Crime & Courts

Troopers: Nenana man pointed gun at girlfriend after she turned down marriage proposal

A Nenana man was arrested last week for allegedly threatening to shoot his girlfriend after she turned down his marriage proposal.

Around 12:45 a.m. on the morning of July 19, Alaska State Troopers got a call of an assault at the Fireweed Roadhouse near Nenana, at Mile 288.5 of the Parks Highway. An employee was intoxicated and threatening to shoot people, dispatchers were told.

Charging documents allege that Miguel Angel Serrano-Moya, 25, had proposed to his girlfriend and she declined. Enraged, he had loaded his .45-caliber handgun and pointed it at her, the woman told officers.

She fled out the backdoor of the roadhouse and hid in the bushes. A friend living at the roadhouse found her, and together they fled from the scene.

With the roadhouse empty, officers decided to contact Serrano-Moya later that day, "when the situation was calmed down," the charging document says.

Around 1 p.m., officers returned to find Serrano-Moya at the front of the roadhouse.

Serrano-Moya told an officer he didn't remember all that had happened, but he "realized he did something wrong when he woke up to find everyone gone and a door to the bedroom broken off the hinges," the criminal complaint says.

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He had broken two doors off the hinges and punched two holes in the wall at the roadhouse. Estimated damage was $400.

Serrano-Moya was arrested without incident. He faces charges of assault in the third degree, criminal mischief in the fourth degree, and misconduct with weapons in the fourth degree.

Laurel Andrews

Laurel Andrews was a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Dispatch News and Alaska Dispatch. She left the ADN in October 2018.

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