LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Daily Sitka Sentinel
November 9, 2018 Police Blotter
Police Blotter
Police received the following calls as of 8 a.m. today:
November 8
A store manager said video had shown a person shoplifting.
A bicyclist said a driver nearly hit him at Peterson and Edgecumbe Drive, and yelled at him when he tried to talk to her about it.
A store manager said an employee was stealing from the business.
Police received photos of graffiti at Vilandre ballfield. The graffiti was removed the same day, police said.
A caller said her boyfriend was refusing to leave an apartment or let her go upstairs to hers. Police charged him.
Police received a report of assault.
Officers talked to a counselor about worrisome statements made by an elementary school student.
A credit card and an iPhone were turned in. The card had been canceled and was disposed of, and police tried to track down the iPhone owner.
At 5:39 p.m. a caller said a driver appeared to be impaired. Officers found no sign of impairment, and the driver told them she had gotten confused by a Do Not Enter sign.
At 7:39 p.m. a resident reported scaring a bear away from a garbage container at the animal shelter.
At 10:30 p.m. a resident complained about noisy neighbors.
At 11:20 p.m. a bar worker asked for help with a combative woman refusing to leave. An ambulance was called for a man with a broken leg at the scene, and the bartender signed criminal trespass warnings against a man and woman.
At 11:47 p.m. police called an ambulance for a woman who was bleeding from an injury and stumbling down the 1000 block of SMC.
November 9
At 1:11 a.m. a bear was reported trying to get into a garage on Toivo Circle. Police found the bear had been able to get into the garage where a deer was hanging, and had taken parts of it before running off into the woods. Police were unable to find the bear.
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Georgena Johnson, 36, was charged Thursday with tampering with evidence.
Charles R. Kassinger, 22, was charged Thursday with assault in the fourth degree (domestic violence). He was also arrested on two counts of assault in the third degree (domestic violence) that reportedly occurred in late September or early October.
Jarred Davidson, 25, was arrested Thursday on a warrant for failing to comply, and violating conditions of release.
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Christopher V. Finney, 23, was sentenced to 36 months, with 30 suspended, on a charge of coercion. Dismissed was a count of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. He will be on probation for three years.
Emergency Calls
Sitka Fire Department got ambulance calls at 2:20, 3:39, 11:29 and 11:53 p.m. Thursday, and 7:58 and 8:20 a.m. today.
At 7:59 a.m. Thursday a fire truck was sent to Sitka High on a false alarm.
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.