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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

• A Fairbanks man allegedly struck his girlfriend in the face with a shirt and then tried to pull away from Fairbanks police officers while under arrest.

Patrick D. Captain, 21, has been charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault and one count of resisting arrest.

The incident occurred Sunday at a local home.

• Michael Jain Crosson, 30, of Fairbanks, was charged with fourth-degree assault after he allegedly threw a chair at a Rescue Mission staffer on Sunday.

The staffer told Fairbanks police that Crosson showed up at the mission intoxicated and started chasing him around after he asked Crosson to leave. He also admitted to punching Crosson in the face twice in self-defense. The staff member was not charged with any offense.

Crosson was on the ground, bleeding from his nose, when police arrived, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.

DUI

• Daniel Ante, 48, of Fairbanks, was charged with driving under the influence after Fairbanks police responded to a report of three men leaving a fight at Club Manchu on Sunday. Police spotted Ante driving on Cushman Street near the Old Richardson Highway.

A chemical test found his breath-alcohol content to be 0.126, more than the legal limit of 0.08 to operate a motor vehicle.

• Michael Vanhatten Jr., 43, of Fairbanks, was charged with driving under the influence after Fairbanks International Airport police investigated a 911 call Sunday that was apparently initiated by one of Vanhatten’s children.

He initially admitted to drinking and driving to the airport but, after being arrested, said he did not drive, according to a criminal complaint filed in court. A chemical test found his breath-alcohol content to be 0.154.

Police found a small amount of marijuana and a marijuana pipe on him as well, according to the complaint.

Vanhatten also was charged with sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and four counts of child endangerment.

Theft

Lawrence J. Peter, 53, of Fairbanks, was charged with second-degree theft, a felony, after he allegedly stole a watch and two bottles of rum from Fred Meyer on Sunday. The items were valued at just under $80.

Peter has been convicted of theft 12 times, including two felony counts, since 2000, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.

Vehicle collision

An Oregon man was injured Monday night after rolling his truck off Shaw Creek Road in Delta Junction.

John E. Freimuth, 52, was taken to Delta Family Clinic and then later airlifted to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital.

Troopers believe the accident was caused by icy road conditions.

Vehicle theft

A four door silver Honda Civic was reported stolen Monday from the Park & Sell at the corner of 30th Avenue and the Mitchell Expressway.

The vehicle had only been there for a day, and the owner said the thief might have smashed a window to take it. Fairbanks police are investigating.