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Dave d’Amato, an attorney working for Kathleen Barrett, spends Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, boarding up the house at 401 Harris Street. The house was vacated after a judge ordered its residents (including co-owner James Barrett) to leave due to code and safety violations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
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Looking back at the year in crime

Public safety was a hot topic all year.

Dave d’Amato, an attorney working for Kathleen Barrett, spends Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, boarding up the house at 401 Harris Street. The house was vacated after a judge ordered its residents (including co-owner James Barrett) to leave due to code and safety violations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
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Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018

Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018

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Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018
After Juneau man loses $3K, police warn of phone scam

After Juneau man loses $3K, police warn of phone scam

Don’t fall for their ruse.

After Juneau man loses $3K, police warn of phone scam
Juneau Police Department vehicles are getting a new design painted on them. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Police calls for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018

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Juneau Police Department vehicles are getting a new design painted on them. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Police calls for Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018

Police calls for Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018

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Police calls for Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018
Man indicted for allegedly hitting friend with car during theft

Man indicted for allegedly hitting friend with car during theft

He’s facing a trio of felonies.

Man indicted for allegedly hitting friend with car during theft
Police calls for Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018

Police calls for Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018

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Police calls for Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018
Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018

Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018

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Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018
Juneau Police Department Officer Ken Colon is questioned by Assistant Municipal Attorney Emily Wright during the trial of Domanic Quick, 23, in Juneau District Court on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Quick is on trial on two counts of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

The city of Juneau just prosecuted its first ever police body cam trial. Here’s how it went.

The verdict is in.

Juneau Police Department Officer Ken Colon is questioned by Assistant Municipal Attorney Emily Wright during the trial of Domanic Quick, 23, in Juneau District Court on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Quick is on trial on two counts of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Members of the Eyre family pose at the Mendenhall Glacier with a photograph of Cody Eyre, who was shot and killed by law enforcement on Christmas Eve 2017. (Courtesy Photo | Eyre Family)

One year after shooting, family to rally on Capitol steps

There will also be a demonstration in Fairbanks.

Members of the Eyre family pose at the Mendenhall Glacier with a photograph of Cody Eyre, who was shot and killed by law enforcement on Christmas Eve 2017. (Courtesy Photo | Eyre Family)
Police calls for Monday, Dec. 24, 2018

Police calls for Monday, Dec. 24, 2018

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Police calls for Monday, Dec. 24, 2018
Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018

Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018

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Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018
Police calls for Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018

Police calls for Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018

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Police calls for Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018
Thomas Jack Jr., 42, speaks with his defense attorney Richard Payne during his sentencing in Juneau Superior Court for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl placed in his and his wife’s care in 2009. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Judge upholds ‘extraordinarily long’ sentence for sex offender

“The case that never ends.”

Thomas Jack Jr., 42, speaks with his defense attorney Richard Payne during his sentencing in Juneau Superior Court for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl placed in his and his wife’s care in 2009. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Southeast villages looking to form tribal courts

Southeast villages looking to form tribal courts

Native issues, Native control.

Southeast villages looking to form tribal courts
Jamie Diane Moy Singh, 35, appears in Juneau Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. Singh faces charges from an alleged March 6 assault that resulted in the death of her mother-in-law, Mary Lou Singh, 59. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Woman charged with murder pleads not guilty

More details have emerged in court.

Jamie Diane Moy Singh, 35, appears in Juneau Superior Court on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018. Singh faces charges from an alleged March 6 assault that resulted in the death of her mother-in-law, Mary Lou Singh, 59. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Amber Crotty from Window Rock, Ariz., left, a delegate of the Navajo Nation Council, and Patricia Alexander of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, right, exchange words of encouragement to each other before testifying as the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a hearing to examine concerns about investigations into the deaths and disappearance of Native American women, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo | J. Scott Applewhite)

Sitka woman testifies in DC about missing, murdered Alaska Native women

Don’t forget these victims, she says.

Amber Crotty from Window Rock, Ariz., left, a delegate of the Navajo Nation Council, and Patricia Alexander of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, right, exchange words of encouragement to each other before testifying as the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs holds a hearing to examine concerns about investigations into the deaths and disappearance of Native American women, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo | J. Scott Applewhite)
Police calls for Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018

Police calls for Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018

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Police calls for Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018
Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018

Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018

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Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018
Police calls for Monday, Dec. 17, 2018

Police calls for Monday, Dec. 17, 2018

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Police calls for Monday, Dec. 17, 2018