Ritzville Police Report

Jan. 17, 11:15 a.m. — Police Chief David McCormick contacted a reporting party who had found a purse in the 600 block of West First Avenue at Harvest Foods. Dispatch was able to contact the owner, who requested the purse be given to their niece. McCormick delivered the purse.

Jan. 17, 1:46 p.m. — The reporting party contacted dispatch after the neighbor’s large pine tree fell in their yard due to the wind. The tree fell in the 600 block of South Division Street.

Jan. 17, 12:54 a.m. — Sergeant Mark Cameron responded to Interstate 90 to assist a Washington State Patrol trooper with a traffic sto...