Police calls for Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020

This report contains public information from law enforcement and public safety agencies.

Juneau Empire
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 6:30am
News Crime

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.

Child abuse/neglect

• At 12:59 p.m. on Monday, JPD received a report of child abuse.

Disturbance

• At 5:26 p.m. on Monday, JPD investigated a report of a misconduct involving a weapon on the 200 block of Franklin Street.

Driving while intoxicated

• At 5:02 p.m. on Monday, JPD investigated a possible case of driving while intoxicated on the 4700 block of Douglas Highway.

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