Crime & Courts

Anchorage police arrest 13 at abandoned apartment complex

Anchorage police arrested 13 people found inside an abandoned apartment complex in East Anchorage on trespassing or other charges.

Police at 12:10 a.m. Saturday took a call that at least three people had removed a window and crawled into abandoned property posted with no-trespassing signs on North Lane Street.

Responding officers saw people moving inside. Officers circled the building and arrested a 37-year-old man who crawled out a window.

They called out to two women inside and arrested them.

A 39-year-old man ran out and was chased down by an officer with a dog. The suspect was treated for a dog bite.

Police arrested a 35-year-old man as he walked out of the laundry room.

Six men, one woman and a teenage girl were arrested inside.

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