Police & Fire for Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017

Police & Fire for Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017

  • By Juneau Empire
  • Sunday, August 20, 2017 7:00am
  • NewsCrime

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

• At 11:07 a.m. Thursday, the Juneau Police Department received a report of child abuse in the Juneau area.

Criminal mischief

• At 8:33 p.m. Wednesday, JPD responded to a report of criminal mischief in the 200 block of Franklin Street.

Death

• At 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, JPD responded to a death in the 9100 block of Cinema Drive that appeared to be from natural causes; investigation continues.

Disturbance

• At 9:52 p.m. Wednesday, JPD responded to a report of a disturbance on Village Street.

Drunken driving

• At 12:21 a.m. Thursday, JPD responded to a report of drunken driving in the 6500 block of Egan Drive and remanded a juvenile to Johnson Youth Center at the request of the juvenile probation office.

Fire and medical

• On Thursday, Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to nine EMS calls and three medical transports in the area throughout the day. At 8:35 a.m., firefighters were dispatched to a vehicle accident on Channel Drive, but the patient was not transported.

Motor vehicle crash

• At 4:35 p.m. Wednesday, JPD responded to a three-vehicle collision in the 900 block of 10th Street; two vehicles sustained minor damage and the third vehicle, which reportedly caused the crash, sustained disabling damage. There were no reported injuries.

• At 6 a.m. Thursday, JPD responded to a report of a collision in the 2700 block of Mendenhall Loop Road after a driver reportedly failed to yield while turning left.

Shoplifting

• At 10:08 a.m. Thursday, JPD cited Timothy Ebona, 40, for shoplifting in the 9100 block of Mendenhall Mall Road.

Suicide

• At 11:39 a.m. Thursday, JPD responded to a report of a suicide in the Juneau area; investigation continues.

Suspicious activity

• At 9:54 p.m. Wednesday, JPD responded to a report of suspicious activity in the Juneau area and took an informational report for the Office of Children’s Services.

Theft

• At 12:02 p.m. Wednesday, JPD received a report from a 60-year-old woman in the 1900 block of Wickersham Avenue regarding the theft of a package from the door step of her residence.

• At 11:58 a.m. Thursday, JPD received a theft report from a 45-year-old woman in the 2200 block of Trout Street.

Vehicle rifling

• At 10:23 a.m. Thursday, JPD received a report from a 35-year-old man in the 1200 block of Harbor Way that his unlocked vehicle had been rifled and his keys and garage door opener had been taken.

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