Homer Police Report

Jan. 19

A caller at 10:25 a.m. reported a theft of a battery charger at a Pioneer Avenue business.

A caller at 1:04 p.m. reported a hit-and-run collision at a Sterling Highway parking lot.

A man at 1:37 p.m. reported the theft of a cell phone.

Two callers at 1:58 p.m. reported a person driving recklessly on Bishop’s Beach.

A caller at 3:04 p.m. reported an unattended child near a Sterling Highway business. Police responded.

A caller at 4:16 p.m. reported seeing a possible wanted person.

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A caller at 10:35 p.m. reported a suspicious person in front of a Bayview Avenue home. Police responded.

Police at 11:42 p.m. contacted a driver on East End Road and issued a warning for driving under the influence. Police took the people in the car to the station to be picked up by a responsible party.

Jan. 20

A caller at 12:25 p.m. reported receiving a call from a person claiming to be from the IRS who asked the person to get a gift voucher.

A caller at 3:40 p.m. reported a small skiff adrift near Mariner Park on the Spit. Police responded and determined the object was a log and not a skiff. All was OK.

A caller at 2:50 p.m. reported a person trespassing at the Homer Public Library.

Police at 4:05 p.m. and 4:35 p.m. searched vacant property on the Sterling Highway for illegal campers. Police did not find any campers.

A woman at 6:40 p.m. reported her car rolled into a parked car at a Mattox Road parking lot. No one was injured.

A caller at 7:35 p.m. reported a person driving a car with no working tail lights and frosted windows on Ocean Drive.

Jan. 21

A caller at 11:03 a.m. asked police to issue a trespass notice against a man at a Ben Walters Lane apartment complex. The caller later asked for information on how to file a temporary restraining order.

A school official at 1:09 p.m. reported a student missing from Homer High School. The student later returned.

A caller at 2:55 p.m. reported a man who had been issued a trespass notice earlier had returned to the library. Police responded and arrested the man for trespassing.

A man at 4:10 p.m. reported a former employee had possession of his tools and the caller could not contact him.

A caller at 5:13 p.m. reported a man with drug paraphernalia at a Ben Walters Lane business.

Jan. 22

A caller at noon reported a theft from a Kachemak Way residence.

A caller at 3:14 p.m. reported a shoplifting theft at a Sterling Highway store and asked that a person be issued a trespass notice.

A man at 1:50 p.m. reported adults who appeared to be smoking marijuana in front of the Homer Public Library.

A caller at 4 p.m. reported a man shoplifting at a Sterling Highway business.

Jan. 23

A caller at 8:45 a.m. reported being harassed.

A woman at 9:09 a.m. reported receiving threats over the phone.

A woman at 9:15 a.m. turned in a found iPad.

A Homer woman at 12:30 p.m. made a 911 call of a man who called a Homer business and threatened to shoot people who were trespassing on his Nikiski property. Police referred the issue to the Alaska State Troopers.

Jan. 24

A woman at 6:25 p.m. reported a missing dog.

Jan. 25

Police at 12:39 a.m. issued a summons to a 24-year-old woman for a driver’s license violation.

Police at 12:01 a.m. issued a summons to a 25-year-old man for driving while license suspended after contacting him driving on West Hill Road.