Daily Sitka Sentinel

April 20, 2017 Police Blotter

The following calls were received by Sitka police by 8 a.m. today:

April 19

The animal control officer provided a woman with options after she said there was a dog issue at the Keet fields during baseball season.

An ambulance was called for a woman in respiratory distress.

A resident expressed concern about a youth who looked fine at a youth group event the night before, and didn’t show up at school the next day. Police were unable to find the student at home then received a call the student had arrived at school.

A resident asked an officer to investigate a case in which a woman used money from an elder to pay back rent, instead of purchasing groceries, which was the intent of the money. The caller didn’t want anything done and was in the process of evicting the woman.

At 2:15 p.m. police gave disorderly conduct warnings to a couple arguing loudly.

A woman yelling and “going crazy” at totem park next to three totem poles at 4:11 p.m. was released into the custody of her husband.

A store owner found a woman switching price tags on items in the store. A criminal trespass was signed against her.

A man found to be sleeping in his van at Thomsen Harbor was advised he was not allowed to do so, grabbed his backpack and left the area.

A red and black Huffy mountain bike was stolen on April 17 or 18. The owner said she would go through video tape and try to identify the thief.

At 9:58 p.m. a resident reported a tow line break on a tug and it was sinking off the 5300 block of HPR. The harbor master and fire hall were called. The tug company said today that the old tug Powhatan with no people or fuel aboard sank at the dock. Divers and salvage teams were looking into whether to raise it, and what other action was needed, the company said.

At 10:16 p.m. a resident reported two vehicles blaring music in the 300 block of Lincoln Street. The noise was gone when police arrived.

A resident reported a possibly stolen bike leaning against a building in the 700 block of Katlian Street. Police documented the bike.

April 20

A suspicious looking person behind a stand-alone building on Katlian Street turned out to work nearby, police said, at 2:14 a.m.

Bottles of marijuana were confiscated from a woman trying to take them on the plane to go to a lab for testing, at 5:30 a.m. Airlines officials said they don’t want the marijuana on their plane. The woman was allowed to keep the drugs and returned to her place of work.

Emergency Calls

The Sitka Fire Department dispatched ambulances at 10:23 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7:25 p.m. Wednesday, and 6:16 a.m. today.

In Court

Jonathan B. Scott, 37, was sentenced to 360 days, with 270 suspended, for assault in the fourth. He is to complete treatment recommendations and will be on probationo for three years. Charges of assault in the fourth and a petition to withdraw probation were dismissed.