Police blotter for Sunday, Jan. 3, 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.

Arrest warrant

• At 5:07 p.m. Thursday, Tracy Day, 40, was arrested on an outstanding $100 Juneau Police Department warrant for failure to appear on a larceny charge in the 1900 block of Glacier Highway.

Disturbance

• At 2:32 a.m. Friday, Wilbert Ridgeway, 30, was charged with three counts of harassment and one count of interfering in the 200 block of Front Street. He was taken to LCCC.

Drug activity

• At 6:51 p.m. Thursday, a confidential investigation was conducted into reported drug activity in the Juneau area.

Drunken driving

• At 2:06 a.m. Friday, Joseph J. Heit, 41, was arrested for drunken driving after he provided a breath sample of .201 percent on Jennifer Drive. He was taken to Lemon Creek Correctional Center and his vehicle was impounded.

• At 4:03 a.m. Friday, Amanda Padron (age not provided) was arrested for drunken driving in the 2700 block of Egan Drive. She was taken to LCCC and her vehicle was impounded.

Found property

• At 8:38 a.m. Friday, a small cell phone case containing ID cards found in the downtown area was turned in to police.

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