A Sitka man was indicted in March for reckless driving and resisting arrest. Other Sitkans were indicted on charges of forgery and sex abuse.
According to a sworn police affidavit, on March 8 shortly after 3 p.m., Officer Parker White attempted to pull over 47-year-old James Glenn Thompson on Sawmill Creek Road. Police say that rather than pulling over, Thompson attempted to evade White, speeding down Smith Street at around 50 miles per hour, nearly hitting another vehicle and a bystander who had to move out of the way to avoid the speeding car. Thompson allegedly continued to speed, running a stop sign, before eventually pulling over. Officers say he then became combative and resisted arrest.
On March 14 a Sitka Grand Jury indicted Thompson on one count of failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer, a Class C felony, one count of resisting arrest and one count of reckless driving, both misdemeanors.
Thompson is currently in custody at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. A trial in Thompson’s case is tentatively scheduled for May.
Later in the month, on March 18, Sitka Police received a complaint from a local liquor store that a customer had allegedly used a fraudulent $100 bill labeled “For Motion Picture Purposes” to pay for a purchase. Police arrested 35-year-old Joshua Alan Connelly after learning that Connelly attempted to use the bill at another liquor store in town about 20 minutes earlier.
On March 28, Connelly was indicted on one count of forgery in the first degree, a Class B Felony. Connelly is currently in custody at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. A trial in his case is tentatively scheduled in June.
Also on March 28, the same grand jury indicted 39-year-old Tyler Calvin Eells on one count of sexual abuse of a minor in second degree, a Class B felony. And it indicted 35-year old Gilbert Sam Jr. for failure to register as a sex offender, a Class C felony.
Both Eels and Sam are out of custody, with trial dates tentatively scheduled for the week of June 10.
