Crime & Courts

Troopers seek suspect in Valley recycling center assault, robbery

Alaska State Troopers are seeking more information about a Tuesday afternoon robbery at a Matanuska Valley recycling center, in which an employee was robbed of money and a cell phone.

In an online dispatch, troopers wrote that they received a report shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday that a man driving a red pickup truck had assaulted and injured an employee at Grant Metal Recycling, near the intersection of the Palmer-Wasilla Highway and 49th State Street.

The suspect also took "several hundred dollars" from the employee and a cell phone, then left the recycling center headed northbound on 49th State Street, troopers said.

Troopers ask anyone who may have seen the pickup or has information on the incident to contact them at 746-9131.

Megan Edge

Megan Edge is a former reporter for Alaska Dispatch and Alaska Dispatch News.

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