From the Blotter

Obese thief

on the loose

WASILLA — Police are investigating a robbery in the Wal-Mart parking lot but say they don’t have a lot to go on.

Wasilla police were called to the parking lot on Tuesday where they met with a 20-year-old man who said a 6-foot, 300-pound man wearing black pants and a black shirt with long black hair and facial hair robbed him of $240 with a knife, then ran off toward Old Matanuska Road.

Deputy Police Chief Greg Wood, said police have not yet identified a suspect.

“I know they searched the area immediately after the call and they weren’t able to find somebody that matched that description,” Wood said. “It happened in an area of the parking lot that was not covered by cameras.”

Man accused

of raping teen

WASILLA — A 24-year-old Wasilla man is facing statutory rape charges after troopers say he had sex with a 15-year-old girl.

Christopher J. Stetter, 24, was arrested Tuesday. State troopers say they first got word of the case Saturday.

Stetter was charged with four counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor and one count of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor and jailed at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility.

Prison records Thursday afternoon showed he was still in jail.

Trip to kin drew trooper search

WASILLA — Two children missing for more than two hours were found Tuesday, having apparently decided to walk to a relative’s house near Wasilla.

According to an Alaska State Trooper press statement, just after 5:45 p.m. troopers were called to look for the children. They conducted “a hasty search,” according to the press release, drawing in a police dog and local volunteers as well as a trooper helicopter.

The two children, age 9 and 11, were found shortly before 8:30 p.m., nine miles from the search area, in good condition, walking to a relative’s home, state troopers report.