Juneau police seek tips in stolen guns case

The Juneau Police Department is asking the public for information on the theft of five guns from a Mendenhall Valley storage unit on Halloween.

The stolen firearms include a pink .22 caliber “My First Rifle,” a .22 caliber Ruger rifle with a camouflage stock and a Mossberg .22 rifle, as well as two handguns – a semi-automatic .22 caliber Taurus and a semi-automatic Ruger .45.

The case is the Juneau Crime Line “Crime of the Week.” In a news release, Lt. Kris Sell says the storage unit on Jordan Avenue appears to have been burglarized around 6 p.m. on Halloween. The thief or thieves caused at least $1,100 damage to the storage facility.

Anyone with information is encouraged to report it using juneaucrimeline.com, or call 586-0600.

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