More charges related to other assaults and incidents on the trail may be added later.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A suspect in eight separate incidents of harassment and assaults near the Basher Drive Trailhead has been taken into custody, according to Anchorage Police.
On the evening of July 25, officers received a report of an assault near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Elmore Road from two hikers, one of whom was punched by a man on the trail. Anchorage Assembly member Karen Bronga spoke from the dais at Tuesday’s meeting about being harassed on a trail while hiking with her husband — a man throwing rocks at them.
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