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April 27, 2023, Police Blotter

Posted

The following calls were recorded as of 8 a.m. today.

April 26

At 9:05 a.m. an incident of drunkenness was reported at Crescent Harbor.

At 9:52 a.m. a juvenile problem was reported at a school.

At 11:43 a.m. a shoplifting incident was reported in the 1800 block of HPR. The business declined to press charges.

At 11:45 a.m. a vehicle was reported being driven on the rims of its tires, in the Crescent Harbor parking area. It was not in the area when police arrived.

At 2:19 p.m. a caller reported hearing five gunshots in the 600 block of Baranof Street. Police were unable to find the source.

At 3:08 p.m. a dead deer was found at the recycle center. The carcass was donated to the Alaska Raptor Center.

At 3:49 p.m. and 8:44 p.m. callers in the Wolff Drive area reported hearing fireworks. Police didn’t find a likely source.

At 8:51 p.m. a woman was reported screaming on Monastery Street. Police found it was a verbal altercation, nothing criminal.

 

Emergency Calls

Sitka Fire Department received one ambulance call Wednesday.

At 4:56 p.m. Wednesday the department responded to a report of a car fire in the 2200 block of HPR. The car owner put out the fire with an extinguisher before the firefighters arrived.