Homer Alaska - Police & Court Reports

March 4

A woman at 4:34 p.m. reported a runaway juvenile had been found.

A woman at 6:03 p.m. reported finding a backpack, bedroll and alcohol containers on the side of the Sterling Highway near Thomas Street.

March 5

A man at 4:06 a.m. reported a drunk person walking in the road on East Hill Road.

A man at 10:48 a.m. reported a scam involving his Craigslist ad.

Police at 8:49 p.m. saw a man sleeping in the back seat of a vehicle in the ditch on Svedlund Street. The man refused help.

A man at 2:35 p.m. reported a burglary attempt at a Pioneer Avenue restaurant.

March 6

A person at 5:41 p.m. made a 911 call reporting a friend threatened suicide. Police took the suicidal person to the hospital.

Police at 11:02 p.m. arrested a 26-year-old man on East Hill Road on an outstanding warrant and for driving with a revoked license.

March 7

A caller at 4:30 a.m. reported a vehicle in the ditch on Lake Street. Police contacted the driver, a 40-year-old man, and arrested him for driving under the influence, refusal to submit to a chemical test and sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, marijuana.

A man at 5:52 p.m. reported a disturbance at a Fairview Avenue home. Police responded and found all was OK.

March 8

A caller at 8:01 a.m. reported a man in his 60s was stuck in the snow in his wheelchair on Pioneer Avenue. Police helped the man get home safely.

Police at 11:08 a.m. helped remove a moose from Bartlett Street.

The harbormaster at 2:22 p.m. reported four parked cars obstructing snow removal on the Homer Spit Road.

The Alaska State Troopers at 3:48 p.m. reported a school bus off the road on East End Road inside city limits and asked for help with traffic control. No one was injured in the incident.

A plow-truck driver at 10:34 p.m. reported a man in a 1996 Jeep tried to drive up snow piles at a Ben Walters Lane parking lot and got stuck. Police warned the driver for DUI.

A woman at 11:58 p.m. asked police to do a welfare check on her adult daughter after an unknown man answered the phone at her daughter's home. Police found all to be OK.

A woman at 1:27 p.m. came to the police station with a dog that needed to be taken to the animal shelter.

March 9

Police at 1:31 a.m. arrested a 31-year-old man on a fugitive from justice warrant out of Kansas.

A caller at 10:38 a.m. reported a car accident involving multiple vehicles on Lake Street at the north side of Beluga Lake.

A person at 10:43 a.m. made a 911 call of an altercation at a Bay Avenue home. Police were busy on another call.

A woman at 5:55 p.m. reported a vehicle in the ditch with a possibly drunk driver near Mile 2 East End Road. Police responded and arrested a 53-year-old man for DUI.

A woman at 6:15 p.m. reported a dog removed from their Early Spring Street property without their permission and taken to the animal shelter on March 8.

March 10

A man at 9:08 a.m. made several calls regarding someone taking his dog without permission from his Early Spring Street home.

Police between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. issued warnings to numerous vehicles for impeding snow removal.

A woman at 2:37 p.m. reported huge berms of snow being dumped on her Kachemak Drive property that obstructed her vision when entering the road.

A caller at 2:55 p.m. reported a vehicle collision on the Sterling Highway.

Police at 3:46 p.m. saw a vehicle collision on Pioneer Avenue.

A caller at 3:56 p.m. reported a vehicle collision on Kramer Lane.

An ambulance driver at 4:38 p.m. reported being hit by another car on Pioneer Avenue near the Sterling Highway.

A caller at 4:55 p.m. reported a vehicle collision with injury on Rochelle Road.

A woman at 4:56 p.m. reported losing money in a phone scam.

Police at 7:27 p.m. escorted a car taking a man who had severed several fingers to the hospital.

A caller at 8:19 p.m. reported someone in a neighboring apartment on Lupine Court yelling and throwing things. Police responded.

March 11

Several callers at 7:12 p.m. reported items stolen from cars on Danview Avenue.

A woman at 7:55 p.m. reported someone trying to get into her car on Pioneer Avenue.

March 12

A woman at 11:29 p.m. reported her dog was growling and she saw footprints in the snow around her South Slope home. Police responded and determined it was a security company checking homes.

Information regarding courthouse activity is taken from logbooks and court-issued forms and may not contain all details of the final disposition of each case. Case files are available for public review at the courthouse.