Police & Fire for Tuesday, Dec. 20, 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.

Assault

• At 1:59 a.m. Saturday, JPD investigated an assault in the 100 block of Franklin Street. Alcohol was involved.

 

Burglary

• At 12:14 p.m. Friday, a 30-year-old woman reported the theft of a vehicle in the 2200 block of Industrial Boulevard.

• At 11:28 a.m. Sunday, JPD investigated a reported burglary in the 13300 block of Glacier Highway.

 

Car accident

• At 3:19 p.m. Friday, a 21-year-old woman reported a hit-and-run car crash in the 2600 block of Mendenhall Loop Road.

 

Child abuse

• At 11:04 p.m. Friday, JPD received a report of possible child abuse or neglect in the 1800 block of Northwood Drive.

 

Criminal mischief

• At 1:55 p.m. Saturday, 37-year-old Tammy Meachem was arrested for criminal mischief and false reporting in the 4500 block of Kanata Street. Alcohol was involved. She was taken to Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

 

Death

• At 8:45 p.m. Thursday, 37-year-old Timothy Tong of Juneau was declared dead in Haines after unsuccessful CPR by the Haines Volunteer Fire Department. No foul play is suspected at this time.

 

Disabled car

• At 9:11 p.m. Saturday, JPD impounded an abandoned vehicle containing a dog in the 9000 block of Egan Drive. The dog was left with animal control.

• At 3:09 p.m. Sunday, JPD impounded a vehicle in a ditch in the 500 block of Seater Street.

• At 5:19 a.m. Monday, a Ford truck was impounded in the 11000 block of Glacier Highway.

 

Disorderly conduct

• At 4:21 p.m. Saturday, 45-year-old Joshua Smith was arrested in the 100 block of Franklin Street for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Alcohol was involved.

 

Drunken driving

• At midnight Sunday morning, 29-year-old Kelley Gottschlich was arrested in the 8800 block of Egan Drive for drunken driving. Her vehicle was impounded.

• At 12:18 a.m. Sunday, 21-year-old Ashley Sam was arrested in the 6000 block of Glacier Spur Road for drunken driving after her vehicle was found in a ditch. Her 24-year-old passenger, Johnny Wilson, was cited and released for interfering with an officer.

 

Fire/ambulance calls

• On Wednesday, Capital City Fire/Rescue responded to four ambulance calls requiring advanced life support.

• At 8:09 a.m. Wednesday, CCFR transported a woman from the hospital.

• At 8:17 a.m. Wednesday, CCFR responded to a report of a vehicle in Gold Creek at Cope Park.

• At 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, CCFR stood by for a aircraft emergency.

• At 3:36 p.m. Wednesday, CCFR responded to a traffic accident at the intersection of Egan Drive and Old Dairy Road. No injuries were reported.

• On Thursday, CCFR responded to three ambulance calls requiring advanced life support, two calls where a person declined ambulance transport, one call where a person didn’t need medical attention, one call where a person walked into the Glacier Avenue fire station for a blood glucose check, two fire alarms caused by burned food, and one medical transport from the hospital.

• On Friday, CCFR responded to six ambulance calls requiring advanced life support, three calls where no medical transport was needed, one call that ended when JPD transported the patient instead, and one call was canceled en route.

• At 7:44 a.m. Friday, CCFR responded to a report of a possible dryer fire on West 12th Street, but no fire was found.

• At 7:54 a.m. Friday on Egan Drive, CCFR responded to a traffic accident, but no injuries were found.

• On Saturday, CCFR responded to 11 ambulance calls requiring advanced life support, one call where a person didn’t need medical attention, a fire alarm triggered by dust, a false carbon monoxide alarm, and a report of smoke coming from a light fixture that was caused by a faulty light.

• On Sunday, CCFR responded to eight ambulance calls requiring advanced life support, two calls canceled en route and one medical transport from the hospital.

• At 8:03 a.m. Sunday, CCFR responded to a report of a large amount of water flowing out of the former seafood shop at the corner of Old Dairy Road and Glacier Highway. A sprinkler pipe had burst some time ago and the water began flowing out of the building’s doorway.

 

Probation violation

• At 11 p.m., JPD arrested 34-year-old John Vavalis in the 3400 block of Glacier Highway for a probation violation. Alcohol was involved. He was taken to LCCC.

 

Sex crime

• At 1:44 p.m. Friday, JPD investigated a reported sex crime.

 

Standoff

• At 2:05 p.m. Friday, JPD responded to a report that a suicidal man armed with a gun was in the Driftwood Lodge. JPD cordoned off the area and rerouted buses around the incident. Schools were also notified as negotiators spoke with the man. About 3:45 p.m., the man exited his Driftwood room and was Tasered before being taken into custody.

 

Theft

• At 2:48 p.m. Friday, JPD investigated a theft of services.

• At 3:25 p.m. Friday, a 29-year-old man reported a theft in the 8400 block of Mendenhall Loop Road.

• At 3:13 p.m. Friday, JPD investigated a reported vehicle theft in the 9300 block of Glacier Highway.

• At 10:17 p.m. Friday, 22-year-old Cheyanne Richards-Wood was arrested in the 8100 block of Glacier Highway for shoplifting.

• At 9:05 a.m. Saturday, JPD investigated a vehicle theft on Gastineau Avenue.

• At 11:45 a.m. Saturday, a 51-year-old man reported about $40 was siphoned from his car in the 5800 block of Churchill Way sometime during the night.

• At 1:45 p.m. Saturday, a 38-year-old woman reported someone stole the laser light display from her backyard in the 3800 block of Melrose Street.

• At 6:44 p.m. Saturday, 20-year-old Rainon Knowles was cited and released for larceny at Sportsman’s Warehouse.

• At 4:27 p.m. Sunday, JPD investigated a theft reported in the 3000 block of Dimond Park Loop.

 

Vehicle rifling

• At 8:36 a.m. Monday, a 50-year-old man reported his two unlocked vehicles in the 900 block of Goldbelt Avenue were rifled. No items were taken.

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