Dutch Harbor report

From the local police blotter:

Domestic disturbance, Feb. 13 — Security requested assistance mediating a dispute between two roommates, one of whom stated he had killed people in the past and threatened to kill his roommate this day. Officers learned that the two had an argument about a week earlier, in which one man threatened to stab the other with a steak knife, for having opened a window. A steak knife was later confiscated from the man's closet.

Welfare check, Feb. 13 — Young boy called police after his mother failed to return almost an hour after she walked to a nearby dumpster. Officers learned that the mother had gone to the company galley for dinner and found her shortly after she returned to her residence.

Suspicious activity, Feb. 15 — Taxi driver reported that a drunken man whom she had found lying on the side of the road and to whom she had given a ride had broken a window in her taxi. Officers found the inebriated sot, who initially denied being the culprit but eventually agreed to reimburse the driver for the damages.

Theft, Feb. 15 — Original Productions employee found that someone had "trashed" a hotel room which was being used as an office by the company, strewing equipment worth thousands of dollars about the room. Investigation indicated the damage was likely caused by a drunken member of the cast. Damages were deemed nonexistent after the suspect was identified.

Theft, Feb. 16 — Some pieces of snowboarding equipment were stolen from a fishing boat. Brandon Brazil, 22, of Oregon, had been detained at the scene by the captain of the vessel and admitted to the responding officer that he had stolen the snowboard equipment. Brazil was arrested on one count of theft.

Drunk disturbance, Feb. 16 — U.S. Coast Guard requested assistance with an intoxicated and belligerent man who had refused to leave their bonfire as they were preparing to put it out for the night. An officer found the man, who had already left the area and who confirmed that he had stopped at the fire to warm himself before returning to his boat. He denied behaving in an inappropriate fashion.

Assault, Feb. 19 — A man reported he was assaulted by the captain of a fishing vessel after the captain walked in to find him engaged in sexual activities with a woman whose name he never learned. The captain pushed the man to the floor several times before striking him in the back of the head. Under investigation.