POLICE BLOTTER: June 21, 2018

Anchorage Woman Convicted of Anchorage Robbery

On June 14, 2018, an Anchorage jury convicted 29 year old Jolene Curtis of Robbery in the Second Degree. Curtis also pleaded guilty to violating her conditions of release by committing the offense.

The evidence at trial showed that on December 4, 2017, Jolene Curtis was asked to leave True Value hardware store. Upon leaving the store, Curtis stole a thin metal rod and clear plastic tubing. The owner of True Value exited the store and attempted to retrieve the stolen property. Curtis told the owner she felt disrespected, that the property was now hers, and subsequently hit the owner in the arm with the metal rod twice. Curtis then left the scene in a van with an unidentified male. Police caught Curtis several weeks later.

At the time of the robbery, Curtis was on conditions of release in three other cases for Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, Burglary in the First Degree, and Concealment of Merchandise.

Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton presided over the trial. Sentencing is scheduled for October 5, 2018. Curtis faces up to 10 years in jail and a $100,000 fine.

MAN CONVICTED FOR FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS

Anchorage District Attorney Rick Allen announced today that a jury found 37 year old David William Futrel guilty of two counts of Misconduct Involving Weapons in the Third Degree, three counts of Misconduct Involving Controlled Substances in the Fourth Degree, and one count of Driving While License Revoked.

Mr Futrel was tried before Superior Court Judge Yvonne Lamoureux in Anchorage.

The evidence presented at trial established that Mr Futrel, a twice-convicted felon, was wanted for violating his felony probation for a 2015 Vehicle Theft in the First Degree. The Anchorage Police Department’s Investigative Support Unit located Mr Futrel after several months of investigation. Officers arrested Mr Futrel after he fled on foot from a traffic stop at the Whisper Faith Kovach Park on March 7, 2018. Inside Mr Futrel’s vehicle were a Ruger .45 caliber pistol, a Browning Arms .380 caliber pistol, methamphetamine, Suboxone, and heroin.

Judge Lamoureaux scheduled sentencing for November 15, 2018. The law provides for a total sentence of up to 13 years in prison, a fine of $175,000, or both. Under the sentencing law, the actual sentence imposed is based on the seriousness of the offenses and the criminal history, if any, of the defendant.

Officers Ian Lewis, Nicholas Saldana, Charles Robertson, and others with the Anchorage Police Department’s Investigative Support Unit, conducted the investigation that led to the successful prosecution of David William Futrel.

Homicide investigation; 6000 blk Austin Str; Targeted crime

(with photos of suspect, victim)

The preliminary investigation found that there was an altercation inside an upstairs apartment between a group of people and ended with two people shot.

Detectives have determined this to be a targeted crime. They believe the altercation was related to on-going activity inside the residential building possibly involving money and drugs.

The shooting victim transported to a local hospital had non-life threatening injuries.

The identity of the deceased shooting victim is not being released at this time pending next of kin procedures.

Anyone with information about this investigation, including surveillance video, please call Dispatch at 311 (option #1). To remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 907-561-STOP.

At 4:00 PM on June 18, 2018, officers responded to a residence on the 6000-block of Austin Street in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival officers located two adult males with gunshot wounds, one of whom was deceased. The other male has been transported to the hospital; the severity of his wounds is not known at this time.

While the dynamics of the shooting are still under investigation, officers believe they have made contact with everyone involved. There is no one outstanding at this time.

Officers with the Investigative Support Unit (ISU) located and took Orlando Holder into custody last night in the Mt. View area.

Detectives developed information on the whereabouts of the suspect and gave the information to ISU to find him.

The suspect was questioned by detectives and transported to jail.

Update on 6/15/18:

The victim in last night’s Spenard homicide has been identified as 22-year-old Jaymes I. Bradley. His next of kin have been notified.

Detectives have developed enough probable cause to charge 32-year-old Orlando G. Holder as the shooter in this crime. A felony arrest warrant has been obtained for Holder for the charges of Murder II, Manslaughter, and Misconduct Involving a Weapon III.

Holder is a black male with multiple tattoos. He was last known to have long hair but he may have altered his appearance. Holder is 5’08” tall, 135 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. If you see Holder do not approach as he is considered to be armed and dangerous; call APD Dispatch at 3-1-1 (option #1) with his location. To remain anonymous you may contact Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP or online at www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

Updated description of fatal hit and run

Detectives believe a group of people, who knew each other, met up in the parking lot and became involved in an altercation about an agreement between them.

There is no suspect information to release as this time.

The identity of the victim is not being released pending next of kin notification procedures.

Anyone with information, including surveillance video, about this investigation is asked to call Dispatch at 311 (option #1). To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 907-561-STOP.

Three separate stolen vehicles were recovered over the weekend; arrests made in each case

At 4:32 PM on June 6, 2018, a 1994 red Acura Integra was reported as stolen to police. The owner had left the unlocked vehicle, with the key laying on the seat, parked in front of a gas station at W 88th Avenue and Jewel Lake. When the owner came back out of the station five minutes later, the vehicle was gone.

At 11:18 PM on June 16, 2018, a mid-shift patrol officer ran the plate of a vehicle stopped at the red light at E Dowling Road and Lake Otis Parkway. The officer initiated a traffic stop after being notified the Acura had been reported as stolen ten days prior.

All three occupants of the Acura were detained. The driver, 28-year-old Damian J. Mowery, was ultimately arrested for Vehicle Theft I and Theft II. He was remanded at the Anchorage Jail.

The backseat passenger, 26-year-old Christopher J. Odell, initially gave officers a false name. Eventually Odell was identified and it was discovered that he was on probation. Adult Probations was contacted; Odell was arrested and remanded at the Anchorage Jail on charges of False Information and Violating Probation. On the way to the jail Odell began to bang his head against the safety glass in the patrol car. Another officer arrived on scene to assist and Odell received medical treatment before remand.

The front seat passenger was not charged but was transported to sleep-off as she was intoxicated.