Daily Sitka Sentinel

December 9, 2019, Police Blotter

Police Blotter
    Police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
December 6
    At 12:08 p.m. a caller said a larger male was yelling at a smaller female on Baranof Street. An officer found the argument was over a juvenile’s not wanting to wear a reflective vest her mother wanted her to wear. No signs of a crime were found.
    At 12:47 p.m. a caller said a man was heard snoring by the trail near the Hames Center. An officer talked to the man, who said he didn’t need medical assistance. He was intoxicated but able to care for himself, police said.
    At 6:49 p.m. a man was heard screaming obscenities at passing cars along Swan Lake. An officer advised him to stop his current behavior.
    At 10:23 p.m. a caller said a man was walking in a ditch along the 2900 block of HPR. He was intoxicated and EMS picked him up.
    At 11 p.m. a caller said she’d been trying to get her intoxicated boyfriend to leave the house, but he refuses to listen. Officers found the boyfriend had established residency at address.
December 7
    At 2 a.m. a caller said he was having severe abdominal pain at Thomsen Harbor and couldn’t walk. Officers were unable to locate him.
    At 11:11 a.m. a caller said a man in a wheelchair was near ANB Harbor and  another man was yelling and waving his arms. The two told officers they were just talking, and one was just being loud and animated.
    At 9 p.m. a caller said a man was screaming near Baranof school, but the caller was uncertain what he was saying. He appeared to be alone and to have an altered mental status.
    At 9:44 p.m. a female juvenile was accused of being combative at a facility. She was charged with assault in the fourth degree and criminal mischief in the third degree.
December 8
    At 4:35 a.m. a caller said a man was lying in the roadway in the 500 block of Lincoln under a bicycle and didn’t appear to be moving. He told officers he’d slipped on icy roads and needed help getting back up. He didn’t appear to have physical injuries.
    At 7:30 a.m. a caller reported a vehicle parked near the ferry terminal had fogged up windows. Police found a man sleeping there, and also noted the vehicle had spray paint on the windows and a cracked windshield.
    At 9:40 a.m. a caller said a bear had taken a deer hanging at a Herb Didrickson Street residence. He also reported his dog was missing. Police found the dog had been killed by the bear. A bear trap was set up at the end of the street. (See story on page 1.)
    A man slumped over at Lake and Lincoln said he was fine and had just fallen asleep.
    At 12:20 p.m. a caller complained about debris at the Gavan Hill trailhead, including airsoft BBs, litter, and dog feces, and also said street signs were missing. He added that he’d already reported a particular person was harassing him.
    A laptop was found in the woods at 1200 SMC. The computer was dead, police said, and the only thing in the bag was a hairbrush.
    At 810 p.m. ten gunshots were reported heard near Shotgun Alley.
    At 10 p.m. a woman said a driver was following her, going by her frequently. She was told of options.

Emergency Calls
    Sitka Fire Department received 4 calls for ambulances after 10 a.m. Friday; 2 on Saturday; 3 Sunday and two before 11 a.m. today.