Associated Press

JUNEAU — Juneau police say they were able to arrest a robbery suspect with the help of a witness who chased the man down and detained him until officers arrived.

The Juneau Empire reports that officers had responded Sunday night to a report that Michael Hoyt, 38, had taken a cellphone from another man. A 45-year-old Juneau man who had been nearby then stepped in to stop Hoyt.

Juneau police Lt. David Campbell says the witness was able to keep Hoyt restrained by resting his body on him until police arrived.

Hoyt was treated for injuries at a hospital before being taken to a Juneau correctional facility.

Police say neither the witness nor the alleged robbery victim sustained any injuries.

Hoyt was arraigned on the second-degree robbery charge Monday.

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have released the name of the man struck and killed by an unknown driver Saturday morning on the Glenn Highway.

Joshua Goodlataw, 22, was struck as he walked on the highway between Muldoon Road and Boniface Parkway, police said.

Police just after 3:30 a.m. Saturday took a call reporting a man walking in the roadway had been struck by a dark-color pickup traveling west. The truck did not stop.

Police found Goodlataw lying on the north side of the highway near Turpin Street.

Police continue to seek the public’s help in identifying the hit-and-run driver.

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating an early morning shooting Monday that left a man wounded.

Police say a 39-year-old man shortly after midnight was shot in the parking lot of a convenience store on Mountain View Drive near Mountain View Lions Park.

The man was speaking to the driver of a white panel van without rear windows.

Police say the driver pulled out a gun and shot the pedestrian once in the lower torso.

The shooter drove off and is at large.

The wounded pedestrian was taken to a hospital for treatment and is expected to survive.

ANCHORAGE — The only road into Alaska’s Denali National Park is expected to completely reopen Tuesday if the weather cooperates and steep terrain nearby remains stable.

A mudslide July 31 closed the road a mile beyond the Eielson Visitor Center, where most tour buses turn around to return to the park entrance.

The slide put an estimated 8,000 cubic yards of material on a 100-foot section of the road and covered it about 10 feet deep.

Park officials in an announcement say steep terrain and near-record rain in July that saturated fine-grain, ancient volcanic ash contributed to the slide.

Park geologist Denny Capps says slides may become more common as permafrost melts and weather events become more intense.

Buses have been allowed past the slide area twice daily.

ANCHORAGE — A homeowner was shot and wounded early Monday by a man attempting to burglarize his home in southwest Anchorage.

Police say the homeowner was struck in the abdomen. He underwent surgery and is expected to survive.

The homeowner told police the suspect apparently rifled through his unlocked vehicle in the driveway, found a garage door opener and used it to enter the attached one-car garage.

The homeowner awoke at about 2 a.m., confronted the suspect and a fight began.

Police say the intruder fired at least one shot, striking the homeowner, and fled on foot.

The homeowner says the man spoke a language other than English. Officers with dogs searched unsuccessfully for the suspect.

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.

Updated 10:17 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 9: Alaska State Troopers report the boy who died in a weekend rafting accident was from Virginia.

Troopers on Monday identified the boy as Joseph Cantler, 14. His hometown was not immediately available.

The boy and his brother, Seth Cantler, 30, of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, were rafting at about 7 p.m. Sunday on Eagle River when their raft capsized.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Fire Department personnel rescued the older brother.

Troopers were notified of a search for the boy just before 10 p.m.

The Rescue Coordination Center began an air search and he was found at about 2:15 a.m. Monday in Cook Inlet near the river.

He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Original post, 2:55 p.m., Monday, Aug. 8, 2016: A 14-year-old boy died Sunday in a rafting accident on Eagle River in Anchorage.

A raft carrying the boy and his 30-year-old brother capsized in the river at about 7 p.m., Alaska State Troopers said.

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Fire Department personnel rescued the older brother. He was transported to a hospital and released.

Troopers were notified of the search just before 10 p.m.

The Rescue Coordination Center began an air search for the boy and he was found at about 2:15 a.m. in Cook Inlet near the river.

He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.