Unalaska Police Blotter 5/24 - 5/30

05/24/15              Sun        0255       DUI – Officers stopped a driver who had been seen striking a curb and drifting into the opposing lane of traffic. Driver Bernard Bernard was subsequently arrested for Driving under the Influence.

05/24/15              Sun        1732       Assault – Three adults engaged in a swearing and shoving match after one man, who had put $30 in the jukebox, got mad at another man for increasing the volume of a televised NASCAR event.

05/24/15              Sun        1903       Criminal Mischief – A tenant, angry about having just overheard the landlord tell a neighbor that the tenant was being evicted, dented the landlord’s garage door with a single vicious kick. The tenant’s employer agreed to pay for the damages, and the tenant was advised not to return to the premises.

05/24/15              Sun        2050       Assistance Rendered – Caller reported a suspicious-looking garbage bag and black tote at road’s end on Little South America. An officer responded and found clothing, tools and a lot of chewing tobacco in the containers. No identification was located.

05/24/15              Sun        2238       Noise Disturbance – Downstairs apartment tenant complained about loud music from his upstairs neighbor. An officer walked upstairs and advised the tenant there of the complaint. The tenant was quite cooperative.

05/24/15              Sun        2331       Noise Disturbance - Downstairs bunkhouse tenant complained about loud music from a group of upstairs neighbors. He had already attempted to address the matter himself, but had a door slammed in his face for his trouble. An officer walked upstairs and advised the occupants there of the complaint.

05/25/15              Mon      0925       Ambulance Request – EMS personnel provided care and transport for a man who had fallen from the roof a church.

05/25/15              Mon      0929       Assistance Rendered – Officer assisted EMS personnel with a patient.

05/25/15              Mon      1029       Ambulance Request – EMS personnel provided care and transport for a man suffering a seizure.

05/25/15              Mon      1034       Assistance Rendered – Officers assisted EMS personnel with a patient.

05/25/15              Mon      1352       Traffic Crime – Officer stopped a speeding driver and learned the driver did not have mandatory liability insurance. The driver obtained said insurance the following day.

05/25/15              Mon      1532       Assistance Rendered – Vehicle unlock.

05/25/15              Mon      1822       Death Investigation – Landlord who had not seen or heard from a tenant for several went to his apartment and discovered while looking through a window that the tenant had died. No foul play is suspected. The decedent’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

05/25/15              Mon      1827       Ambulance Request – EMS personnel were dispatched to a death scene, but were stood down en route.

05/25/15              Mon      1901       Animal – Loose dog.

05/25/15              Mon      2010       Traffic Crime – Alaska State Trooper called police to report a speeding driver. Officers responded but did not locate the suspect driver.

05/25/15              Mon      2058       EMS Other Services – EMS personnel assisted with transport of a body from an apartment to the morgue.

05/25/15              Mon      2101       Welfare Check – Caller reported a quite inebriated man who had been staggering along the roadway had just fallen into a ditch. An officer responded to the area but determined that the red-sweatered inebriate had apparently already crawled out of the ditch to safety.

05/26/15              Tue        1100       Ambulance Request – EMS personnel provided care and transport for an unconscious drunk.

05/26/15              Tue        1120       Assistance Rendered – Officer assisted EMS personnel with a patient.

05/26/15              Tue        1152       Assistance Rendered – Officers watched a Fire Captain dispose of containers of beer, vodka and soda.

05/26/15              Tue        1154       Criminal Mischief – Apartment-dweller discovered that someone had super-glued the valve caps on his vehicle tires, so that any attempt to remove the cap ripped the stem from the valve and caused the tire to deflate. One possible suspect was identified.

05/26/15              Tue        1307       Civil Paper Service – Paper service, criminal.

05/26/15              Tue        1552       Impound – Local resident turned over title of a decrepit vehicle to the City of Unalaska, in order that it might be destroyed.

05/26/15              Tue        1759       Traffic Crime – Officer spoke with drivers and company representatives regarding oversize/overweight move requirements.

05/26/15              Tue        1805       Animal – Injured eagle. AST was advised.         

05/26/15              Tue        2143       Traffic Crime – Complaint about a speeding three-wheeler with a helmet-less driver. The driver was tentatively identified but could not be located at his last known residence.

05/26/15              Tue        2303       Assist Other Agency – Officer put an Akutan caller and AST in contact with one another regarding a missing person/search-and-rescue incident in Akutan.

05/27/15              Wed      1041       Assist Other Agency – Officer confirmed warrant information on a previous Unalaska resident for a US Social Security officer.

05/27/15              Wed      1116       Animal – Loose dog.

05/27/15              Wed      1230       Civil Paper Service – Paper service, probation revocation.

05/27/15              Wed      1241       Civil Paper Service – Paper service, criminal case.

05/27/15              Wed      1525       Theft – A man who had defecated in his pants helped himself to a new wardrobe, leaving his soiled clothing and cell phone in a dressing room. Steven A. Koechel, 35 yoa, was recognized by store personnel from a previous shoplifting incident and was captured on security cameras as he entered the store wearing one outfit and left wearing another. Koechel was arrested on one count of Theft IV and three counts of Violating Conditions of Release.

05/27/15              Wed      1705       Animal – UDPS assisted with the reunification of a cat and her person.

05/28/15              Thu        0102       Traffic Crime – Officer issued a correctable citation to a driver with faulty headlights. The driver repaired the headlights a short time later.

05/28/15              Thu        0934       Civil Paper Service – Summons service, criminal case.

05/28/15              Thu        1134       Burn Permit -

05/28/15              Thu        1406       Assistance Rendered – Out-of-town apartment dweller let UDPS know that should there be a report of someone breaking into her home, it was because she had made arrangements for a friend to retrieve house keys which had been locked inside the apartment.

05/28/15              Thu        1446       Trespass – Officer issued a trespass advisement, to a drunken man found passed out in a common area.

05/28/15              Thu        1457       Liquor Law Violation – Officer advised a drunken man that he was not allowed to enter or remain on any licensed premise due to his state of intoxication.

05/28/15              Thu        1509       Animal – Three kittens turned in to UDPS for adoption.

05/28/15              Thu        1511       Civil – Bail forfeiture paper service, criminal case.

05/28/15              Thu        1550       Missing Person – PCR staff reported a 7-year old child had fled from the facility after she tired of waiting for her mother, and had subsequently disappeared somewhere in the area of her own home. The girl was eventually located in a neighbor’s house. The child’s mother was advised.

05/28/15              Thu        1623       Assistance Rendered – Officer spoke with OC Security regarding a number of syringes that had been found between Summer Bay and Humpy Cove.

05/28/15              Thu        1649       Environmental – Caller reported strong winds had left a barrel rolling, rolling, rolling, on East Broadway. An officer secured it off the roadway.

05/28/15              Thu        1723       Environmental – Strong winds blew another barrel and some buoys onto the roadway in the Standard Oil and Strawberry Hill areas. An officer secured this debris as well.

05/28/15              Thu        1804       Welfare Check – UDPS received a 911 hang-up call from a cell phone registered to a local resident. The resident had moved from his last known residence and could not be found.

05/28/15              Thu        1822       Traffic Roads – Complaint about the placement of large boulders on the verge at the end of the runway. Officers learned that DOT had placed the boulders to prevent vehicles from driving off the pavement and onto the soft shoulder.

05/28/15              Thu        1822       Found Property – A bike, recovered by owner.

05/29/15              Fri           0821       Animal – Loose dog.

05/29/15              Fri           1049       Animal – Request to borrow a kennel.

05/29/15              Fri           1342       Burn Permit -

05/29/15              Fri           1421       Ambulance Request – EMS personnel provided care and transport for a drunk.

05/29/15              Fri           1424       Assistance Rendered – Officer assisted EMS personnel with an intoxicated patient.

05/29/15              Fri           1451       Animal – Dog turned in for adoption.

05/29/15              Fri           1550       Assistance Rendered – Officer assisted OC Security in their attempts to locate and contact two trespassers who had started a small campfire on Bunker Hill.

05/29/15              Fri           1716       Assistance Rendered – Vessel captain requested that an officer be present while he terminated an employee who he suspected might cause problems.

05/29/15              Fri           1752       Trespass – Officer issued a trespass advisement, per vessel captain, to a former employee no longer welcome on board the boat.

05/29/15              Fri           1936       Lost Property – A car key.

05/29/15              Fri           2134       Liquor Law Violation – Caller reported a number of teens appeared to be drinking alcohol at a bonfire. Officers contacted four youths and found that none of them displayed signs of alcohol consumption.

05/30/15              Sat          0836       Lost Property – A purse, believed lost and then found.

05/30/15              Sat          1131       Public Safety – Herman Garay updated his sex offender registration as required by law.

05/30/15              Sat          1313       Theft – A small outboard motor, worth about $1500, was stolen from a warehouse sometime Thursday night. The victim was able to provide specific details about the stolen item, its location and time frame in which it was stolen. Under investigation.

05/30/15              Sat          1323       Assistance Rendered – Officers assisted with traffic control during a funeral procession.

05/30/15              Sat          1540       Animal – Loose dogs. 

05/30/15              Sat          1610       Suspicious Person/Activity – Caller reported that the driver of a black pickup, parked near the South Channel Bridge, was attempting to push a female passenger out of the vehicle. An officer located a vehicle similar to that described, but found only a driver and no passenger. The driver denied that there had been anyone else in the vehicle.