The Pierce County Sheriff's Department had a busy holiday weekend, responding to various calls ranging from burglaries and fraud to vehicle collisions and stolen vehicle reports. These incidents were documented in a blog post on the Department's official website, which provided details about the crimes and the law enforcement response.

According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department blog, two residential burglaries occurred in the Deep Creek area last Friday. Valuables stolen from the cabins included a generator, a firearm, and ski gear. The blog post detailed that deputies have a lead on a suspect vehicle and are in pursuit of the culprits, who seem connected to several similar incidents in the area.

On the same day, a South Hill resident was duped into sending over $5,000 in cryptocurrency to a scammer posing as a sheriff's deputy. "The woman was still on the phone with the scammer, so one of the deputies asked to speak with them. When the deputy introduced himself, the scammer hung up," the Pierce County Sheriff's Department blog post detailed. She was led to believe she had an outstanding warrant for failing to respond to jury duty, for which the department emphasized they would never solicit payment in such a manner.

Last Saturday, police responded to a two-vehicle collision in South Hill. The Sheriff's blog reported that drivers blamed each other for running a red light. The responding deputy made sure no medical attention was needed before investigating the causes of the accident.

Lastly, a patrol deputy caught a stolen vehicle in Parkland yesterday, thanks to an automatic license plate reader. The driver, a 30-year-old woman, and her passenger, a 43-year-old man with an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, were both detained. "A records check revealed that the car had been reported stolen in Spokane," the Pierce County Sheriff's Department reported. Both individuals were taken into custody, with the driver booked for possession of a stolen vehicle.