From the blotter: Chases ends in arrest of woman, man on the lam

BIG LAKE — Alaska State Troopers are looking for a man they say ran from them on an ATV up the Parks Highway this week.

At 8:54 p.m., Monday, troopers tried to stop Amber R. McKinnon, 25, who they knew was wanted on multiple felony warrants. McKinnon and Andrew Oakes, 22, of Big Lake, were riding ATVs near the highway’s intersection with Big Lake Road.

According to a trooper press statement, McKinnon was quickly captured after she fell off her ATV trying to negotiate a sharp turn. Oakes kept going.

Troopers say they followed him to a spot off Forest Hill Drive where Oakes ditched his ATV and ran.

McKinnon was taken to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, treated for minor injuries, then arrested and jailed at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility on $15,000 bail. Jail records Thursday afternoon showed she was still there.

Her warrants include several for burglary and theft charges and one for drug misconduct. She faces a new charge of failing to stop for a peace officer.

Drunk man threatens family with shotgun

TRAPPER CREEK — Troopers say a struggle over a shotgun ended Wednesday without injury.

According to a trooper press statement, at midnight on Aug. 26 troopers were called to a Trapper Creek home where William Lister, 21, had allegedly gotten into an argument with a family member, “and threatened to kill that family member with a shotgun.”

Troopers say that led to a struggle over the shotgun and Lister was disarmed. They also say he was drunk at the time.

Lister was jailed at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility without bail, charged with third-degree domestic violence assault and fourth-degree weapons misconduct. Jail records Thursday afternoon showed he was still incarcerated.

Woman sought in hit-and-run

WASILLA — Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver that smashed up a boat last week.

According to a Wasilla Police Department press release, at 5:27 p.m. Aug. 21 police were called to Parks Highway and Crusey Street where a 57-year-old Anchorage man reported he’d been rear-ended.

The man said the other driver was a heavy-set blonde woman driving a red Volkswagen that received front-end damage in the crash.

As for the Anchorage man — he was towing a boat and the crash dealt “significant damage” to the vessel, its motor and the trailer it was sitting on.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to call Wasilla police at 352-5401 or Mat-Su Crime Stoppers at 745-3333.