West Linn police log: complaints about cars, garbage in the street and more recent calls to WLPD

Published 10:53 am Friday, May 9, 2025

Information for the public safety column comes from the public records of the West Linn Police Department. (Staff file photo)

5/1 2:02 p.m. Someone dropped a lost dog off at City Hall.

5/1 2:34 p.m. A caller said his mom showed up at his door drunk, which caused him to fear for his safety.

5/1 2:50 p.m. A resident reported receiving a letter in the mail about their neighbor having too much water in their yard after they redid their landscaping.

5/1 4:12 p.m. Police were called about a swerving green Mustang on Willamette Falls Drive.

5/1 4:23 p.m. A caller told police about a dog in a parked car at Safeway.

5/1 5:17 p.m. A man said he was upset about drivers cutting through Johnson Road and Blankenship every summer.

5/1 5:21 p.m. A woman said she thought her neighbor’s car was parked in her driveway for several days and she put a note on it, but it still hadn’t moved.

5/1 7:10 p.m. A caller told police someone’s off-leash dog was chasing other dogs and animals at Willamette Park and the owners had fishing lines that ducks were getting caught in.

5/1 7:38 p.m. Someone said a motorcycle driver was racing up and down Highway 43.

5/2 5:24 a.m. A caller said a woman went to the 7-Eleven on Highway 43 several times that night to buy the same thing over and over.

5/2 7:42 a.m. Someone said a woman was trying to return things at the self-checkout at Walmart.

5/2 8:11 a.m. A man reported the drive-thru line for Dutch Bros. was extending out to Blankenship Road, but he wanted the line to form in the parking lot.

5/3 3:30 p.m. A caller told police someone opened a Verizon account in their name.

5/3 8:19 p.m. Police received a call about a purse stolen out of a car at Mary S. Young Park.

5/3 9:01 p.m. A man said his neighbor kept calling the police about his RV parked on the street. He said his neighbor also kept driving by his house.

5/4 8:55 a.m. A caller reported a bunch of knocked over mailboxes on 14th Street.

5/4 10:35 a.m. A woman told police she was trying to fix her fence and her neighbor wouldn’t leave her alone.

5/5 5:58 a.m. A man said someone in a silver Jeep was driving around Bellevue Way looking through trash cans.

5/5 8:22 a.m. A caller reported theft by their wife.

5/5 10:13 a.m. Someone reported an ongoing issue with dump trucks parked at the corner of Calaroga Circle and Calaroga Drive.

5/5 11:48 a.m. A resident said someone was parked in their driveway and knocking on their door.

5/5 4:40 p.m. A caller reported a woman was panhandling with her kids.

5/5 6:03 p.m. Someone told police that music had been coming from a house for sale all day. The caller said they tried calling the listing agent.

5/6 2:30 a.m. Another caller complained about music coming from the vacant house.

5/6 9:14 a.m. A caller said a man was walking his vicious dog off leash at Willamette Park.

5/6 10:12 a.m. A man complained about cars parked at the intersection of Holly Street and Willamette Drive.

5/6 11:11 a.m. A man said his neighbors had to move their cars and then left trash and yard debris in the street. The man said the neighbors told his wife they did this because they received a code violation for their cars.

5/6 11:27 a.m. Someone told police a company was putting illegal signs up throughout town.

5/6 12:20 p.m. A caller reported a boat was parked on Remington Drive all last year.

5/6 2:33 p.m. A man asked police if he needed any sort of permit or permission to hold a demonstration on public property.

5/6 2:55 p.m. A man wanted to speak with police about speeding on Elmran Drive.

5/6 3:57 p.m. A woman said there was an ongoing issue with people not following leash laws at Mary S. Young Park.

5/6 5:11 p.m. A man said the firelane at Rosemont Ridge Middle School was blocked by cars due to a track meet.

5/6 7:47 p.m. A caller reported two people on dirtbikes speeding around Cedaroak Drive and Trillium Drive.

5/7 8:47 a.m. Police received a report of vandalism.

5/7 10:47 a.m. A caller said high school students were parked blocking a mailbox on K Street.

5/7 11:43 a.m. A resident reported a hedge blocking the view on Old River Drive and needing to be trimmed.

5/8 8:35 a.m. A resident had questions about abandoned vehicles.

5/8 12:04 p.m. A woman reported a boat had been parked on the street for three days.

5/8 8:39 p.m. A caller reported a man in a large truck yelling at a woman.