Wasilla woman killed on Glenn

Doreen Deason, 67, of Wasilla was killed Saturday when the Chevrolet Tahoe she was driving crashed on the Glenn Highway between the Eagle River Bridge and the Hiland Road exit.

A report from the Anchorage Police Department said Deason was southbound about 3:30 p.m. when she encountered a pickup truck that had either slowed down or come to a complete stop on the highway. Deason was unable to stop her vehicle and she collided with the other truck at what the police called "a high rate of speed."

Two people who were passengers in Deason's truck were transported to Alaska Regional Hospital, where they received medical treatment. They are Gordon Scarbrow, 69, and Lavina Scarbrow, 70, both of England.

The driver of the pickup truck, Majorie A. Houser, 67, and a passenger, Wilford Houser, 71, both of Anchorage, were also treated at Alaska Regional Hospital.

The Housers told police they had pulled off the side of the road to retrieve a mattress that came out of the bed of the truck, according to a press release from the police. However, that press release also said the Scarbrows allege the pickup was stopped in the roadway.

Mother, daughters injured in crash

A mother and her three daughters were injured June 18 in an afternoon accident on the Old Glenn Highway near Peters Creek. Police reports indicate that a 1990 Jeep Cherokee driven by Connie Lou Schneider-Louison, 47, Peters Creek, went off the roadway to the right, over-corrected, crossed the roadway and overturned in the ditch. She was taken by fire department ambulance to an Anchorage hospital, as was her daughter, Heather Louison, 13. Two other daughters were taken by private vehicle to an Anchorage hospital, Emma Louison, 10, and Crystal Louison, 12.

Burglary reported on Ptarmigan

A resident of the 20000 block of Ptarmigan Boulevard reported to Anchorage police that three dirt bikes were stolen from the residence on the night of June 19.

Son hurls Mom's phone through wall

A 22-year-old California man visiting his mother in Eagle River was charged June 11 with malicious destruction of property after he threw his mother's cordless telephone through a wall in the woman's home, said Anchorage police. Department spokesman Ron McGee said the son was angry because "he wanted to do stuff and she didn't." He was cited and released.

She just wanted her money back

Anchorage police said a 19-year-old woman reported that a 16-year-old girl had threatened to beat her up her for not paying back a $20 loan. Police spokesman Ron McGee said the woman claimed the girl said, "It's going down unless you pay me the money." When police approached the 16-year-old on June 12, she admitted to making the threat, and agreed to not carry it out. No charges were filed.

She won't be coming to dinner

An Eagle River man violated his restraining order by calling his ex-wife on his cell phone June 12, Anchorage police said. Department spokesman Ron McGee said the woman had been talking to the couple's son, who was staying with his father, when the father got on the phone to invite her to come over to dinner. The woman instead called police to report the violation. Police planned to cite the man, McGee said.

Under the influence

Jason Inman, 26, of Eagle River was charged with driving while intoxicated June 12 on the Glenn Highway near Arctic Valley Road.

Jonathon S. Yeagan, 30, of Chugiak was charged June 15 with driving while intoxicated on Park Place Street.

Darry Flyum, 33, of Homer was charged June 15 with driving while intoxicated on East Eagle River Loop Road near the Briggs Bridge.

James M. Engles, 22, of Anchorage was charged June 16 with driving while intoxicated on the Glenn Highway near the south Eagle River interchange.

Charges are merely accusations; defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty at trial or until a plea of guilty is accepted by the court.