The Public Safety Report is compiled from criminal complaints filed in state and federal courts, as well as some police blotter information, trooper dispatches, fire department reports and interviews with public safety officials. Individuals named as arrested and/or charged with crimes in this report are presumed innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.

Assault

• Thomas Michael Aubry, 47, of Fairbanks, was charged with fourth-degree assault after he allegedly slapped his girlfriend in the face and struck her with a coffee table early Thursday morning.

• Tanna Fairbanks, 23, of Fairbanks, was charged with fourth-degree assault after she allegedly pushed, punched and kicked a woman Wednesday night in Nenana. Fairbanks was reportedly upset about how the other woman was caring for an infant.

• A North Pole man is accused of pushing his wife and threatening to kill himself in front of her.

Shawn Edward Groder, 42, has been charged with third-degree felony assault, tampering with physical evidence and weapons misconduct.

The alleged incident occurred Monday.

Groder at one point put a handgun to his head and also fired one shot into the ceiling of his home, according to a criminal complaint filed in court. He fled the home and was arrested a short time later after being taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital for evaluation.

• Kevin Bruce McConnell, 49, of Fairbanks, was charged with fourth-degree assault after he allegedly choked his sister Wednesday.

Bad check

Kenneth Stover, 49, was charged with issuing a bad check, a felony, after he allegedly wrote an $8,500 check to the Fairbanks Title Agency in July to buy a house with a friend.

Stover only had $70 in his account at the time he wrote the check and never made an effort to cover the check, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.

Stover told Alaska State Troopers his friend was supposed to transfer him money to pay for the house, but the friend told troopers they never had such an agreement, court documents allege.

Burglary

Alaska State Troopers received a report Wednesday that someone broke into a home in the Brewis subdivision in Delta Junction and stole gold jewelry and ivory. Anyone with information about subjects who might have attempted to sell jewelry or ivory in the area is asked to call troopers at (907) 895-4800.

Drugs

• John Donald Thompson Jr., 45, of Fairbanks, was charged with fourth-degree drugs misconduct, a felony after Fairbanks police were called to the Alaska Motel on Thursday to investigate a report of an assault and found crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his room.

• A Fairbanks man is accused of trying to ship nearly two ounces of pot to the village of Venetie.

Paul Anthony Tritt Jr., 61, has been charged with one count of fourth-degree felony drugs misconduct.

An employee of Wright Air Service called authorities Feb. 5 after he smelled drugs on an envelope Tritt dropped off there. The return address on the envelope was “FBKS Pharmacy,” according to a criminal complaint filed in court.

Fairbanks police opened the package and inside found the marijuana, seven packages of rolling paper and a monthly planner with Tritt’s name on it.

DUI

Andrew Roland Larson Gagnon, 23, of Fairbanks, was charged with driving under the influence after Fairbanks police were called to Lacey Street on Wednesday afternoon, near Ambassador Inn and found a truck blocking the northbound lane.

The passenger was passed out in the truck, and Gagnon had walked to Fourth Avenue for a few minutes, a witness told police. When Gagnon returned, he immediately told police he had not been driving the vehicle, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.

At the time of his arrest, he smelled of alcohol and had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes, court documents allege.

Gagnon was twice convicted of drunken driving in 2006.

Theft

• A woman told Fairbanks police that her purse was stolen Wednesday at the College Road Pizza Hut.

• Fairbanks police received a report Wednesday that a 120gb iPod was stolen out of a car parked at Regal Cinemas in October but has been located at a local pawn shop.

• Fairbanks police are investigating a report that an iPod dock and about 50 CDs were stolen Wednesday out of a vehicle parked in the 300 block of Wedgewood Drive.

• Fairbanks police received a report Thursday morning that someone went through a vehicle in the 1700 block of University Avenue and stole a “military bag” worth about $200.

• Someone broke into a vehicle overnight Wednesday at Sophie Plaza and stole a wallet. The vehicle owner told Fairbanks police that when she used her daughter’s vehicle several weeks ago, someone broke into it and stole jewelry as well.

• Two vehicles at Jillian Square were broken into overnight Wednesday. An iPod and a box of granola bars were reported stolen.

• Another car owner at Jillian Square told Fairbanks police Thursday that someone broke into their car on Nov. 26 and stole an iPod nano.

— Chris Freiberg