Police & Fire for Thursday, July 20, 2017

  • By Juneau Empire
  • Thursday, July 20, 2017 7:44am
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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.

Abandoned vehicles

• At 7:52 a.m. Tuesday, the Juneau Police Department impounded five vehicles in the 400 block of Third Street because they reportedly had been abandoned.

Assault

• At 7:11 p.m. Monday, JPD responded to a report of assault involving juveniles in the Juneau area.

• At 10:39 a.m. Tuesday, JPD responded to a reported assault in the 6200 block of Alaway Avenue; investigation continues.

Child abuse

• At 8:41 a.m. Tuesday, JPD responded to a report of child abuse in the Juneau area.

Fire and medical

• On Tuesday, Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to six EMS calls and two medical transports in the area throughout the day.

• At 2:49 p.m. Tuesday, CCFR responded to a non-injury collision on Glacier Highway; a woman was assisted but not taken to the hospital.

• At 4:13 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters responded to a burn complaint on Gull Way; the property owner did not have a burn permit and was asked to extinguish the fire.

• At 5:53 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters were dispatched to a burn complaint on Harris Street; the property owner did not have a burn permit and was asked to extinguish the fire.

•At 8:36 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters responded to an unattended fire on Crow Hill Drive by the basketball hoop; they found a fire in a burn pit and extinguished it.

• At 10:07 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters were dispatched to a report of a fire in a carport on Churchill Way; the property owners were improperly using a grill surrounded by lots of flammable material and the fire was extinguished.

Juvenile detained

• At 6:57 a.m. Tuesday, JPD arrested a 17-year-old boy in the 1600 block of Davis Avenue on a detention order; he also was charged with providing false information and resisting arrest.

Shoplifting

• At 4:11 p.m. Monday, JPD responded to a report by a 39-year-old man in the 9400 block of Glacier Highway regarding the theft of a Samsung smart watch from a business, worth an estimated $300.

• At 8:13 p.m. Monday, JPD responded to a shoplifting report in the 400 block of Whittier Street and cited Koby Blake, 26, for shoplifting.

Theft

• At 6:34 p.m. Monday, JPD responded to a report of a theft and possible fraud in the 1300 block of Harbor Way.

• At 9:47 a.m. Tuesday, JPD received a report from a 71-year-old man in the 11400 block of Auke Bay Harbor Road that items had been stolen from a boat.

Trespassing

• At 5:40 p.m. Monday, JPD responded to a report of trespassing and theft from a vehicle in the 2200 block of Crow Hill Drive.

Vehicle theft

• At 7:43 p.m. Monday, JPD received a report from a 48-year-old man on Kiowa Drive that his vehicle had been stolen; it was located a few hours later.

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