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

Nov. 4-10

Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to two medical calls and one fire call.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department

Nov. 4-10

Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to 12 medical calls.

Kachemak Emergency Services

Nov. 4-11

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

Homer Police

Nov. 5

A caller at 9:52 a.m. reported a domestic violence issue after the fact on Bay Vista Court. Officers went to the scene.

A man at 12:55 p.m. went to the police station with a bike he found and reporting finding a campsite at Hazel Avenue and Poopdeck Trail. An officer went to the area to investigate and trespassed one person from the area.

A caller at 3:49 p.m. reported a person trespassing on private property on Main Street. An officer went to the scene and arrested a 29-year-old man on an arrest warrant for failing to appear in court.

An officer at 5:50 p.m. assisted Alaska State Troopers on Heath Street.

A caller at 11:03 p.m. reported a suspicious circumstance on a home at Mariner Drive and Starboard Way. Officers responded and found the report was unfounded.

Nov. 6

An officer at 5:41 a.m. investigated a parked vehicle with people in it at Spit Road and Kachemak Drive, and advised the people of city camping regulations.

A caller at 8:09 p.m. reported a civil issue with verbal threats being made on Main Street. An officer went to the area and the people involved were separated. They resolved the issue with help from the officer.

An officer at 9:11 p.m. investigated a vehicle at Freight Dock Road and Outer Dock Road with its doors open. The officer found everything was OK and that the person in the car was asleep.

Nov. 7

A caller at 3:07 a.m. reported an unattended death at a home on Heath Street. Officers and medics went to the home.

A caller at 8:51 a.m. reported an unknown vehicle parked near the roadway for more than 24 hours at East Hill Road and South Slope Road. An officer went to the area. The vehicle was in a pullout and not blocking the road.

A caller at 3:28 p.m. requested assistance for a man with severe pain on Heath Street. Officers and medics went to the scene.

Nov. 8

A caller at 3:23 a.m. reported a suspicious circumstance on Ronda Street. An officer went to the scene and contacted a person there. The officer found everything was OK.

A caller at 6:46 a.m. reported a man on the shoulder of the road at Mt. Augustine Drive and the Sterling Highway who was yelling at a passerby. An officer responded to contact the man.

A caller at 11:57 a.m. reported someone camping on private property on West Fairview Avenue. An officer contacted the person and issued them a trespass notice to keep them from the property.

An officer at 2:12 p.m. made a security check at Karen Hornaday Park and found evidence of illegal camping. The officer notified the Parks and Recreation Department.

A caller at 7:29 p.m. requested a welfare check on a man acting strangely on Homer Bypass Road. An officer went to the location.

A caller at 8:58 p.m. reported possible vehicle tampering on East Fairview Avenue. An officer responded.

A caller at 11:35 p.m. reported a disturbance on Linda Court. An officer went to the area.

Nov. 9

An officer at 12:08 a.m. assisted motorists with their broken down vehicle on Walter Thomas Road.

An officer at 12:30 a.m. gave a driver a DUI warning on East Pioneer Avenue.

A caller at 1:42 a.m. reported a vehicle in the ditch on Main Street. An officer went to the scene and arrested a 30-year-old man for driving under the influence.

A caller at 3:06 a.m. requested assistance with a civil issue on Kachemak Drive. An officer went to the area.

A caller at 12 p.m. reported a man in a parking lot on Greatland Street who was “making customers nervous. One complainant mentioned he was wielding knives.” Officers went to the scene and advised the man to move along.

An officer at 5:34 p.m. assisted motorists with a disabled vehicle at East End Road and Compass Drive.

An officer at 9:36 p.m. issued a DUI warning to a driver on Homer Bypass Road.

An officer at 11:30 p.m. arrested a 39-year-old man for theft, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest on Homer Bypass Road.

A caller at 1:38 p.m. reported a man acting strangely on the caller’s property on East Pioneer Avenue. Officers went to the scene and issued the man a trespass notice to keep him from the property.

Nov. 10

A caller at 8:18 a.m. reported a man sleeping in a dumpster on Homer Bypass Road. An officer went to the scene and advised the man he was trespassed from the area for one year.

A caller at 12:21 p.m. made a Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately (REDDI) report on a driver heading into town. Officers responded and contacted the driver at Green Timbers Road and the Sterling Highway. The driver was given a court summons for failing to stop at the direction of an officer and was cited for driving without an operator’s license.

Multiple callers at 3:25 p.m. reported a man acting suspiciously in the area of East Pioneer Avenue. Officers went to the location to contact him.

A caller at 7:33 p.m. made a REDDI report on a driver on Pioneer Avenue. Officers weren’t able to find the driver.

An officer at 7:50 p.m. issued a driver a warning for having expired registration on Kachemak Drive.

Nov. 11

Officers provided an escort for the Veterans Day Parade at 10:55 a.m. on Pioneer Avenue, Main Street and Homer Bypass Road.

A caller at 12:21 p.m. reported a missing child on Jeffrey Avenue. Officers went to the scene and the child was found.

A man at 3:45 p.m. went to the police station asking for a welfare check to be made on a woman on East End Road that had gone to the food pantry in town. An officer spoke with the woman and found that everything was OK and that she had a ride back.

Troopers

Nov. 5

Alaska State Troopers at 3:29 p.m. stopped a vehicle on Van Seventer Avenue in Anchor Point for speeding. An investigation showed the driver, a 28-year-old Homer man, was under the influence of controlled substances, had a revoked driver’s license, and had violated his conditions of release in prior criminal cases. The man was arrested and remanded into the Homer Jail pending arraignment.

Alaska State Troopers at 4:27 p.m. received a report of an ATV which had been stolen from an address on Life Boat Loop in Anchor Point. An investigation showed the 2008 green Honda Foreman had been stolen sometime between Nov. 1 and Nov. 5. The investigation is ongoing.

Nov. 10

Alaska State Troopers at approximately 5:52 p.m. received a report of someone trespassing and tearing up their neighbor’s property in Anchor Point. Subsequent investigation resulted in an 82-year-old Anchor Point man being charged and summonsed for one count of first-degree criminal trespassing.

Alaska State Troopers at approximately 7:58 p.m. received a report of dangerous vehicles speeding up and down Sary Su Street. Troopers responded to the area. Subsequent investigation resulted in the arrest of a 23-year-old Nikolaevsk man for one count of Driving Under the Influence. The man was transported to the Homer Jail for remand.

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 Nov. 11:

Criminal Court

Grace C. Magness, 58, third-degree assault.

Jeffrey A. Allmendinger, 37, driving under the influence.

Arthur H. Reynolds, 82, first-degree criminal trespassing in a Nov. 8 case. In a Nov. 11 case, first-degree criminal trespassing.

Grant A. Wilkins, 30, driving under the influence.

Keegan E. Gardner, 18, driving under the influence and sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance.

Trevor M. Cole, 39, fourth-degree theft, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Lukia V. Martishev, 23, driving under the influence.