Dillingham police are asking the public for help in locating Michael Kohler, 28, who is wanted on numerous warrants, mainly for theft and forgery.
Kohler was released from jail to Jake’s Place on Oct. 7 for drug abuse treatment, Dillingham Police Department said.
On Oct. 12, during a field trip to the Alano Club, Kohler walked off and reportedly took the Jake’s Place van keys, facility keys, two ATM cards and a cellphone from residents’ property left in the van.
While he was in jail, police interviewed him about several other cases.
In one case, “a man reported that Kohler stayed at his residence and stole two checks from him,” Police Chief Dan Pasquariello described those in an email. “The checks had been forged and a total of $500 was stolen from the man’s account. Kohler admitted to forging the checks, and then having other persons cash the checks for him, giving him the money.”
He’s facing forgery and theft charges in that case.
Another person reported to police that “Kohler had stolen his ATM card and made numerous withdraws from his bank account, totaling $680.98,” Pasquariello said. “Kohler admitted taking the man’s ATM and making the withdraws.”
A third case involved a forged check as well.
“A man reported that Kohler had asked him to cash a check from the Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust, but the bank refused to cash the check,” Pasquariello said. “The check had been stolen in the Aleknagik Building burglary on September 30, 2016. Kohler admitted forging and asking the man to cash the check. He stated that he had found the check inside of a Delta Western truck, and denied being involved in the burglary.”
The thievery is tied to drug use, Pasquariello said.
Anyone with information about Michael Kohler’s whereabouts is asked to call Dillingham police at 842-5354.
