LOCAL BOUNTY – Scores of Sitkans fill Harrigan Centennial Hall Sunday during the annual Sitka Conservation Society Wild Foods Potluck and annual meeting. The event included several buffet tables of locally harvested meat and produce. Posters honoring longtime SCS contributors Tad Fujioka, Alice Johnstone, Marcel LaParriere and Chuck Miller, who passed away this year, were on display at the event. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

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April 5, 2022, Police Blotter

Sitka Police Department logged the following calls as of 8 a.m. today.

April 4

At 11:40 a.m. a tenant was removed from an apartment with an apparent plumbing problem.

At 12:25 p.m. two dogs were reported running at large in the 100 block of Smith Street. The animal control officer was unable to locate the two, but at 2:57 p.m. found one of them in the area and took it to the shelter.

A landlord talked to officers about getting two people trespassed.

At 7:55 p.m. a parent talked to officers about having problems with a child. She was advised of her options.

 

 

Emergency Calls

Sitka Fire Department received one ambulance call Monday.

 

Sitka Police

Craig McGilvray, 40, was arrested March 29 on two counts of assault in the fourth degree.

Paula Jackson, 37, was arrested March 30 on a charge of driving under the influence.

Brendan Hoffay, 28, was arrested today for violating conditions of release on a charge of assault in the fourth degree, domestic violence.

 

Federal Charges

Joshua Wehnes, 33, was arrested Monday on a U.S. Marshals warrant on charges of possession with intent to distribute and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. He is to be arraigned 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in federal court in Anchorage.

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20 YEARS AGO

November 2004

The Digital Cameras for Beginners class has been scheduled at UAS, Sitka Campus. Tim Schroeder will teach the basic operations of a digital camera, the assets and limitations,, and how to get some great shots. Students are  invited to take their own cameras.

50 YEARS AGO

November 1974

Les Yaw has been named chairman of the 1974 fund drive at Sheldon Jackson College. ... A goal of $30,000 has been set for the campaign, Ed Scholz, school advancement assistant, said, with money to be used for the SJC aquaculture program.

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