From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Sitka
Type: No vessel numbers
On 4/23/10 Sitka Wildlife Troopers cited Archie W. Demmert III, 49, of Klawock, for operating a vessel engaged in the Hoonah Sound herring spawn-on-kelp fishery without displaying 12-inch numbers. Bail is set at $210 with an optional court appearance in Sitka District Court.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Troopers find violations aboard C/P Constellation
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Unalaska
Type: Multiple violations
On 4/17/10 Dutch Harbor Wildlife Troopers boarded the C/P Constellation after it was noted that the vessel had no Alaska Department of Fish and Game numbers permanently affixed to either side of the vessel. Contacted as skipper and permit holder of the vessel was Robert Mackinnon, 59, of Camden, Maine. Crew members Paul L. Estes, 21, of St. George, Maine, and Hai V. Trinh, 39, of Tacoma, Wash., also were contacted. Investigation revealed that neither Estes nor Trinh had obtained a valid 2010 commercial fishing license prior to commercial fishing on the C/P Constellation. Estes and Trinh were both cited for crewmember license requirements with bail set at $260 each. Mackinnon was cited for employing an unlicensed crewmember as well as for his vessel not properly displaying its ADF&G number. Bail was set at $260 and $210 in the Unalaska District Court.
Location: Unalaska
Type: Multiple violations
On 4/17/10 Dutch Harbor Wildlife Troopers boarded the C/P Constellation after it was noted that the vessel had no Alaska Department of Fish and Game numbers permanently affixed to either side of the vessel. Contacted as skipper and permit holder of the vessel was Robert Mackinnon, 59, of Camden, Maine. Crew members Paul L. Estes, 21, of St. George, Maine, and Hai V. Trinh, 39, of Tacoma, Wash., also were contacted. Investigation revealed that neither Estes nor Trinh had obtained a valid 2010 commercial fishing license prior to commercial fishing on the C/P Constellation. Estes and Trinh were both cited for crewmember license requirements with bail set at $260 each. Mackinnon was cited for employing an unlicensed crewmember as well as for his vessel not properly displaying its ADF&G number. Bail was set at $260 and $210 in the Unalaska District Court.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sitka man jailed on warrant for illegal fishing
From the Alasak State Troopers:
Location: Sitka
Type: Warrant arrest
On 4/26/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Grant Hilton Thompson, 58, of Sitka, at a residence on Sawmill Creek Road. Thompson had an outstanding $250 warrant for commercial fishing in closed waters. Thompson was remanded to Sitka Police Department jail.
Location: Sitka
Type: Warrant arrest
On 4/26/10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Grant Hilton Thompson, 58, of Sitka, at a residence on Sawmill Creek Road. Thompson had an outstanding $250 warrant for commercial fishing in closed waters. Thompson was remanded to Sitka Police Department jail.
Friday, April 23, 2010
The Dutch Harbor report
From the local police blotter, as reported by the Unalaska Advertiser:
Drunk disturbance, April 13 — Officers assisted Westward security with an obnoxious, chauvinistic drunk.
Assault, April 13 — Officers assisted UniSea security with two allegedly grown men who were unable to peacefully share a room together.
Drug law violation, April 15 — A man phoned a residence which was being searched by police and told the officer who answered the phone that he "had something for him." The officer told the caller to come to house. The unwitting Forrest Hellard, 36, of Unalaska, arrived a short time later and was shocked to find police waiting for him. Hellard was arrested for misconduct involving a controlled substance after officers found two baggies of marijuana stuffed in the front of his pants.
Animal, April 15 — A dog climbed a set of stairs and jumped into a commercial dumpster, but was unable to free itself later when it had completed its business there. An officer rescued the dog, which was later returned to its owner.
Criminal mischief, April 16 — UniSea security reported several loiterers had vandalized an entryway to one of their bunkhouses. An officer contacted one of the men, who denied being the culprit and named his "friend," about whom he knew nothing, as the person who had written the graffiti.
Drunk disturbance, April 13 — Officers assisted Westward security with an obnoxious, chauvinistic drunk.
Assault, April 13 — Officers assisted UniSea security with two allegedly grown men who were unable to peacefully share a room together.
Drug law violation, April 15 — A man phoned a residence which was being searched by police and told the officer who answered the phone that he "had something for him." The officer told the caller to come to house. The unwitting Forrest Hellard, 36, of Unalaska, arrived a short time later and was shocked to find police waiting for him. Hellard was arrested for misconduct involving a controlled substance after officers found two baggies of marijuana stuffed in the front of his pants.
Animal, April 15 — A dog climbed a set of stairs and jumped into a commercial dumpster, but was unable to free itself later when it had completed its business there. An officer rescued the dog, which was later returned to its owner.
Criminal mischief, April 16 — UniSea security reported several loiterers had vandalized an entryway to one of their bunkhouses. An officer contacted one of the men, who denied being the culprit and named his "friend," about whom he knew nothing, as the person who had written the graffiti.
Gaff attack!
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Ketchikan
Type: Assault, DUI
On 4/22/10 at 1407 hours, Alaska State Troopers received a report of an assault at the Lighthouse Grocery parking lot. Investigation revealed that Jeremiah Perez, 32, of Ketchikan, had assaulted a male in the parking lot with a fishing gaff. Perez was arrested for felony assault in the third degree and remanded to Ketchikan Correctional Center with no bail. Charges of DUI are also being forwarded to the District Attorney's Office.
Location: Ketchikan
Type: Assault, DUI
On 4/22/10 at 1407 hours, Alaska State Troopers received a report of an assault at the Lighthouse Grocery parking lot. Investigation revealed that Jeremiah Perez, 32, of Ketchikan, had assaulted a male in the parking lot with a fishing gaff. Perez was arrested for felony assault in the third degree and remanded to Ketchikan Correctional Center with no bail. Charges of DUI are also being forwarded to the District Attorney's Office.
Sitka herring seiner fined $1,500 after guilty plea
From the Alaska State Troopers:
Location: Sitka
Type: Commercial fish closed season
On 4/25/20 Bradford Scudder was arraigned in the Sitka District Court and entered a plea of guilty for the charge of commercial fishing in closed waters. The charge was resolved as a strict liability violation. Scudder was fined $1,500 with none suspended and no conditions of probation.
This is an update of a previous news release.
Location: Sitka
Type: Commercial fish closed season
On 4/25/20 Bradford Scudder was arraigned in the Sitka District Court and entered a plea of guilty for the charge of commercial fishing in closed waters. The charge was resolved as a strict liability violation. Scudder was fined $1,500 with none suspended and no conditions of probation.
This is an update of a previous news release.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Charter firm fined $60,000, seized boats returned
From the Alaska Department of Public Safety:
April 20, 2010
Elfin Cove Charter Operator Fined for Sportfishing Violations
SITKA — Elfin Cove Eagle Charters Alaska LLC, an Elfin Cove fishing charter corporation, was sentenced today in Sitka in connection with numerous sportfishing violations from a 2009 undercover investigation.
Vancouver, Wash., resident Joe Kulavik, the owner and operator of Elfin Cove Eagle Charters, entered a guilty plea on behalf of the corporation to one consolidated count of sportfish guide violations.
The corporation was fined $150,000 with $90,000 suspended, informal probation for a period of three years, with the conditions that the corporation commit no new fish and game violations and obey all court orders. Four boats used to commit violations had been seized during the investigation. As part of the plea agreement, the state agreed to return the four vessels that were seized.
In August and September of 2009, Alaska Wildlife Troopers conducted an investigation into the charter company where troopers witnessed violations committed by four separate charter captains employed by the corporation.
The violations included sportfishing guides fishing for and retaining halibut, the overlimit taking of salmon and halibut, fishing an excess number of rods, waste of sport-caught fish, use of sport-caught fish for bait, failure to retain nonpelagic rockfish and failure to accurately record the daily catch in the guide's saltwater logbook.
All of the above offenses are class A misdemeanor offenses that carry a maximum fine of $200,000 per count with respect to corporate liability.
The AWT Wildlife Investigations Unit received assistance from the Department of Law, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement in Juneau; game wardens with the Washington Division of Fish and Wildlife; game wardens with South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks; and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Bureau of Investigation.
April 20, 2010
Elfin Cove Charter Operator Fined for Sportfishing Violations
SITKA — Elfin Cove Eagle Charters Alaska LLC, an Elfin Cove fishing charter corporation, was sentenced today in Sitka in connection with numerous sportfishing violations from a 2009 undercover investigation.
Vancouver, Wash., resident Joe Kulavik, the owner and operator of Elfin Cove Eagle Charters, entered a guilty plea on behalf of the corporation to one consolidated count of sportfish guide violations.
The corporation was fined $150,000 with $90,000 suspended, informal probation for a period of three years, with the conditions that the corporation commit no new fish and game violations and obey all court orders. Four boats used to commit violations had been seized during the investigation. As part of the plea agreement, the state agreed to return the four vessels that were seized.
In August and September of 2009, Alaska Wildlife Troopers conducted an investigation into the charter company where troopers witnessed violations committed by four separate charter captains employed by the corporation.
The violations included sportfishing guides fishing for and retaining halibut, the overlimit taking of salmon and halibut, fishing an excess number of rods, waste of sport-caught fish, use of sport-caught fish for bait, failure to retain nonpelagic rockfish and failure to accurately record the daily catch in the guide's saltwater logbook.
All of the above offenses are class A misdemeanor offenses that carry a maximum fine of $200,000 per count with respect to corporate liability.
The AWT Wildlife Investigations Unit received assistance from the Department of Law, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement in Juneau; game wardens with the Washington Division of Fish and Wildlife; game wardens with South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks; and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Bureau of Investigation.
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