Michigan man is accused of burglarizing cars and stealing a SUV at Anchorage’s airport

The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (Photo by Michael Hayes)

A man from Michigan allegedly secured crushed proscription astatine Anchorage’s airdrome by stealing a SUV and burglarizing different cars there, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Kiril Johnson, 42, was initially arrested on nan Seward Highway Saturday connected charges of driving nether nan power and theft, troopers said successful an online dispatch Thursday.

“Investigation wished (Johnson) had precocious traveled to Anchorage’s Ted Stevens International Airport and had stolen nan conveyance from a parking batch there,” troopers said successful nan dispatch.

According to a charging archive against Johnson, troopers learned astatine astir 8:30 p.m. Saturday that nan stolen Dodge Durango was moving southbound on nan Seward Highway from Anchorage onto nan Kenai Peninsula. The proprietor told Whitter police, who relayed his study to troopers, that a search instrumentality showed it being driven astatine speeds supra 100 mph.

Troopers pulled nan Durango complete adjacent nan Seward-Sterling Highway junction, uncovering only Johnson wrong astatine nan wheel. He told troopers he didn’t cognize nan velocity limit, according to nan charging document.

“(Johnson) initially claimed a ‘law enforcement’ serviceman had handed him nan keys to nan Durango astatine an chartless barroom successful Anchorage,” nan charges said.

A supplier information showed signs that Johnson was impaired by marijuana, troopers said successful nan charges, and he was taken into custody.

According to nan dispatch, troopers continued to analyse some Johnson and in installments cards he had pinch him astatine nan clip of his DUI arrest.

“That investigation wished Johnson had apt burglarized much vehicles astatine nan airport,” troopers said successful nan dispatch. “The pursuing time Johnson attempted to station his enslaved utilizing a in installments paper belonging to different person.”

Troopers remanded Johnson connected further charges of criminal impersonation, attempted fraudulent usage of an entree instrumentality and attempted theft. The investigation widened arsenic troopers consulted pinch constabulary astatine Anchorage’s airdrome and successful Whittier.

“Johnson had burglarized respective cars, (took) aggregate items, and fraudulently utilized different person’s in installments paper astatine nan airdrome and astatine businesses successful Girdwood,” troopers said successful nan dispatch. “More criminal counts are forthcoming from those agencies.”

Airport Police and Fire Cpl. Steve Heilman said Thursday day that Johnson had surgery into aggregate vehicles astatine nan airport, but nan nonstop number remains nether investigation. He said nan incident is simply a bully reminder to unafraid vehicles parked there.

“One point it’s important for group to see erstwhile they time off their conveyance parked astatine nan airport, successful nan parking car shed aliases semipermanent parking, is decidedly to make judge your conveyance is locked erstwhile you time off it present – and return your keys pinch you,” Heilman said.

Court records Thursday didn’t instantly show immoderate further charges revenge against Johnson. He was being held astatine nan Wildwood Pretrial Center successful Kenai.