Homer Police Report

Jan. 11

A person at 11:27 a.m. made a 911 call of a car crash with damages on Pioneer Avenue. Police responded.

A caller at 1:22 p.m. reported a driver in a car backed into a sign on Pioneer Avenue and left the scene.

A caller at 4:26 p.m. reported damage to her car.

Jan. 12

Police at 4:11 a.m. contacted a 43-year-old woman at a Klondike Avenue address and arrested her on an outstanding warrant.

A caller at 11:14 a.m. reported vandalism and a broken window at a Klondike Avenue address. Police responded.

A caller at 4:35 p.m. reported theft of services at an Ocean Drive business.

A caller at 7:32 p.m. reported a moose had been hit and was in the road on East End Road near Sabrina Street.

A person at 8:48 p.m. went to the police station and reported someone stole a laptop computer from a car at a Ben Walters Lane address.

Jan. 13

Police at 8:45 a.m. assisted EMTs at a Sterling Highway incident.

Police at 9:44 a.m. went to a vehicle in the ditch on West Hill Road.

A caller at 10:56 a.m. reported a theft from a car parked at a Bonanza Avenue address. Police responded.

A caller at 12:08 p.m. reported a man riding an unlicensed motorcycle on Rangeview Avenue.

Police from 1:04-1:20 p.m. contacted or attempted to contact seven people camping illegally on the Homer Spit near the Seafarers Memorial.

Police at 1:21 p.m. left a parking warning on a possible abandoned vehicle on the Spit.

A man at 1:22 p.m. reported a woman filming him on the Spit.

A person at 6 p.m. made a 911 call of a person driving unsafely in a car without lights on East End Road. Police stopped the driver who said his car had electrical issues. The car’s hazard lights worked and police advised the man to drive with his hazard lights to his destination and fix the lights.

Police at 6:08 p.m. saw a moose-car collision near Mile 144 Sterling Highway and stopped to help.

Jan. 14

A caller at 7:37 a.m. reported seeing suspicious car tracks on Linda Court and asked for a welfare check. Police responded and found all was OK.

A caller at 10:45 a.m. reported Internet fraud.

A person at 11:03 a.m. made a 911 test call from an elevator phone at Homer High School. All was OK.

A caller at 11:50 a.m. reported a civil issue regarding a motor vehicle accident on the Spit.

A person at 1:14 p.m. made a 911 call asking for a welfare check on a man in a wheelchair on Heath Street. Police responded and found the man was having a hard time with his wheelchair on ice. Police called a taxi cab for the man.

Police at 1:25 p.m. made a public appearance regarding robbery prevention at an Ocean Drive business.

Police at 1:38 p.m. and 1:42 p.m. attempted to contact illegal campers on the Spit. Police left written notices.

A caller at 2:43 p.m. reported a “miniature Darth Vader” knocked on the door of her Crested Crane Street home and scared her. The call was outside Homer city limits and police referred the incident to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said the incident was not a criminal matter.

A caller at 4:20 p.m. reported a possibly injured moose on the Sterling Highway.

Police at 11:39 p.m. contacted a person about violation of camping rules on the Spit. Police advised the person to move and of legal camping options on the Spit.

Police at 11:43 p.m. tried to contact the owner of a motorhome on the Spit about violation of camping rules. Police could not find the owner.