Public Safety Report - April 3
Published Thursday, April 3, 2008
Burglary
• Fairbanks police are investigating a report of a burglary at the main office of Executive Estates late Monday night or early Tuesday morning. The burglar or burglars apparently used tools to gain access to the office and a lockbox. Miscellaneous office equipment was reported stolen as a result of the break-in.
Counterfeiting
• Fairbanks Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading the indictment of a man who tried to pass off counterfeit money.
The white male, between the ages of 17 and 24, entered a local convenience store on Jan. 28, put down two fake $10 bills and asked the clerk to start the gas pump. The clerk realized the bills were fake and did not turn on the pumps. The man then left the scene in a turquoise-colored extended cab Ford pickup truck.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Fairbanks police Lt. Dan Welborn at 450-6566 or Crime Stoppers at 456-2583.
Callers to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous and still eligible for a cash reward.
Search and rescue
• The MAST program was called to perform a search and rescue Tuesday in an area 60 miles southwest of Arctic Village.
Two men, David Greenon, 34, of Pasco, Wash., and Kurt Lepping, 52, of Wasilla, apparently encountered snowmachine problems while in the wilderness and were having trouble getting back to camp.
Greeno called family members via satellite phone to tell them he was injured, cold and unable to leave the area, and MAST attempted to fly to them around 10 a.m., but were unable to find the men.
A short time later, Alaska State Troopers received a call that the men were able to return to their camp and the MAST call was canceled, according to trooper records.
Theft
• A guitar was reported stolen from a vehicle as it was parked at the Airport Family Restaurant on Tuesday morning.
• Troopers are investigating the theft of more than $1,000 in cash and computer equipment stolen from the room of a woman while she was staying at the Chena Hot Springs Resort. The money and items were reported stolen Tuesday.
Community Discussion
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How many turquoise colored extended cab Ford pickup trucks are there in town that are driven by someone in that age range....
Don't the troopers have all the vehicle registrations for the area in a computer that could sort the truck out and provide a list of names - from which an individual could be identified. The person could then be compared to the security cam at the gas station to see if said person could be the criminal in question.
They could also probably check the security cam for the gas station to get the truck plate number...unless the villain has thwarted the law and is driving with only 1 plate!! Last station I went to had cams hidden all over the place.
Do we really need crime-stoppers for this...or just a VCR and a computer for the search? Oh...and an investigator that does property and other crimes such as these.
Ya'know - the more I think about it...I take my comment back...I am sure that the advanced technology I mentioned doesn't even exist
Probably been watching to many TJ Hooker and Matlock reruns
Have a nice day all - the sun is shining and the snow is melting :)
akguy- I appreciate your sarcastic sense of humor, truely. unless all of those cameras are 'fakes', this should be over already. Do you think that an employee who has access to the video tape would get paid if he just went on break and watched them? $7 per hour or a thousand for paying attention, hum....
I would agree with akguy, but that might be construed as saying that we need more police. And, I would never want to be caught saying that!
Hey - akguy - maybe you should join the police? *LOL*
Sometimes the obvious is just too obvious.....
Back in the '70's, there was a breakin/burglary of a downtown business. The burglar left articles of his clothing strewed around the floor inside the building. The burglary was discovered in the morning and reported to police.
The same morning, a naked man was found sleeping in the doorway of a business a few doors down. He was arrested.
Later that morning, my husband was talking to a policeman and pointed out the obvious connection. The Duh! factor finally kicked in, and the police put 2 and 2 together and came up with (are you ready?) - 4! and the man was charged with the burglary.
They're just human and fallible, like all the rest of us...
sounds like the men who were lost were out of their natural surroundings. They should have contacted the residents of Arctic Village before they went on this adventure. Did they make it out of the camp?
The lost ones are commercial guides. Lepping has been arrested and convicted of numerous game violations in the past. I don’t think the people of Arctic Village would help them much.
You would be suprised at how many people who sell their veh's and don't keep records.....I'm sure FPD had already looked at who owned turqoise trucks - not only that but it sure would be a problem if their witness was colorblind - my car is listed as teal but it sure looks blue!
AKguy, not that your comments don't have merit, but there is a factual error. This appears to be an FPD case (as evidenced by the request to call the FPD lieutenant) and the comments about lack of investigators clearly came from a trooper sergeant. They are often lumped together, but they are different departments, and each department has it's own problems to deal with.
All of Alaska's Police depts are recruiting. Anyone with comments, can go show 'em how it's done.
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