Police dog tracks liquor store robbery suspects
February 27th, 2009 | by admin |Three men were arrested on charges they robbed a Government Hill liquor store Wednesday night, taking $59.98 worth of liquor and beating the clerk.
William Pete, 22, Andrew Standifer, 20, and Jack Tazruk, 25, were charged with robbery, assault and theft, Anchorage police said.
The three men entered the Hollywood Liquor Store in the 800 block of East Loop Road just before 10 p.m. The clerk told police he was struck, knocked to the ground and stomped on, police said.
Police used a K-9 dog to track the scent of the robbers to an apartment in the 905 Richardson Vista complex. Those inside refused to open the door, and the police SWAT team was called in, police said.
Police broke down the door and arrested the three men. In addition, six others in the apartment were charged with resisting an officer.
The six others arrested were: Miguel Slats, 20; Gerald Aamodt, 40; Curtis Thompson, 21; Fred Oktollik, 20; Jennifer Newhall, 26; and Melissa Shearer, 20.
Oktollik and Newhall were also charged with violating probation, police said.
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