Nearly 400 people in the Soldotna area lost power Tuesday morning after a Lexus was reported stolen and crashed into a power pole, according to Alaska State Troopers.
In a dispatch, the agency said at 5 a.m. 36-year-old Jerry Dourney reported his 1999 Lexus had been stolen from the Safeway parking lot, off of the Sterling Highway.
A couple of minutes later, troopers said, the Lexus was found on fire near Mile 16 of Funny River Road. Troopers said the vehicle had been crashed into a power pole.
An investigation led troopers to charge Dourney with a DUI, filing a false police report, failing to give immediate notice of an incident, fourth-degree weapons misconduct, as well as third-degree criminal mischief.
Dourney’s vehicle was towed from the scene and the Homer Electric Company dealt with the downed pole.
