Alaska State Troopers say a man accused of attempting to sexually assault a woman in Wasilla early Monday morning pistol-whipped her and had plans to take her to a remote mining cabin.
Jordan King, 23, was arrested early Monday after leading police on a chase that reached speeds of 100 mph along Knik-Goose Bay Road in a vehicle stolen from his victim, according to court documents. The chase ended when he crashed off Meadow Wood Road in the vicinity of Big Lake Road.
King faces eight criminal charges in the case, including first-degree counts of attempted sexual assault, vehicle theft and burglary, as well as one count each of second-degree assault and third-degree theft. Additional charges include kidnapping, failure to stop at the direction of a police officer and reckless driving.
In a criminal complaint filed Monday against King, trooper Nicholas Murphy said troopers first learned about the incident at about 1 a.m. Monday when the woman drove to the Wasilla Police Department in another vehicle she owned.
The woman, who said she knew King as a colleague at her workplace, told troopers she woke up in her home around midnight to the sounds of her dogs barking.
"When (the woman) sat up out of bed, King was standing in her doorway," Murphy wrote. "(She) stated all doors and windows to the residence were locked and believed King crawled in through a dog door in the back."
The woman said King took her house and car keys, along with her cellphone, telling her he planned to take her to a remote cabin "where they could be together and no one would find them for weeks, possibly months."
"(The woman) stated she was aware the situation was escalating and was trying to calm King down when he pulled a gun out and struck her behind the right ear," Murphy wrote. "(She said) she was dazed and nearly lost consciousness and fell to the ground."
After the woman fell, she said King got on top of her.
"King told (the woman), 'This is going to happen,'" Murphy wrote. "(She) stated she perceived that to mean he was going to have sex with her."
The woman asked King to let her use the bathroom, a request he granted -- but insisted on following her to and from it, Murphy wrote.
Eventually, she was able to escape him and get to her pickup truck. She reported that King had stolen a 2015 Nissan Juke from her home.
According to Murphy, Wasilla police officers spotted the stolen Juke headed south on Knik-Goose Bay Road. Troopers said King didn't stop for officers until he crashed.
"King led pursuing officers on a chase, reaching speeds of 100 mph and nearly colliding with multiple oncoming vehicles," Murphy wrote. "A semiautomatic 9mm handgun was discovered in the vehicle within the reachable area of King's location in the driver's seat."
Murphy said that after he advised King of his Miranda rights, King claimed he and the woman had been in a sexual relationship, and that he hoped to convince her to leave her current boyfriend. He walked to the home, which he said he found unlocked, after his truck broke down at a nearby store.
He told investigators that he went to the woman's house to collect money for home repairs he'd completed and hoped to convince her to go with him to a gold mining cabin near Eureka.
According to Murphy, King admitted to becoming angry when the woman refused his advances. He said he struck her with his fist, not a gun, and the woman got up and ran to her pickup truck.
At that point, King told Murphy, he took the keys for the woman's Juke and drove away.
But troopers said that part of his account conflicted with evidence and the woman's description of what happened.
"(The woman) stated while she was fleeing the residence, King was chasing and attempted to enter her vehicle as she was driving away," Murphy wrote. "(An investigating trooper) observed fresh hand and finger prints and drag marks going down the passenger side of (the woman's) pickup."
King was initially held without bail at the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility.