Homer Police Report

March 1

Police at 2:50 p.m. assisted medics with a call at a Fairview Avenue address.

Police at 8:48 p.m. stopped a person driving on Ocean Drive and warned the person for inattentive driving while using a cell phone.

A person at 9:28 p.m. made a 911 call of a drunk pedestrian on Poopdeck Street. Police responded and the person was taken to South Peninsula Hospital.

Police at 10:11 p.m. removed a dead animal from East End Road and took the remains to the Animal Shelter.

A person at 11:23 p.m. made a 911 call of screaming in the Lake Street area. Police responded and contacted a person. All was OK.

March 2

A caller at 12:46 a.m. asked police to do a welfare check of a friend at a Bunnell Avenue address. Police responded and found all was OK.

A caller at 8:31 a.m. reported a car hit a light post on Lake Street. Police responded and found no impairment in the driver involved.

A caller at 1:23 p.m. asked police to do a welfare check on a man at a Spit Road address. Police responded.

A caller at 3:08 p.m. reported an alleged shoplifter in custody at a Lake Street business. Police responded and arrested a 71-year-old woman for concealment of merchandise.

A caller at 8:20 p.m. reported a drunk woman being verbally abusive at a Lake Street address. Police responded but did not find a crime articulated.

March 3

A caller at 2:10 a.m. reported people loitering outside a closed Pioneer Avenue business. Police responded and found the building and area secure.

A caller at 10:10 a.m. reported a theft from a Bartlett Street building.

A man at 11:15 a.m. reported someone stole his cell phone from his car while it had been parked in the Walter Thomas Road area on Feb. 26.

A caller at 1:23 p.m. reported a puppy all tangled up underneath a porch at a Mattox Road house. Police advised the animal control officer.

A caller at 4:58 p.m. reported a dog running loose in the Bartlett Street area. Police advised the animal control officer who said the dog could not be caught.

A caller at 6:21 p.m. reported an injured bird at Bishop’s Beach.

March 4

A caller at 9:13 a.m. reported people living out of their vehicle at a Woodside Avenue address.

A caller at 10:04 a.m. reported losing a wallet.

An out-of-state caller at 12:33 p.m. asked police to do a welfare check on a family member at a Fairview Avenue address. Police contacted the person and advised that the family requested contact.

A woman at 12:45 p.m. reported a telephone scam. Police spoke with the caller and advised her of options.

A caller at 2:12 p.m. reported people driving on the Beluga Slough beach berm. Police responded but could not locate the suspects.

A caller at 10:23 p.m. reported loud noise coming from a Rochelle Road address. Police responded and advised the residents to keep the noise down.

Police at 11:11 p.m. contacted a 22-year-old man driving on the Sterling Highway and arrested him for driving without an operator’s license.

A caller at 11:59 p.m. reported loud music from a Skagit Circle address. Police responded and advised the person to keep the noise down. Police also issued a disorderly conduct warning.

March 5

A caller at 2:26 p.m. reported a shoplifter at a Sterling Highway business. Police responded.

A caller at 3:25 p.m. reported shoplifters at a Pioneer Avenue business. Police responded and issued a summons for fourth-degree theft to a 23-year-old man. Police also issued the man a trespass notice.

A man at 7:45 p.m. reported missing money. 

Police at 8:29 p.m. contacted a 27-year-old woman driving on Sabrina Road and issued her a summons for driving while license suspended.

March 6

A caller at 11:17 a.m. reported an assault at a Pennock Street address. Police responded and arrested a 35-year-old man for failure to register as a sex offender.

A caller at 12:18 p.m. reported being harassed at a Danview Avenue address. Police advised the caller of options.

A woman at 2:40 p.m. reported items stolen from a greenhouse at a West Hill Road address.

A woman at 2:58 p.m. reported a disturbance at an East End Road address.

A caller at 3:02 p.m. reported a person riding an ATV in the Beluga Slough marsh. Police responded and advised the person of beach rules.

A person at 9:01 p.m. reported a car hit a road sign on the Sterling Highway.

March 7

Police at 12:17 a.m. made a traffic stop on a driver on Lake Street and issued a warning for driving under the influence.

A caller at 10:58 a.m. reported drug activity at a Ben Walters Lane address.

A man at 12:13 p.m. reported his ex-wife would not give him their children. Police advised the man of his options.

A caller at 3:49 p.m. reported harassment at a Danview Avenue address. Police responded.

A caller at 4:44 p.m. reported a phone scam.

A person at 6:19 p.m. reported a two-car crash with damage at Pioneer Avenue and Svedlund Street. Police responded.

Police at 9:30 p.m. assisted Alaska State Troopers with an arrest at Bishop’s Beach.

March 8

Police at 3:51 a.m. contacted a 24-year-old man driving on Soundview Avenue and arrested him for driving under the influence.

Several callers at 5:24 p.m. reported a kite surfer in danger in Kachemak Bay off Mile 2 Homer Spit Road. Homer Volunteer Fire Department rescuers and other agencies staged for a rescue. The kite surfer made it to shore and a firefighter assisted him. All was OK.

Troopers at 8:28 p.m. asked police to patrol the East End Road and McLay Road area for a suspicious man. Police responded but did not find the man. Police later located the suspect and provided him transportation.

A person at 10:38 p.m. made a 911 call of a car crash on Kachemak Drive. Police responded and arrested a 23-year-old woman for DUI.

March 9

A caller at 10:09 a.m reported a Dodge truck with a dog locked inside parked over the weekend at a Pioneer Avenue lot. Police responded.

A caller at 11:01 a.m. reported an expected death of a man at a Cottonwood Lane home.

A woman at 11:14 a.m. reported being threatened by text message. Police advised the woman of her options.

A caller at 12:31 p.m. reported losing a driver’s license.

A caller at 9:15 p.m. reported a dog left in a Dodge truck for an extended time at a Pioneer Avenue lot. Police contacted the truck’s owner and determined all was OK.