Homer Police Reports

May 12

A caller at 7:49 a.m. reported being concerned about three men walking in the fog along the road near Mile 167 Sterling Highway.

A caller at 11:06 a.m. reported an unwanted person who might be dealing drugs on private property on Ben Walters Lane.

A man at 1:30 p.m. reported finding a bike under his building on Pioneer Avenue.

A man at 3 p.m. asked police to issue a trespass notice to a man from a Klondike Street address.

A Lake Street business employee at 3:16 p.m. reported shoplifters. Police responded and arrested two women ages 19 and 20 for third-degree theft.

A Lake Street business employee at 4:40 p.m. reported a juvenile shoplifting. Police responded and referred the child to the Division of Juvenile Justice.

A man at 4:59 p.m. reported young people climbing a water tower on Dehl Avenue.

A woman at 6:25 p.m. reported a man harassing her over the phone.

A caller at 7:31 p.m. reported a man trespassing at an Ocean Drive business during the night.

May 13

A caller at 9:58 a.m. reported a possible scam involving credit card machines.

A caller at 11:10 a.m. reported a car that might have drugs hidden in it. The car was to be brought to the station for an investigation.

A woman at 11:52 a.m. reported a girl skateboarding in the middle of Ocean Drive. She said she was concerned for the girl’s safety. Police couldn’t locate the girl.

May 14

A caller at 8:20 a.m. reported a man habitually drove the wrong way on a one-way section of Fairview Avenue. Police contacted the driver and warned him for his driving habits.

A harbor officer at 11:26 a.m. reported a man yelling and throwing his belongings out of his car on the Spit. Police responded and the man left on request.

A woman at 11:30 a.m. reported a man on Lake Street was partially clothed and looked upset. The man was taken into care by an associate.

A caller at 2:02 p.m. reported hearing gunshots near Paul Banks Elementary School. Police determined the shots came from bird hazing devices at the airport.

Police at 4:44 p.m. assisted a probation officer. Police detained a 30-year-old woman at the jail on a probation violation.

A man at 5:30 p.m. made a 911 call saying he had detained a man who was speeding and endangered pedestrians on Bunnell Avenue and Bishop’s Beach. Police warned the man for his bad driving habits.

A woman at 5:58 p.m. reported a truck was vandalized while parked at the high school parking lot.

May 15

Police at 2:44 a.m. warned a bicycle rider for failing to stop at a stop sign on Pioneer Avenue and having improper lighting after dark.

A person at 9:28 a.m. made a 911 call that a man assaulted another man with a bottle at a Main Street address. Police responded and determined no assault had happened. One man was very drunk. Police took him to South Peninsula Hospital.

A caller at 11:55 a.m. reported a driver in a gray Ford pickup truck raced onto Bishop’s Beach, disregarded pedestrians and sprayed gravel. Police later found the truck at Homer High School and contacted the driver and issued a warning for unsafe driving habits.

May 16

A caller at 9:05 a.m. reported a drunk pedestrian on the Sterling Highway. Police took a 48-year-old man into protective custody.

A caller at 12:51 p.m. reported a drunk woman walking along East End Road. Police took a 47-year-old woman into protective custody.

Police at 10:17 p.m. escorted an evicted person from a Main Street residence as required by a court order.

May 17

A person at 11:22 a.m. made a 911 call of a car crash with possible injury near Mile 169 Sterling Highway.

A caller at 12:42 p.m. reported a theft from flower beds at the Baycrest Overlook.

A man at 1:12 p.m. reported two fishing rods stolen from the back of a truck parked on East End Road.

A caller at 3:06 p.m. reported a suspicious man loitering near a Soundview Avenue home. Police contacted the man and told him he was trespassed from the home.

A caller at 8:32 p.m. reported a controlled fire on a Fairview Avenue lawn during a burn suspension. Police responded.

A caller at 8:40 p.m. reported they would be having a warming fire at a Bonanza Avenue home.

Several callers at 10:57 p.m. reported a fire on the Poopdeck Trail during a burn suspension. Police responded and told a man of the burn suspension. He put the fire out.

A caller at 11:36 p.m. reported a drunk man walking in and out of the road on the Sterling Highway. Police provided the man transportation.

May 18

Police at 12:05 a.m. made a traffic stop on a person swerving in a car on East End Road. Police arrested the driver, a 27-year-old woman, for driving under the influence.

A caller at 3:04 p.m. asked police to do a welfare check on a man in his 80s. Police contacted the man and provided him transportation.

A caller at 3:20 p.m. reported a possible theft from a Sterling Highway liquor store. Police later arrested a 48-year-old man and a 29-year-old man for fourth-degree theft.

A caller at 5:56 p.m. reported abandoned heavy equipment on the Homer Spit beach. Police notified the harbormaster and the equipment owner.

A caller at 5:12 p.m. reported a possible theft from a Greatland Street liquor store.

A woman at 8:11 p.m. reported being harassed by men after she left a Greatland Street store. She said one man made lewd comments to her and tried to kiss her. Police responded and arrested a 48-year-old man for harassment. Police also identified the man as a suspect in an earlier fourth-degree theft and charged him with that crime.

A man at 11:36 p.m. said rocks used to close off a section of Fairview Avenue are repeatedly being removed.

May 19

A man at 8:52 a.m. reported windows shot at on the front porch of a Svedlund Circle home.

A woman at 9:48 a.m. reported Internet fraud.

A man at 10 a.m. reported a bicycle stolen from a Danview Avenue address.

A person at 11:11 a.m. made a 911 call of fourth-degree assault, domestic violence, at a Mattox Street home. Police responded.

Police at 3:29 p.m. did a security check on Main Street and arrested a 29-year-old man for criminal trespass.

A pedestrian at 4:40 p.m. reported being hit by a car while walking in a Greatland Street parking lot.