines.
June 21 Aid call: 2:11 p.m., (Algona). Firefighters showed up at an adult family home to help an older woman in distress and a private ambulance transported her to Valley Medical Center at the request of the care providers.
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