Troopers arrest man who stole, pawned silver bars

WASILLA — Alaska State Troopers say a houseguest made off with $7,000 worth of silver bars this week.

According to a troopers press statement, report of the theft came in at 11:23 a.m., Monday.

“Matthew Scott Brass, age 21, of Wasilla, stole the silver bars and pawned them while he was a guest at the residence,” troopers allege in the press statement.

Brass was apprehended in Houston at around 1 p.m., Tuesday. He was jailed at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility on $6,000 bail, charged with second-degree theft. Jail records early Wednesday morning listed him as still incarcerated.