Cops and Courts

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

Homer Volunteer Fire Department

Nov. 8-14

Firefighters and emergency medical technicians responded to 10 medical calls and one fire call.

Kachemak Emergency Services

Nov. 8-15

Emergency medical technicians responded to three medical calls and one fire calls.

Western Emergency Services

Nov. 1-7

Firefighters and emergency medical technicians responded to 12 medical calls and four fire calls.

Nov. 8-13

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

Homer Police

Nov. 9

Homer Police at 12:55 a.m. made a traffic stop on a 23-year-old Wasilla man and arrested him for driving under the influence. He was taken to the Homer Jail.

Nov. 11

Police at 9:05 p.m. issued a summons to a 36-year-old Anchor Point man for fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance.

Nov. 13

Police at 10:31 p.m. arrested a 50-year-old Layfayette, Colorado, man for DUI and refusal to submit to a chemical test.

Alaska State Troopers

July 26

Alaska Wildlife Troopers allege they saw a 38-year-old Homer man operating a commercial fishing drift boat during a closed period in Cook Inlet near Kasilof. After the man was arrested on Nov. 8 for another charge of violating conditions of release, troopers issued the man a citation for commercial fishing during a closedperiod.

Nov. 4

Alaska State Troopers at 8:20 p.m. made a check of a Homer residence. During the check they contacted a 38-year-old man who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Troopers arrested him and took him to the Homer Jail.

Nov. 9

Troopers at 2:59 a.m. tried to make a traffic stop for an equipment violation on a vehicle in Kasilof but the driver failed to stop. Following a pursuit, the driver stopped and then fled on foot. Troopers eventually located the suspect and arrested the man, age 42 of Anchor Point, for failing to stop at the direction of a peace officer, violation of conditions of release and on a warrant. Troopers took the man to Wildwood Pretrial.

At about noon, troopers went to a campground off the Anchor River Road to assist Alaska State Park rangers with a wanted man. Troopers identifed the man as a 32-year-old Kenai man and arrested him on two warrants. He was taken to the Homer Jail.

Nov. 11

Troopers at 8 p.m. contacted a 29-year-old Anchor Point man while checking an Anchor Point home. Troopers found the man had two warrants and arrested him. He was taken 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 Court through Nov. 15:

Criminal Court

Charles G. Perry, 44, felony driving under the influence, third-degree misconduct involving weapons, fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, both felonies; fourth-degree misconduct involving weapons, fifth-degree misconduct involving weapons, refusal to submit to a chemical test, driving while license canceled, revoked or suspended, Homer case.

Che O. Miller, 17, DUI.

Patrick H. McBride Jr., 31, third- and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, both felonies; violating conditions of release, Homer case.

Lauren E. Bassett, 42, third- and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, first-degree promoting contraband, first-degree hindering prosecution, all felonies; fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, Homer case.

Beau H. Mann, 23, DUI, Homer case.

Kalenik Molodin, 22, avoidance of interlock device, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to give immediate notice of an accident, Nikolaevsk cases.

Tyler J. Cordes, 19, fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance.

Earl R. Watson, 43, first-degree criminal trespassing, fourth-degree criminal mischief, violating conditions of release, Homer case.