From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Lower Yukon River
Type: Commercial fishing; boating safety
During the weekend of July 4th, while on Lower Yukon River commercial fishing patrol via state float plane, Alaska Wildlife Troopers from St. Marys issued citations to the following: Robert Jones, 26 yoa, of Bethel, for failing to have any ID while commercial fishing. Citations were also issued to Simeon Phillip, 24 yoa, of Alakanuk, and Edward Post, 50 yoa, of Alakanuk, for failing to have proper vessel numbers while commercial fishing. Ignatius Murphy, 20 yoa, of Nunam Iqua, was issued a citation for not having a commercial crewmember license, and Cyril Murphy, 46 yoa, of Nunam Iqua, was issued citations for employing an unlicensed crewmember and for not being present for the operation of his commercial fishing gear. Jonathon Borkowsi, 20 yoa, of Emmonak, was issued a citation for failing to have his boat registered.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Suspect sought in $100,000 theft from AMCC
From the Anchorage Police Department:
July 6, 2009
Request for assistance of the public
Subject: Nonprofit fraud suspect sought
Detectives with Anchorage Police Department Financial Crimes Unit are seeking the assistance of the public in locating a person they believe has stolen over $100,000 using company credit cards, company accounts and false reimbursements. The victim of these crimes was the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, a nonprofit organization and the suspect is a former employee. The crimes are believed to have taken place over several months. As a result of these thefts, all paid employees were put on furlough and several employees have lost their jobs.
The suspect, Travis Robinson, a 36-year-old Anchorage resident, 5-foot-8, 190 pounds, brown hair and green eyes, is wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant which includes the charges of theft 1st, scheme to defraud, fraudulent use of an access device, and tampering with physical evidence.
Anyone with information which may help further this investigation is asked to call APD at 786-8900 or Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP or to submit your tip anonymously using the secure Web site: www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.
July 6, 2009
Request for assistance of the public
Subject: Nonprofit fraud suspect sought
Detectives with Anchorage Police Department Financial Crimes Unit are seeking the assistance of the public in locating a person they believe has stolen over $100,000 using company credit cards, company accounts and false reimbursements. The victim of these crimes was the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, a nonprofit organization and the suspect is a former employee. The crimes are believed to have taken place over several months. As a result of these thefts, all paid employees were put on furlough and several employees have lost their jobs.
The suspect, Travis Robinson, a 36-year-old Anchorage resident, 5-foot-8, 190 pounds, brown hair and green eyes, is wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant which includes the charges of theft 1st, scheme to defraud, fraudulent use of an access device, and tampering with physical evidence.
Anyone with information which may help further this investigation is asked to call APD at 786-8900 or Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP or to submit your tip anonymously using the secure Web site: www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Another dandy Dutch Harbor report
From the Unalaska police blotter, as reported by the Unalaska Advertiser:
Assault, June 23 — A drunken fisherman, upon being told by his captain that he was too intoxicated to be aboard the boat, struck his captain and broke two windows in the wheelhouse of the boat. Iliodor Merculieff Jr., 43, of Anchorage, was charged for Assault 4 and Criminal Mischief 3. He was additionally found to be in violation of his probation.
Animal, June 21 — Caller reported that two eagles, who clearly had a dislike for each other, had locked talons mid-air and subsequently ensued in a spiral dive into the ground. The two eagles had then spent the next three hours, talons still locked, pecking violently at each other. An officer arrived and encouraged the eagles to settle their differences somewhere other than the middle of the roadway. The eagles obliged and flopped themselves off the road, both heavily injured.
Assault, June 22 — Two women, after an evening of drinking on the town, returned to their quarters aboard a fishing vessel. One of the women suddenly decided that the other was a slut, and proceeded to physically assault her for it. Sheila Johnson, 27, of Anchorage, was arrested for Assault 4.
Drug law violation, June 26 — UniSea turned over a package of a suspicious substance. The substance was determined to be chewing tobacco.
Assault, June 23 — A drunken fisherman, upon being told by his captain that he was too intoxicated to be aboard the boat, struck his captain and broke two windows in the wheelhouse of the boat. Iliodor Merculieff Jr., 43, of Anchorage, was charged for Assault 4 and Criminal Mischief 3. He was additionally found to be in violation of his probation.
Animal, June 21 — Caller reported that two eagles, who clearly had a dislike for each other, had locked talons mid-air and subsequently ensued in a spiral dive into the ground. The two eagles had then spent the next three hours, talons still locked, pecking violently at each other. An officer arrived and encouraged the eagles to settle their differences somewhere other than the middle of the roadway. The eagles obliged and flopped themselves off the road, both heavily injured.
Assault, June 22 — Two women, after an evening of drinking on the town, returned to their quarters aboard a fishing vessel. One of the women suddenly decided that the other was a slut, and proceeded to physically assault her for it. Sheila Johnson, 27, of Anchorage, was arrested for Assault 4.
Drug law violation, June 26 — UniSea turned over a package of a suspicious substance. The substance was determined to be chewing tobacco.
Fish cops stay busy in Bristol Bay
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed water
On 6/30/09 Iosif V. Kuzmin, 22 yoa, of Woodburn, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/9/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Improperly marked driftnet buoy
On 6/27/09 Dennis Matson, 47 yoa, of Pilot Point, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an improperly marked driftnet gear buoy in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/9/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed water
On 7/2/09 Michael D. Bridges, 48 yoa, of Moab, Utah, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District court on 7/10/09.
Location: Naknek
Type: Unlit driftnet
On 7/1/09 James E. Berg, 51 yoa, of Lake Forest Park, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing after sunset with an unlit driftnet in the Naknek District. Bail was set at $250.00.
Location: Egegik
Type: Fail to report lost driftnet
On 6/25/09 Larry Christensen, 48 yoa, of Freeland, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for failure to report a lost driftnet within 15 hours to ADF&G while fishing in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/10/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Unlit setnet buoy
On 7/2/09 Sid C. Bissonette, 45 yoa, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing after sunset with an unlit setnet in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/15/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Unlit drift gillnet
On 7/2/09 John Culmine, 75 yoa, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an unlit drift gillnet in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/15/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed water
On 6/30/09 Iosif V. Kuzmin, 22 yoa, of Woodburn, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/9/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Improperly marked driftnet buoy
On 6/27/09 Dennis Matson, 47 yoa, of Pilot Point, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an improperly marked driftnet gear buoy in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/9/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Commercial fish closed water
On 7/2/09 Michael D. Bridges, 48 yoa, of Moab, Utah, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing in closed waters in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District court on 7/10/09.
Location: Naknek
Type: Unlit driftnet
On 7/1/09 James E. Berg, 51 yoa, of Lake Forest Park, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing after sunset with an unlit driftnet in the Naknek District. Bail was set at $250.00.
Location: Egegik
Type: Fail to report lost driftnet
On 6/25/09 Larry Christensen, 48 yoa, of Freeland, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for failure to report a lost driftnet within 15 hours to ADF&G while fishing in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/10/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Unlit setnet buoy
On 7/2/09 Sid C. Bissonette, 45 yoa, of Anchorage, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing after sunset with an unlit setnet in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/15/09.
Location: Egegik
Type: Unlit drift gillnet
On 7/2/09 John Culmine, 75 yoa, of Bellingham, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Troopers for commercial fishing with an unlit drift gillnet in the Egegik District. Arraignment is scheduled in Naknek District Court on 7/15/09.
Some Valdez cases
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6-28-09 Jerome Kummerfeldt, 44 yoa, of Granite Falls, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post. Kummerfeldt was issued a citation for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound. Arraignment scheduled in the Cordova Court on 7-29-09.
Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6-27-09 Matthew Romens, 41 yoa, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post. Romens was issued a citation for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound. Arraignment scheduled in the Cordova Court on 7-29-09.
Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish w/o crewmember license
On 6-29-09 Alexis Hankins, of Oregon, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post. Hankins was issued a citation for commercial fishing aboard a tender without a 2009 commercial crewmember license in the Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound. Bail set at $260 in the Cordova Court.
Location: Valdez
Type: Employ unlicensed crewmember
On 6-29-09 Fred Hankins, 43 yoa, of Oregon, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post. Hankins was issued a citation for employing an unlicensed crewmember while working in the Eshamy District. Bail set at $260 in the Cordova Court.
Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6-28-09 Jerome Kummerfeldt, 44 yoa, of Granite Falls, Wash., was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post. Kummerfeldt was issued a citation for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound. Arraignment scheduled in the Cordova Court on 7-29-09.
Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish closed waters
On 6-27-09 Matthew Romens, 41 yoa, of Cordova, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post. Romens was issued a citation for commercial fishing in closed waters outside the Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound. Arraignment scheduled in the Cordova Court on 7-29-09.
Location: Valdez
Type: Commercial fish w/o crewmember license
On 6-29-09 Alexis Hankins, of Oregon, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post. Hankins was issued a citation for commercial fishing aboard a tender without a 2009 commercial crewmember license in the Eshamy District, western Prince William Sound. Bail set at $260 in the Cordova Court.
Location: Valdez
Type: Employ unlicensed crewmember
On 6-29-09 Fred Hankins, 43 yoa, of Oregon, was cited by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Valdez Post. Hankins was issued a citation for employing an unlicensed crewmember while working in the Eshamy District. Bail set at $260 in the Cordova Court.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Nushagak crackdown at Bristol Bay
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 07/01/09 Blunka R. Blunka, 42 yoa, of New Stuyahok, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/13/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 07/01/09 Geoff Wyman, 61 yoa, of Oak Harbor, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/13/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 06/30/09 Mike Scott Saarheim, 49 yoa, of Astoria, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/13/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 06/30/09 Andrew Charles Peitsch, 40 yoa, of Astoria, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 07/01/09 Kavik O. Anderson, 32 yoa, of Kodiak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/13/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 07/03/09 Peter Erofeeff, 21 yoa, of New Angel, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/07/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 07/01/09 Blunka R. Blunka, 42 yoa, of New Stuyahok, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/13/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 07/01/09 Geoff Wyman, 61 yoa, of Oak Harbor, Wash., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/13/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 06/30/09 Mike Scott Saarheim, 49 yoa, of Astoria, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/13/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 06/30/09 Andrew Charles Peitsch, 40 yoa, of Astoria, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 07/01/09 Kavik O. Anderson, 32 yoa, of Kodiak, was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/13/09.
Location: Nushagak
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 07/03/09 Peter Erofeeff, 21 yoa, of New Angel, Ore., was cited by Bristol Bay Wildlife Enforcement Troopers for commercial fishing during a closed period in the Nushagak District. Arraignment is scheduled in Dillingham District Court on 07/07/09.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Copter spots alleged Cook Inlet fishing violator
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Soldotna
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 6-25-09 while on routine helicopter patrol of the Cook Inlet commercial fishery Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed the fishing vessel Redoubt with ADF&G number of 55759 fishing after the closure near Ninilchik. Troopers contacted 36-year-old Iosif T. Martishev of Homer and issued a summons to appear in court.
Location: Soldotna
Type: Commercial fishing closed period
On 6-25-09 while on routine helicopter patrol of the Cook Inlet commercial fishery Alaska Wildlife Troopers observed the fishing vessel Redoubt with ADF&G number of 55759 fishing after the closure near Ninilchik. Troopers contacted 36-year-old Iosif T. Martishev of Homer and issued a summons to appear in court.
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