Police & Fire for Monday, Oct. 31, 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.

Car accident

• At 3:08 a.m. Saturday, a 1998 Chevy pickup truck skidded into a ditch in the 6500 block of Glacier Highway, and the vehicle’s occupants ran away. Alcohol was involved in the crash.

Domestic violence

• At 1:47 p.m. Friday, JPD arrested Keoko Nelson, 27, for domestic violence assault and criminal trespass in the 3400 block of Foster Avenue. Police took her to Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

Hit and run

• At 2:19 Friday a 50-year-old woman reported that her car had been hit while parked in the Mendenhall Valley Bullwinkle’s lot.

Theft

• At 2:58 p.m. Friday a 90-year-old woman reported to police that a woman she didn’t know tried to take her purse.

• At 3:58 p.m. Friday, a 61-year-old man reported to police that his bicycle had been stolen from the 1600 block of Fritz Cove Road.

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