Anchorage police say they've arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with an attempted sexual assault on a woman jogging on a bike trail near East High School in July.
The unidentified teenager was arrested on charges of various degrees of attempted sex assault as well as fourth-degree assault, police said.
"Patrol officers alerted detectives to a person matching the suspect description, seen in the same area, days after the initial report. The observations of those officers, and DNA, played a large part in the investigation and ultimate arrest of the suspect," the police department said in a statement.
Officials are not releasing the name of the suspect due to his age. His court proceedings will go through the juvenile justice system, they said.
The victim told police she was running in a wooded area on the trail system south of the intersection of Bragaw Street and Northern Lights Boulevard when an unidentified man attacked her from behind. She was able to fight him off and asked a passerby for help, police said.