Police & Fire for Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016

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.

Burglary

• At 1:40 p.m. Sunday, the Juneau Police Department investigarted a report of a burglary in an unoccupied residence in the 9900 block of Stephen Richards Memorial Drive. The items stolen from the residence, mostly tools, are valued at $2,000.

Criminal trespass

• At 1:28 p.m. Sunday, JPD received a report of criminal trespass at a business in the 3000 block of Vintage Boulevard.

• At 9:13 a.m. Monday, James Hefley, 26, and Cora Richards, 43, were cited and released for criminal trespass in the 300 block of Gastineau Avenue.

Fire and medical

• On Friday, Nov. 25, Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to six EMS calls around town throughout the day, a vehicle fire on D Street that responding crew members extinguished, a medical transport and two calls that were canceled en route.

• On Saturday, CCFR responded to 12 EMS calls, a fire alarm on Nugget Drive triggered by construction, and a smoke investigation on Glacier Highway due to smoke rising from a gas station. The gas station owner stated the oil heater was malfunctioning and there was no fire. A firefighter also sustained a head injury during a training evaluation on Sherwood Lane; the firefighter was evaluated at Bartlett Regional Hospital and returned to service. CCFR also responded to three medical transport calls.

• On Sunday, CCFR responded to six EMS calls, a fire alarm on Vintage Boulevard (there wasn’t a fire), and two medical transports.

Shoplift

• At 4:54 p.m. Sunday, Dakota Gallant, 26, was cited and released for shoplifting in the 600 block of Willoughby Avenue.

• At 5:58 p.m. Sunday, Elliot Davies was cited and released for larceny from a business in the 8700 block of Glacier Highway.

Theft

• At 8:41 a.m. Monday, a 33-year-old man reported a theft from his residence in the 2400 block of Ka See An Drive.

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