Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services

June 10-16

Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to six medical calls and two fire calls.

Kachemak Emergency Services

June 10-16

Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to two medical calls and three fire calls.

Homer Police

June 6

A caller at 9:31 a.m. reported a possible conditional release violation on Greatland Street. An officer arrested a 25-year-old woman for criminal trespass and violating conditions of release.

A caller at 10:59 a.m. reported a man slumped over at the wheel of a vehicle on Homer Bypass Road. An officer went to the scene and arrested the 30-year-old man on several counts of violating conditions of release and misconduct involving a controlled substance.

A caller at 4:43 p.m. reported a vehicle in the ditch at Bartlett Street and Cityview Avenue. An officer responded.

A caller at 6:25 p.m. reported sounds of banging coming from a public restroom at Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street. An officer went to the location and contacted a person there.

A caller at 9:38 p.m. reported a vehicle on Bishop’s Beach driving recklessly. An officer went to the location.

June 7

A caller at 1:55 a.m. requested an officer do a walk through at a home on Main Street. Officers went to the scene.

An off duty officer at 6:46 a.m. made a Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediate (REDDI) report on a vehicle on Homer Bypass Road. An officer contacted the driver and warned them for reckless driving.

An officer at 7:26 a.m. assisted another agency at Ramp 2 Spit Road.

A caller at 9:28 a.m. made a REDDI report on a vehicle on East End Road. An officer responded but didn’t find the vehicle.

A caller at 11:33 a.m. made a REDDI report on a vehicle on Homer Bypass Road. An officer contacted the driver and didn’t detect any impairment.

A caller at 12:42 p.m. reported a vehicle collision on Homer Bypass Road that had caused damage in a business parking lot. An officer responded but couldn’t find the other person involved.

A caller at 12:43 p.m. made a third-party report of an assault after the fact on Kachemak Drive. An officer went to the location.

A caller at 2:25 p.m. reported suspicious activity and suspicious circumstances on East Bunnell Avenue. An officer responded.

A caller at 2:52 p.m. reported a parking complaint/traffic hazard at Glenview Street and Forest Glen Drive. An officer went to the location but the vehicles in question were gone when the officer got there.

An officer at 6:13 p.m. served a protective order on Nelson Circle and attempted to serve another.

A caller at 9:49 p.m. reported seeing an infant in a vehicle with no car seat on Spit Road. An officer contacted the driver and found the infant was properly restrained. The officer warned the driver for speeding.

A caller at 9:49 p.m. reported a suspicious man trying to syphon gas on Kachemak Drive. An officer went to the area.

A caller at 11:10 p.m. reported a woman causing a disturbance and refusing to leave a fishing vessel at Ramp 8. Officers went to the area and issued the woman a trespass advisement.

June 8

A caller at 12:05 a.m. reported a theft from a vessel at Ramp 8. Officers went to the area.

A caller at 1:28 a.m. reported the same woman as before was back on the boat and refusing to leave. The 37-year-old woman was arrested for trespassing and taken to the Homer Jail.

A caller at 2:52 a.m. reported a vehicle collision on Kachemak Drive that had caused an injury. Officers and medics went to the scene.

A caller at 1:18 a.m. reported vehicles blocking the roadway at East Bunnell Avenue and Beluga Place. An officer went to the location but didn’t find the vehicles in question.

A caller at 1:45 p.m. reported a wanted person possibly in the area of West Pioneer Avenue and Greatland Street. Officers went to the location but didn’t find the man.

A caller at 3:35 p.m. reported a vehicle collision at a business on East Pioneer Avenue that caused damage. An officer responded and contacted the people involved.

A caller at 5:42 p.m. reported a woman trespassing at a local business on Kachemak Drive on airport property. Officers went to the scene and arrested a 37-year-old woman for trespassing and violating conditions of release.

An employee at a business in Spit Road reported at 9:18 p.m. that there was a woman there who had previously been trespassed. An officer went to the area.

A caller at 9:38 p.m. reported a possibly intoxicated driver. An officer responded and contacted the driver.

A caller at 20:21 p.m. made a REDDI report on a vehicle she said sprayed her car with rocks while the driver “spun a brodie” on Freight Dock Road. Officers went to the area but didn’t locate the vehicle she reported.

A caller at 10:57 p.m. reported a group of people were trespassing on private property and were “on drugs” on Ocean Drive. An officer went to the location.

June 9

A caller at 12:04 a.m. reported a horse in the road at Saltwater Drive and the Sterling Highway. An officer went to the location and found a woman wrangling the horse.

An officer at 12:19 a.m. made a traffic stop at West Hill Road and the Sterling Highway and arrested a 34-year-old man for driving under the influence. The man was booked at the Homer Jail.

An alarm company at 5:46 a.m. reported a burglary alarm on Greatland Street. An officer went to the scene.

A caller at 7:04 a.m. reported drug activity on Spit Road. Officers went to the location.

A caller at 10:08 a.m. made a REDDI report on a vehicle on Homer Bypass Road. An officer responded but didn’t find the vehicle.

A caller at 2:53 p.m. reported an alarm at a local business on Landings Street. An officer responded and found it was a false alarm.

A caller at 5:06 p.m. requested a welfare check be made on a man on East End Road. Officers went to the location, contacted the man and took him to the hospital.

A local agency at 7:55 p.m. reported a man camping in a no-camping area on the Homer Spit. An officer contacted the man and told him to move on.

A caller at 8:02 p.m. reported an intruder in a neighbor’s home on Spit Road. Officers went to the location and arrested a 45-year-old man on warrants for failing to appear in court.

A caller at 8:09 p.m. reported a woman had broken into his house on Spit Road. Officers went to the scene and arrested the 41-year-old woman for trespassing.

A caller at 11:48 p.m. reported loose horses running along the highway near West Hill Road. An officer went to the area.

June 10

A caller at 12:18 p.m. reported a suspicious woman on Lake Street. An officer went to the location and contacted the woman.

An officer at 12:36 p.m. found an illegal camping site on Hazel Avenue.

A man at 1:20 p.m. went to the police station and reported a theft that happened on Herndon Street. A 45-year-old man was arrested for third-degree theft.

An officer at 7:21 p.m. contacted a man passed out at a local business on Homer Bypass Road. The officer discovered the man was not impaired — he had fallen asleep in his vehicle. The man moved along.

A caller at 6:17 p.m. reported a woman trespassing on Spit Road. Officers arrested a 41-year-old woman for trespassing.

June 11

A caller at 1:44 a.m. reported a man attempting to break into a local business on East Pioneer Avenue. Officers went to the location and found the call was unfounded.

A caller at 9:19 a.m. reported finding a child in the road at Ocean Drive and Ocean Drive Loop. An officer went to the scene and the child was reunited with the parent.

A caller at 10:12 a.m. requested help from an officer on Homer Bypass Road. An officer went to the scene and the woman was advised of a scam.

A caller at 12:15 p.m. reported a fender bender in a parking lot on Homer Bypass Road. An officer went to the scene.

Multiple callers at 6:59 p.m. reported an intoxicated man in the area of Lake Street and requested a welfare check for him. An officer went to the location.

A caller at 9:08 p.m. reported a man “lurking” on his property on the Sterling Highway. Officers responded.

Officers at 10 p.m. attempted to locate a wanted person on Kachemak Drive but didn’t find the person.

Troopers

June 12

Alaska State Troopers from Anchor Point at 8:03 p.m. responded to a head-on collision at Mile 126 Sterling Highway. Witnesses on scene reported a Monte Carlo left its lane of traffic into the oncoming lane of traffic and struck a Toyota. The witnesses reported the Toyota had taken evasive action into its own lane’s guardrail. The unidentified male driver of the Monte Carlo was entrapped and cut free by EMS. Both the driver and passenger of the Monte Carlo were transported from the scene by EMS. The driver of the Toyota was uninjured. The unidentified Monte Carlo driver was taken by Life Med to an Anchorage hospital. The female passenger of the Monte Carlo was transported to a local hospital. The Sterling Highway was closed from about 2 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. for scene investigation. APD assisted with further attempts to identify the Monte Carlo driver. Investigation is ongoing.

June 15

The Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted a 22-year-old Anchorage man on the Clam Gulch beach. He was observed fishing and when approached to check his fishing license he was unable to produce a valid 2019 Alaska fishing license. A correctable citation was issued. Bail was set at $220.

June 16

Alaska State Troopers at approximately 6:29 p.m. received report of a man flipping his ATV near Mile 121 Sterling Highway in Clam Gulch. Investigation revealed the driver of the ATV to be a 51-year-old Bellingham, Washington resident. Further investigation determined he was under the influence of alcohol while driving the ATV. The man was arrested for the charge of DUI and transported to Wildwood Pretrial where he was remanded and later released on his own recognizance.

June 17

Alaska State Troopers at approximately 7:40 p.m. received a Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately (REDDI) call about a vehicle’s driver seen stumbling around near the Ninilchik transfer site. AST responded and investigation found that the driver was not impaired. Further investigation resulted in AST making contact with a 40-year-old Ninilchik woman. She was found to have an outstanding arrest warrant for one count of fourth-degree theft, and bail was set at $250. She was placed under arrest for her warrant, and was transported to the Homer Jail.

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.

Courts

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through June:

Criminal Court

June A. Walker, 42, first-degree criminal trespassing and reporting false information. In a separate case, violating conditions of release.

Audrey J. Seaman, 51, fourth-degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Sheena L. Cundiff, 36, fourth-degree theft and three counts of first-degree forgery.

Terry L. Sagmoen, 61, driving under the influence.