Police calls for Monday, Sept. 3, 2018

Police calls for Monday, Sept. 3, 2018

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent. Anyone with information about a crime can report a tip anonymously to juneaucrimeline.com.

Indecent exposure

• At 9:47 a.m. Wednesday, the Juneau Police Department received a call that there was a man on the Nugget Falls trail near the Mendenhall Glacier who was wearing only a hat, JPD Public Safety Manager Erann Kalwara said. Officers responded to the scene, Kalwara said, but did not find the man. Kalwara did not have a description of what kind of hat the man was wearing.

Wildlife violations

• On Aug. 18, Juneau-based Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Wrangell resident John Church, 66, for commercially trolling in closed waters. Troopers discovered that Church, the captain and permit holder onboard the F/V Corvus, was commercially hand trolling within 500 yards of Humpy Creek, a salmon stream near Icy Strait, when prohibited. Troopers issued him a strict liability citation and gave him a mandatory court date in Juneau District Court.

• On Aug. 18, Juneau-based Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Hoonah resident John Vlaun, 50, for commercially trolling in closed waters. Troopers discovered that Vlaun, the captain and permit holder onboard the F/V West, was commercially power trolling within 500 yards of Humpy Creek, a salmon stream near Icy Strait, when prohibited. Troopers issued him a strict liability citation and gave him a mandatory court date in Juneau District Court.

• On Aug. 18, Juneau-based Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited Hoonah resident Devin Moritz, 30, for retaining undersized commercial troll king salmon. Troopers found that Moritz was in possession of a king salmon that measured under the legal size limit of 28 inches. The salmon was seized as evidence and Troopers issued him a strict liability citation and gave him a mandatory court date in Juneau District Court.

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