TRUCK FIRE – Firefighters knock down a fire in a Ford Explorer truck in Arrowhead Trailer Park in the 1200 block of Sawmill Creek Road Saturday evening. One person received fire-related injuries and was taken to the hospital, Sitka Fire Department Chief Craig Warren said, and the truck was considered a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation, Warren said. The fire hall received the call about the fire at 5:33 p.m., and one fire engine with eight firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched, he said. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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May 21, 2018, Police Blotter
The following calls came in between 8 a.m. and 8 a.m. today.
May 18
A woman screaming in the post office parking lot was given a warning.
A tour bus and a truck collided at Lake and Lincoln. A driver was cited.
A man reportedly shoplifted a jacket from a Lincoln Street store.
A woman at a group home was reported yelling and talking to herself.
A black cat crawled into a car engine compartment at Crescent Harbor. The car owner took it to a shelter.
A caller said a driver appeared to be intoxicated, crossing lines on HPR. Officers found he hadn’t been drinking and he agreed to pay more attention.
A man flipping people off at Moller was left in the care of his son. The man wasn’t intoxicated, police said.
At 8:27 p.m. a caller said teens were seen carrying a girl in the 1200 block of Edgecumbe Drive.
At 10:42 p.m. two men were reported harassing customers at a store. They were given warnings and advised not to return for the night.
A seal bomb went off around 10:47 p.m. in the 3200 block of HPR.
May 19
A man said his legs were freezing up at the skate park. EMS was called.
At 3:41 a.m. a man leaving a noisy party that disturbed Moller Drive residents told police the party was over.
At 6:26 a.m. trespass warnings were served at ANB Harbor.
At 6:52 a.m. a man vomiting on Lincoln Street said he was fine.
A man passed out on a Burkhart Street porch was taken into custody.
At 10:19 a.m. a theft was reported at a marijuana store.
A caller said a male relative was creeping around her home, looking into windows and saying he could see her. He was gone when police arrived.
May 20
At 1:14 a.m. police picked up a deer carcass in the 4600 block of HPR.
A caller said people were in her driveway. A relative said she was detoxing and having hallucinations.
A man said his landlord was tampering with his air handling system in the 4600 block of HPR.
At 5:39 p.m. an assault was reported on Harbor Drive. The men said they were just horsing around.
A large brown bunny was seen in the 2200 block of HPR.
At 7:11 p.m. 911 caller said a vessel was low in the water at Thomsen.
At 7:55 p.m. a juvenile was reported to have thrown coffee on someone. Officers calmed the situation.
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Amanda Skultka, 31 was charged with violating conditions of release by allegedly consuming alcohol.
Crystal D. Brazell, 34, was arrested Friday on a charge of violating conditions of release for allegedly using a controlled substance.
Michael S. Giron, 47, was charged Friday with criminal mischief in the fifth degree.
Robert J. Cain, 56, was cited for having an open container in public.
Jordan L. Flaagan, 20, and Tamiika A. Moe, 20, were cited for being minors on a licensed premises.
Emergency Calls
Sitka Fire Department got ambulance calls at 1:19 p.m. Friday; 1:46 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday; and 5:56 a.m., 6:20 a.m., 1:31 p.m., 4:51 p.m. and 9:19 p.m. Sunday.
At 2:43 p.m. Friday a fire truck was sent to the Gary Paxton Industrial Park, but it was a false alarm.
At 3 p.m. Saturday the fire department responded to a report of a fuel smell on Alice Loop Road. A fuel valve was found open. Firefighters cleaned up a spill of 8-10 gallons of fuel and called the responsible party.
After 8 a.m. today a cat was reported in a tree on Wolff Drive. The call was referred to a tree limber company.
At around 8:30 a.m. today firefighters helped herd a duck and ducklings from a coffee shop drive-through to Swan Lake.
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20 YEARS AGO
March 2004
Businesses using the Centennial Hall parking lot testified Tuesday against a proposal to charge them rent in addition to the $200 annual permit fee. City Administrator Hugh Bevan made the proposal in response to the Assembly’s direction to Centennial Hall manager Don Kluting to try to close the $340,000 gap between building revenues and operational costs.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1974
Alaska Native Brotherhood Grand President William S. Paul Sr. will be special guest and speaker at the local ANB, Alaska Native Sisterhood Founders Day program Monday at the ANB Hall.