Fourth infractions pretty low key

After the extended Independence day weekend, city workers last week began the process of collecting the considerable amounts of litter, egg shells and fireworks remnants from Front Street, while stray strands of dried Silly String may take a bit longer to wash off.

As ever, Wrangell’s

celebration made for an

enjoyable weekend, with its events well-attended and

its Royalty competition breaking record numbers for fundraising.

Despite the lengthy, at times messy festivities, Wrangell Police Department reported problems had been at a minimum this year.

“We thought it went really well,”said Chief Doug McCloskey. “For the most part, everybody was pretty well behaved.”

According to the

police activity report, there were only two arrests

made over the weekend. Jason Lee Garringer was brought in on domestic violence

charges, as was Cathie Anne Angerman on charge of

driving under the influence. The latter was due to appear in Wrangell’s District Court on

Wednesday.

Last summer, the

July 4 weekend also had one DUI arrest, but also a number of citations issued and

reports of vandalism.

That appears to be the

average for the holiday in the past few years, though this

year no citations were

handed out over the holiday weekend.

A car was reported stolen but was recovered without

incident, another damaged,

and there had been a discharged firearm complaint. But

the majority of activity

was kept to locating lost

items, unlocking vehicle doors, and providing courtesy

transport for individuals

unable to drive themselves.

“We kept active, but it was a pretty good crowd,” McCloskey said.

 

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