Homer Police Report

April 20

Police at 8:35 a.m. investigated a Ford station wagon abandoned at Bishop’s Beach.

A Public Works employee at 8:49 a.m. reported a 1965 Chevrolet abandoned on Crossman Ridge Road.

Police at 2:20 p.m. went to a report of a vehicle in the ditch on El Sarino Court. EMTs took a man to South Peninsula Hospital.

Police at 8:05 p.m. provided assistance to the Homer Volunteer Fire Department and Alaska State Troopers at an Ocean Drive address.

Police at 8:31 p.m. did a presentation at Kachemak Bay Campus.

A man at 11:18 p.m. reported that people were out to get him. Police responded to the man’s Skagit Circle home and did not find anyone else there. All was OK. 

April 21

A woman at 12:19 a.m. reported suspicious activity outside a Lakeshore Drive home. Police responded and found all was OK. Police helped the woman get back into her home.

A woman at 4:55 a.m. reported suspicious activity at her Lakeshore Drive home. Police responded and took the woman to South Peninsula Hospital.

Police at 11:07 a.m. assisted at the Homer Courthouse.

Police at 12:08 p.m. helped a driver with a disabled car on Pennock Street.

A man at 1 p.m. reported lost property.

A caller at 3:03 p.m. reported a civil issue at a Klondike Avenue address.

Police at 3:37 p.m. contacted people in several vehicles for suspicious activity at Bishop’s Beach.

A man at 4:10 p.m. reported shoplifting at a local business.

A caller at 6:02 p.m. reported a 40-foot trailer would be parked overnight at the Bishop’s Beach parking lot.

April 22

A caller at 8:09 a.m. reported problems with a dog in the Sabrina Road area.

Several callers at 9:10 a.m. reported an ATV being driven in the mud flats at Mariner Park on the Spit. Police responded and towed a Chevrolet pickup truck to the station.

A caller at 11:09 a.m. reported a man had been verbally abusive, used offensive language and threatened him at a Douglas Place address.

A caller at 1:23 p.m. reported a theft from a Kachemak Drive building.

Callers at 2:07 p.m. and 5:03 p.m. made “report every dangerous driver immediately” complaints of drivers on Pioneer Avenue and East End Road. Police responded and did not find impairment for either driver.

A person at 5:22 p.m. made a 911 call that a driver backed over a man at a Pioneer Avenue parking lot. Police responded. The victim refused medical attention.

A person at 7:06 p.m. made a 911 call that two men stumbled in the road on Main Street. Police responded but could not find the men.

Police at 8:24 p.m. tried to serve an animal citation on a pet owner at an April Place home but did not find anyone there.

A caller at 9:08 p.m. asked for information about a family member who might be dead. Police contacted the family member about a 39-year-old man who had died earlier in the month.

Police at 11:35 p.m. did a security check at Bishop’s Beach and advised a man and a woman in a green Ford van of no camping rules. Police also warned a person of not having registration and a driver’s license on his or her person.

April 23

A caller at 12:25 a.m. reported a suspicious car with its engine running for 30 minutes at a Ben Walters Lane parking lot. Police responded and warned the occupant of a white 1992 Ford station wagon to find somewhere else to sleep.

A caller at 2:50 a.m. reported hearing suspicious loud banging in the East End Road and Kachemak Drive area. Police responded but could not find the source of the sound.

A caller at 8:40 a.m. reported a person sleeping in a car at a Kachemak Drive business parking lot. Police responded and determined the person was having mechanical problems with the car.

A caller at 2:25 p.m. reported a hit-and-run crash on the Spit.

A caller at 11:40 p.m. reported finding an injured Scotty dog wandering in East End Road near Sabrina Drive. Police contacted the animal control officer and the Homer Veterinary Clinic.

April 24

A caller at 2:23 p.m. reported a distressed woman on Main Street. Police responded and found all was OK.

Police at 4:10 p.m. issued a trespass notice to a man at a Ben Walters Lane address.

April 25

Police at 12:11 a.m. did a security check of a Pioneer Avenue business and contacted a 31-year-old woman. Police arrested the woman for resisting arrest, trespassing and liquor-law violations.

Police at 12:31 a.m. assisted troopers with a vehicle rollover on Diamond Ridge Road near Sheep Drive.

Police at 1:25 a.m. contacted a person driving on the Sterling Highway and issued a warning for driving under the influence, drugs.

A man at 7:05 a.m. made a 911 call reporting a burglary at a Pioneer Avenue address.

A woman at 10:57 a.m. made a 911 call and then hung up. Police called the woman back and she said she was calling a medical clinic. The woman declined medical transport.

A man at 11:59 a.m. reported a theft that happened outside city limits.

A woman at 12:27 p.m. turned in a cell phone found at Karen Hornaday Park.

A 24-year-old woman at 2:50 p.m. turned herself in on an arrest warrant.

Police at 8:46 p.m. patrolled the Calvin and Coyle Trail off Mariner Drive.

Police at 8:58 p.m. contacted a 56-year-old man driving on East End Road near Adams Drive and issued him a summons for not having insurance. Police also impounded the man’s car.

A man at 9:15 p.m. reported reckless drivers on Bishop’s Beach. Police responded but could not find the suspect drivers.

A caller at 10:30 p.m. reported a driver speeding and chasing a moose on Golden Plover Avenue. Police responded and warned the driver for speeding and harassing moose.

April 26

A person at 1:11 p.m. reported a large campfire on Tulin Bluff East Court. Police and firefighters from the Homer Volunteer Fire Department and the Alaska Division of Forestry responded.

A person at 3:21 p.m. reported receiving a suspicious phone call.

A caller at 4:17 p.m. reported a shoplifter at an East End Road business. Police responded.

A caller at 6:42 p.m. asked for options regarding harassment.

A person at 6:54 p.m. made a 911 call of being concerned about a 6-year-old child wandering alone in the Mountain View Drive area. Police responded and found the parent a short distance away. All was OK.

A caller at 11:44 p.m. asked police to do a welfare check on a woman and small children who might be living out of a car at Karen Hornaday Park. Police responded but could not find the subjects.