A 24-year-old Anchorage man wanted in connection with a robbery and for felony probation violations was taken into custody Tuesday evening in the Nerka subdivision.
One final tip led police to Christian Andre Young, and ended a brief saga that had kept area residents a bit on edge through the Labor Day weekend.
“We found him in a home in Nerka,” Dillingham Police Chief Dan Pasquariello said. “He was underneath a blanket, sleeping on a couch.”
With three officers present, Young was arrested quietly about 5:30 p.m., and was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning at the Dillingham courthouse.
In a news release, Pasquariello thanked the public for providing information.
“High news media, and social media notice of the incident flooded DPD with tips throughout the holiday weekend,” he said in the release. “Police received tips that Young was hiding in the Nerka subdivision, the Neqleq subdivision, the Woodriver Rd, traveling to Clark’s Point, spotted in Ekwok, hiding in Aleknagik, spotted in boats and cars, and living in bushes.”
“Police spent the holiday weekend following up on tips without success,” he said in the release.
Despite some earlier warnings, Pasquariello said he has no plans to charge anyone with hindering prosecution.
While authorities believe Young was in Dillingham and nearby villages in connection with heroin trafficking, there was no evidence collected during his arrest to support those suspicions, and police have no intention of charging him with any new crimes.
