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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    A caller said her Amazon account was hacked and a person she was told to contact wanted her to buy some cards at the store, which she did, but the store manager told her not to send them, as it was a scam. She called the person back and was asked to give credit card information. She said she hung up, and contacted Amazon, which was able to get her account straightened out. Police advised the caller to report the incident to IC3.gov, also.
    A man said his ex had had his SeaAlaska check deposited into a credit card for herself.
    A caller said a Phil & Ted’s Dual Stoller Sports Addition was stolen from an enclosed storage area in the carport. The caller said it also appeared someone had been sleeping in the storage room and left a few items.
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    At 12:39 a.m. a caller said her 16-year-old ward hadn’t returned home after an argument. Officers were advised.
    At 1:41 a.m. a bar said an unruly man who had been kicked out was coming back and banging on the doors and walls. Officers later located the man and advised him he had been trespassed from the bar.
    At 3:23 a.m. an officer turned in a charger, charging cord and black Maxwest phone.   


Sitka Police
    Joanne M. Littlefield, 31, was charged Thursday with assault in the fourth degree, domestic violence.

Emergency Calls   
    Sitka Fire Department responded to a boat fire at Eliason Harbor work float Thursday morning. When firefighters arrived, a crewman was using a hose on the flames in the cabin of the double-ender troller Leif, said SFD senior engineer Craig Warren.
    Firefighters fought the blaze from the outside then from inside the cabin, and put it out. Cause of the fire hasn’t been ascertained, Warren said, but noted an oil stove was in the area. No injuries were reported, and an estimate of damages hasn’t yet been turned in, he said.
    Also on Thursday, the department received ambulance calls at 8:39 a.m., 11:27 a.m., 4:13 p.m., 5:40 p.m. and 9;08 p.m.

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    Mcgrath’s attorney, Julie Willoughby, who was on the phone from Juneau; Assistant District Attorney Amy Paige; and Superior Court Judge Jude Pate agreed that Mcgrath can  return to his home in Renton, Washington, while awaiting further court dates.
      The alleged assaults occurred in November and December 2018, and involved one person, court records show.

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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.

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