Two-time robber gets 13 years in prison

PALMER — A robbery in which he lured his victim by pretending his car was stuck in snow, coupled with a stunning degree of bad judgment in jail and while released on bail, has earned a Big Lake man 13 years in prison.

Philip Moore, 27, picked up his first robbery case Thanksgiving Day 2010 when he, allegedly working with accomplice Susan Ace, robbed a 26-year-old woman of money her father had given her to go shopping at area post-Thanksgiving sales.

Ace was allegedly in contact with Moore as she and the soon-to-be-victim drove through Big Lake, making various stops before finally coming up on Moore pretending to be stuck on Jenalee Court.

There, Moore pulled a gun and stole the woman’s money.

Moore was released on $20,000 bond, but in January returned to the slammer to face a new set of criminal charges.

Assistant District Attorney Kerry Corliss, in asking the court to take Moore’s bond money rather than returning it to him, detailed what happened to land him back in jail.

“Less than a month after the defendant’s release, the defendant left the custody of his third party (custodian) and led Alaska State Troopers on a high-speed chase for several miles on the Parks Highway at speeds of over 100 miles per hour,” Corliss wrote.

That led to a new case for assault and failure to stop for a peace officer.

Apparently back out two months later, Moore committed a second robbery in July 2011. His accomplice this time was Danielle Carrier, referenced in court filings as his then-girlfriend, and the victim a 71-year-old man who was beaten and sprayed with bear spray before being relieved of a handgun at his Big Lake home.

A fourth case came this January when Moore was charged with promoting contraband, a charge usually leveled against people who bring drugs into prison.

Details in that case file were scarce, but in December 2011 a different Philip Moore, this one 56 years old, and a Linda Moore, 44, were charged with mailing prescription drugs to an inmate at Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility.

Moore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two robbery counts and one assault count. In return, all the other charges — more than a dozen — as well as the entire promoting contraband case were dropped. He received a sentence of 13 years to serve.

As for his co-defendants, Ace pleaded guilty to a reckless endangerment charge and got 180 days in jail. Carrier was charged in that pepper-spray robbery and is still awaiting trial, as are Linda and the senior Philip Moore.

Contact reporter Andrew Wellner at andrew.wellner@frontiersman.com or 352-2270.