Police & Fire for Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015

This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in this report is presumed innocent.

Assist

• At 12:27 p.m. Thursday, the Juneau Police Department received a report from another agency in Juneau of possible harm. Domestic violence related.

Burglary

• At 8:03 a.m. Friday, JPD investigated a theft or attempted theft of Native art hanging on the wall at the Ethel Lund Medical Center in the 1200 block of Salmon Creek Lane.

Conditions violation

• At 10:59 a.m. Friday, JPD investigated a report of a domestic violence protective order violation.

Drugs

• At 4:34 p.m. Thursday, JPD assisted the Forest Service with a drug case. JPD spokeswoman Erann Kalwara said a Forest Service officer arrested a 45-year-old man in the 3800 block of Mendenhall Loop Road for drugs and JPD destroyed the drugs upon request. The case is a Forest Service case. no other information was immediately available from JPD.

Fire and medical

• On Thursday, Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to a 3:49 a.m. call on Foster Avenue reporting stab wounds and one person was pronounced dead at the scene (for more information, see the news section of Friday’s and today’s newspaper). CCFR also responded to four more EMS calls.

Motor vehicle crash

• At 7:58 a.m. Friday, a 32-year-old man reported his vehicle went into a ditch on Thane Road.

Vehicle rifling/theft

• At 4:54 p.m. Thursday, a 51-year-old man reported his vehicle was rifled in the 4300 block of Riverside Drive, and the battery was stolen.

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