The mobile home was occupied and the family escaped without injury, but did not have time to save more than a few possessions, Bauer said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
A Homer woman obtained one of the first stalking protective orders against a Homer man she met on an Internet dating service. Under a new law, petitioners can ask for protective orders against people they believe have stalked them. Previously, they could only ask for protection from people they had a domestic relationship with.
In papers filed with the Anchorage court on Nov. 7, the 45-year-old woman claimed a 40-year-old man followed her while she was shopping and sent her sexually explicit e-mail. She also wrote that he came to her house, pounded on her door and broke in, saying he couldn't live without her. When she left town she claimed he said he would find her in Palmer.
Anchorage Standing Master Lucinda McBurney granted the order and prohibited the man from being within two miles of the victim and her family's home and to not contact her by phone, e-mail or U.S. Mail. In a Nov. 12 petition, the woman asked to have the protective order dissolved, claiming the man had no intent to harm her. She said she was sick from the flu and overreacted. McBurney transferred the case to Homer and assigned it to Judge Harold Brown for a hearing on Nov. 21.
A Kenai grand jury indicted on three counts a man arrested last week for second-degree assault after an eight-hour stakeout by Alaska State Troopers at an East End Road home. Troopers allege Vasily Basargin, 27, threatened another man with a pistol. Basargin was indicted for second-degree assault, third-degree assault and tampering with physical evidence, all felonies. The grand jury alleged that Basargin intended to cause physical injury and injured with a handgun one victim, the man who notified troopers of the assault. The grand jury alleged that Basargin placed two more victims in fear of injury. One of those third-degree assault charges was withdrawn by June Stein, assistant district attorney. Basargin was also alleged to have tampered with evidence when he attempted to hide the handgun.
Homer Police on Nov. 16 received a report from a Homer man that an intoxicated woman broke into his home and threatened him with an axe. In court papers, police allege the man removed JoAnn Abbott, 55, because she was drunk. The woman then pried open with an axe the door to the man's house, entered and then raised the axe to head level. The victim worried that she might hit him with it and removed the axe from her. Abbott and the victim live together and are in a relationship. Police arrested Abbott and charged her with third-degree assault, domestic violence, a felony. She was also alleged to have had a blood-alcohol level of .113.
Michael Armstrong can be reached at michaela@homernews.com.
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