A 53-year-old Aberdeen woman is in custody regarding a house fire that occurred Wednesday afternoon on Baila Way in Aberdeen.  Aberdeen Officers were dispatched to an occupied structure fire that was started by a female related to one of the occupants of the residence.  The female had fled the scene. However, she was quickly located and arrested by responding officers. 

All occupants of the residence were able to escape the fire without injuries.  From the initial investigation, it was discovered that the suspect was asked to leave the residence a couple of days prior and had intentionally set the fire.  The female was initially booked into the Aberdeen City Jail and subsequently transferred to the Grays Harbor County Jail for Arson 1^st Domestic Violence.

The Aberdeen Police Department Detectives processed the scene.  The investigation is on-going.    

Five Soldiers of the United States Army were recognized for their life saving efforts by Washington State Patrol (WSP) District 8 Captain James R. Mjor II on Tuesday morning.

Command Sergeant Major Dario Gundersen, Captain Seamus Bradley, First Sergeant Gerardo Moran-Tovar, Staff Sergeant Richard Lawson, and Sergeant Lonnie Rogelio Williams were recognized and awarded the WSP Life Saving Award for their efforts during a collision in September 2021.

On Thursday, September 16, 2021, five soldiers were traveling on U.S. Highway 101 in Grays Harbor, WA, when they witnessed a vehicle on fire that was involved in a head on collision. The soldiers were able to act quickly, put out the fire, and render aid to a female driver, Montana Driver, who was entrapped in one of the vehicles. They were able to keep the driver calm until Life Flight arrived. The driver sustained serious injuries and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The cause for the collision is still under investigated.