Crime & Justice

Anchorage police seek fugitive considered armed and dangerous

Anchorage police on Wednesday asked for the public's help in finding a 32-year-old man wanted on multiple misdemeanor and felony warrants who they said "is known to be armed and is considered dangerous."

Ryan Paul Nichols is being sought on three felony warrants and two misdemeanor warrants, police said. "His warrants range from burglaries and thefts to violation of his conditions of release," police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro wrote in a statement.

Police said they last made contact with Nichols on Tuesday morning, when he was pulled over at the intersection of Hayes Street and West 41st Avenue, near Minnesota Drive and Spenard Road, in a stolen vehicle.

"Nichols got out of the vehicle and fled on foot," Castro wrote.

Nichols is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall and 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information on Nichols' whereabouts is asked to contact police at 786-8900 and press 0 to speak to a dispatcher or call Crime Stoppers at 561-STOP.

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