With roads clear of ice and snow, Hibpshman said troopers have noticed drivers speeding on the highways. In the last two weeks, troopers have stopped at least two drivers going over 80 mph, one driving over 90 mph and one driving at 107 mph. Other drivers have been traveling at 67 to 70 mph.
"I'm going to summer mode," Hibpshman said.
Troopers will be working night and day enforcing traffic laws, he said. If drivers do not comply with speed limits, troopers will enforce the law. Hibpshman said many people believe troopers cannot stop and ticket drivers unless they are 10 mph over the speed limit.
"This is not correct," Hibpshman said.
If troopers stop speeders at 5 mph or more over the speed limit, they should not expect a warning, he said. If a driver is speeding at very high speeds, troopers have been instructed to arrest and charge the driver with reckless driving. Seat belt violations are a mandatory ticket, he said.
"Our goal is to get through a fatality-free summer," Hibpshman said. "Our goal really isn't to see how many tickets we can write."
Homer Police received a 911 call early Monday morning of a domestic disturbance at a Lupine Court apartment.
According to a criminal complaint, when Sgt. Dave Shealy and Officer Nathan Hull approached the building, they heard shouting and crying from inside the apartment.
The woman who answered the door told police her boyfriend returned home from a bar, woke her up and confronted her about rumors he overheard at the bar about her. She said he then hit her in the face, injured her nose and lip. He then wrestled her to a bed, got on top of her and put his hand over her mouth to keep her quiet.
Police arrested the suspect, Zini Cuka, 40, for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence.
A Petro Express employee at about 10 p.m. last Wednesday reported seeing a driver in a 1990 blue Pontiac drive into the east side of the building off Poopdeck Street and the Sterling Highway. The driver then left. According to a criminal complaint, the employee described the driver as a white woman with black hair wearing a white baseball hat. The employee identified the drive on a video surveillance tape. Homer Police Office Andy Deveaux recognized the suspect as Coral McBride, 24. Police contacted McBride and allege she admitted striking the Petro Express building and that she did not have a valid driver's license. Police summonsed McBride for driving without an operator's license.
Michael Armstrong can be reached at michael.armstrong@homernews.com.
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