From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Soldotna
Type: Commercial fish closed period
On 11/16/12 the Alaska Wildlife Troopers in Soldotna issued a summons to Samuel A. Kuznetsov, 24, of Homer, to appear on 1/8/13 in Homer District Court. Kuznetsov was charged with commercial fishing with a drift gillnet in closed waters in Upper Cook Inlet on 7/9/12.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
Dutch Harbor report
From the local police blotter:
Harassment, Nov. 11 — Officers mediated a dispute, which had erupted after one man blew cigarette smoke in the other's face, between two men from warring Somali tribes. Both men were barred from visiting any UniSea liquor establishments.
Ambulance request, Nov. 12 — EMS personnel stood by to provide transport for a patient arriving by tug boat. Medical attention was ultimately unnecessary.
Motor vehicle accident, Nov. 12 — A driver bailed from his vehicle when the brakes failed and the vehicle began rolling down an embankment into the water. The truck came to rest in approximately 15 feet of water at the Carl E. Moses Harbor, and was pulled from the water a short time later. No injuries were reported.
Suspicious activity, Nov. 13, 0125 hours — An amorous bloke who in a misguided attempt to attract a mate placed his genitals on full, flapping display in the roadway instead caught the attention of a passing police officer. The luckless lad was allowed to leave without charges since the intended victim couldn't be offended by what she couldn't see.
Disorderly conduct, Nov. 13 — Officers broke up a fight at the Harbor View bar, and ultimately arrested one drunken young man who couldn't resist taking a final swing at another participant even after the two had been separated. Sami Morris Maafu, 20, of Washington, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, minor on premises and minor in possession of alcohol.
Fire response, Nov. 16 — Fire personnel responded to the U.S. Coast Guard dock regarding a report of a fire onboard the drillship Noble Discoverer. The smoke reported was from an apparent backfire, and no action was required of responders. No injuries or damage were reported.
Harassment, Nov. 11 — Officers mediated a dispute, which had erupted after one man blew cigarette smoke in the other's face, between two men from warring Somali tribes. Both men were barred from visiting any UniSea liquor establishments.
Ambulance request, Nov. 12 — EMS personnel stood by to provide transport for a patient arriving by tug boat. Medical attention was ultimately unnecessary.
Motor vehicle accident, Nov. 12 — A driver bailed from his vehicle when the brakes failed and the vehicle began rolling down an embankment into the water. The truck came to rest in approximately 15 feet of water at the Carl E. Moses Harbor, and was pulled from the water a short time later. No injuries were reported.
Suspicious activity, Nov. 13, 0125 hours — An amorous bloke who in a misguided attempt to attract a mate placed his genitals on full, flapping display in the roadway instead caught the attention of a passing police officer. The luckless lad was allowed to leave without charges since the intended victim couldn't be offended by what she couldn't see.
Disorderly conduct, Nov. 13 — Officers broke up a fight at the Harbor View bar, and ultimately arrested one drunken young man who couldn't resist taking a final swing at another participant even after the two had been separated. Sami Morris Maafu, 20, of Washington, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, minor on premises and minor in possession of alcohol.
Fire response, Nov. 16 — Fire personnel responded to the U.S. Coast Guard dock regarding a report of a fire onboard the drillship Noble Discoverer. The smoke reported was from an apparent backfire, and no action was required of responders. No injuries or damage were reported.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Two charged with exceeding geoduck limit
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Ketchikan
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 11/1/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, cited Brian Zwick, 42, of Ketchikan, for retaining more than the limit of geoducks for the commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A mandatory court appearance was scheduled for 11/15/12 in Ketchikan District Court.
Location: Ketchikan
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 11/1/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, cited Robert Mead, 44, of Olympic, Wash., for retaining more than the limit of geoducks for the commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A mandatory court appearance was scheduled for 11/30/12 in Ketchikan District Court.
Location: Ketchikan
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 11/1/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, cited Brian Zwick, 42, of Ketchikan, for retaining more than the limit of geoducks for the commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A mandatory court appearance was scheduled for 11/15/12 in Ketchikan District Court.
Location: Ketchikan
Type: Overlimit of geoduck clams
On 11/1/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Ketchikan Post, cited Robert Mead, 44, of Olympic, Wash., for retaining more than the limit of geoducks for the commercial fishing period set out by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A mandatory court appearance was scheduled for 11/30/12 in Ketchikan District Court.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Hankins draws probation, $100,000 in penalties
From the U.S. attorney's office in Anchorage:
Nov. 15, 2012
Oregon man sentenced for commercial fishing crimes
ANCHORAGE — U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Oregon man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for two counts of falsely reporting where he caught 31,000 pounds of halibut that he sold in Kodiak in 2007.
Freddie Joe Hankins, 47, of Cove, Ore., was sentenced on Nov. 8 by U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland to fines totaling $25,000, a community service payment of $75,000, and three years of probation on the condition that all his fishing activities be recorded by an onboard electronic vessel monitoring system.
The sentence also requires Hankins to publish in National Fisherman magazine a statement acknowledging his wrongdoing in this case.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Cooper, the evidence established that Hankins had caught the halibut in an area where it was illegal for him to fish under the individual fishing quota system, and that he falsely stated in his landing reports that he caught the fish in another more distant but legal area.
Arne Fuglvog, former fisheries aide to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who served a prison term for his fisheries conviction, testified at the Hankins trial that he had fished with Hankins, and that Hankins had previously made similar false landing reports claiming he caught his fish in the more distant but legal area when in fact he caught them in the area closer to port where the fishing was better but where it was illegal for him to fish.
Evidence also showed Hankins was convicted in state court in 2007 for falsifying a landing report to conceal the fact that he had exceeded the allowable bycatch of rockfish.
When sentencing Hankins, Holland found that Hankins had knowingly testified falsely at his trial when he denied he falsified the landing reports, and that this testimony amounted to perjury. The judge found further that Hankins was still "in a state of denial" about having committed the crimes for which the jury convicted him.
Loeffler commends the Office of Law Enforcement of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the investigation of this case.
Nov. 15, 2012
Oregon man sentenced for commercial fishing crimes
ANCHORAGE — U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that an Oregon man was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage for two counts of falsely reporting where he caught 31,000 pounds of halibut that he sold in Kodiak in 2007.
Freddie Joe Hankins, 47, of Cove, Ore., was sentenced on Nov. 8 by U.S. District Court Judge H. Russel Holland to fines totaling $25,000, a community service payment of $75,000, and three years of probation on the condition that all his fishing activities be recorded by an onboard electronic vessel monitoring system.
The sentence also requires Hankins to publish in National Fisherman magazine a statement acknowledging his wrongdoing in this case.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Cooper, the evidence established that Hankins had caught the halibut in an area where it was illegal for him to fish under the individual fishing quota system, and that he falsely stated in his landing reports that he caught the fish in another more distant but legal area.
Arne Fuglvog, former fisheries aide to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who served a prison term for his fisheries conviction, testified at the Hankins trial that he had fished with Hankins, and that Hankins had previously made similar false landing reports claiming he caught his fish in the more distant but legal area when in fact he caught them in the area closer to port where the fishing was better but where it was illegal for him to fish.
Evidence also showed Hankins was convicted in state court in 2007 for falsifying a landing report to conceal the fact that he had exceeded the allowable bycatch of rockfish.
When sentencing Hankins, Holland found that Hankins had knowingly testified falsely at his trial when he denied he falsified the landing reports, and that this testimony amounted to perjury. The judge found further that Hankins was still "in a state of denial" about having committed the crimes for which the jury convicted him.
Loeffler commends the Office of Law Enforcement of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the investigation of this case.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Geoduck divers find trouble at Craig
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Craig
Type: Conviction — commercial fish closed waters
On 11/1/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Eric R. Larson, 32, and Morris B. Mattson, 46, both of Petersburg, for commercial fishing for geoduck clams in closed waters. Both individuals pled no contest in Craig District Court and were fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended. The court ordered each to pay restitution of $2,000 for the illegally taken geoducks.
Location: Craig
Type: False information on fish ticket
On 11/8/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited both permit holders of the fishing vessel The Edge for unlawfully signing a fish ticket with an inaccurate weight after a delivery of commercially harvested geoducks at the E.C. Phillips processing plant in Craig. Randall Selness, 49, of Olympia, Wash., and Ian Walt, 47, of Friday Harbor, Wash., were issued a summons to appear in Craig District Court.
Location: Craig
Type: Conviction — commercial fish closed waters
On 11/1/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited Eric R. Larson, 32, and Morris B. Mattson, 46, both of Petersburg, for commercial fishing for geoduck clams in closed waters. Both individuals pled no contest in Craig District Court and were fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended. The court ordered each to pay restitution of $2,000 for the illegally taken geoducks.
Location: Craig
Type: False information on fish ticket
On 11/8/12 Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Klawock Post, cited both permit holders of the fishing vessel The Edge for unlawfully signing a fish ticket with an inaccurate weight after a delivery of commercially harvested geoducks at the E.C. Phillips processing plant in Craig. Randall Selness, 49, of Olympia, Wash., and Ian Walt, 47, of Friday Harbor, Wash., were issued a summons to appear in Craig District Court.
Dutch Harbor report
From the local police blotter:
Trespass, Nov. 5 — Officer advised a man he was no longer welcome on St. Christopher-by-the-Sea property, per church administrators.
Public safety, Nov. 10 — Officer advised a drunken bar patron not to drive home this night. The man left on foot after loudly and repeatedly proclaiming the destruction of his life and reputation at the hands of police.
Sexual assault/offense, Nov. 10 — A rather irate man reported that one of the other men sharing his hotel room had within the last two hours tried to stick his hand down the victim's pants, twice, before lying on top of him. The victim elected not to pursue charges as he simply wanted some uninterrupted sleep, but demanded that the creep be removed from his room. UniSea security evicted the person forthwith, though he was allowed to get a room, by himself, for the remainder of the night.
Trespass, Nov. 5 — Officer advised a man he was no longer welcome on St. Christopher-by-the-Sea property, per church administrators.
Public safety, Nov. 10 — Officer advised a drunken bar patron not to drive home this night. The man left on foot after loudly and repeatedly proclaiming the destruction of his life and reputation at the hands of police.
Sexual assault/offense, Nov. 10 — A rather irate man reported that one of the other men sharing his hotel room had within the last two hours tried to stick his hand down the victim's pants, twice, before lying on top of him. The victim elected not to pursue charges as he simply wanted some uninterrupted sleep, but demanded that the creep be removed from his room. UniSea security evicted the person forthwith, though he was allowed to get a room, by himself, for the remainder of the night.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Ketchikan gillnetter arrested on warrant
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Ketchikan
Type: Warrant arrest
On 11/07/12 at 2141 hours, Thomas Widmyer, 41, of Ketchikan, was arrested on an outstanding warrant stemming from failure to appear for order to show cause with the original charge stemming from a commercial fishing incident. Widmyer was lodged at the Ketchikan Correctional Center with bail set at $100.
Location: Ketchikan
Type: Warrant arrest
On 11/07/12 at 2141 hours, Thomas Widmyer, 41, of Ketchikan, was arrested on an outstanding warrant stemming from failure to appear for order to show cause with the original charge stemming from a commercial fishing incident. Widmyer was lodged at the Ketchikan Correctional Center with bail set at $100.
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