Daily Sitka Sentinel

November 6, 2018 Police Blotter

Police Blotter

    Police received the following calls as of 8 a.m. today:
November 5
    At 7:32 a.m. two men were reported sleeping in the ANB Harbor restrooms. Officers woke them up and they left.
    A checkbook with $200 cash in it was stolen in the 400 block of Lincoln.
    A student who left a youth program without permission, was found.
    A dog found on the Gavan Hill trail was returned to the owner along with a warning about allowing the dog to run at large and failing to have a licence.
    A hospital asked officers to pick up someone on a 24-hour hold.
    At 11:35 a.m. a disturbance was reported in an apartment. Officers found children were playing.
    A caller said neighbors leave garbage on the back porch, where it’s strewn by the wind and attracts birds.
    Police contacted a number of residents about abandoned vehicles.
    At 2:59 p.m. a caller said a fuel truck that was dragging a ladder passed a school bus while its red lights were flashing. The driver may have been distracted by the dragging ladder, the company manager said.
    A caller said someone tried to open a loan in her name without her permission.
    A caller asked police to check on a woman who had made comments that caused concern, and wouldn’t answer her phone. The woman told police she had no thoughts of harming herself, but was upset with her care. She said she didn’t answer the phone because she was on the line.
    A grayish cat with white paws was seen in the 1700 block of Edgecumbe.
    A woman said her landlord locked her and her roommates out of their apartment but the eviction notice said they had until the 9th. Police talked to the landlord, who said she misunderstood the date and would allow the resident and her roommates to enter.
    At 7:03 p.m. a caller reported an illegal U-turn at HPR and Ross, and other reckless driving. Police talked to the registered vehicle owner.
    A caller said while she was at work a concrete slab was struck in front of her house and all of her flower pots broken, on Price Street.
    At 10:41 p.m. police followed up on a report of someone drinking who wasn’t supposed to be. Police were unable to locate the person.
November 6
    At 2:58 a.m. a sow and cub got into a shed, and were eating a deer a resident had hung up, in the 2700 block of HPR. The sow was now scratching at his house, the caller said. Police received other complaints about the bears, and killed the sow and cub.

    Sitka Police
    Byron Kashevarof, 34, was arrested Monday for violating conditions of release for consuming alcohol.
       
    In Court

    Garrett A. Smith, 47, was sentenced to 30 days, with 27 suspended, and fined $1,500 for driving under the influence. His license is revoked for 90 days, he is to complete counseling and he will be on probation for a year.
    Eva M. Popelka, 41, was sentenced to 30 days, with 27 suspended, and fined $1,500 for refusal to submit to a breath test. Her license is revoked for 90 days, she is to complete counseling and she will be on probation for a year. A charge of DUI was dismissed.
    Arthur D. Bentley, 52, was sentenced to five days for unlawful contact in the second degree. A charge of assault in the fourth degree was dismissed.

    Emergency Calls

    Sitka Fire Department responded to requests for ambulances at 10:48 a.m. and 12:16 p.m. Monday.