Public Safety

A 23-year-old Juneau man faces six charges related to driving while intoxicated and causing a traffic accident last night (Thursday) in the Mendenhall Valley.

At about 8 p.m. Juneau Police received a report of a collision at the intersection of Loop Road and Egan Drive. The caller said one of the vehicles ran a red light causing the crash, and then fled the scene.

About five minutes later, officers stopped a vehicle being driven by Jonathan Cashen in the Lemon Creek Area. He was arrested for driving while intoxicated, Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, and three counts of Reckless Endangerment.

According to a JPD release, Cashen was lodged at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

John Marvin, Jr. is not currently competent to stand trial. The judge who was expected to preside over Marvin’s murder trial made that determination during the conclusion of a hearing on Monday.

The 46-year old Marvin faces weapons misconduct and murder charges in connection with the shooting of Hoonah police officers Tony Wallace and Matt Tokuoka on August 28, 2010. The incident allegedly included Marvin holding officers at bay and refusing to surrender until a day after the shooting.

Superior Court Judge David George on Monday listened to testimony by a psychologist who tried to interview and evaluate Marvin, but he found that Marvin was evasive, uncooperative, hostile, controlling, disorganized, and delusional. Doctor David Sperbeck, currently of Northstar Behavioral Hospital, believed that Marvin understood the court process and the nature of the charges against him, but his unwillingness or inability to communicate effectively make it unlikely that Marvin could help his attorney in his defense.

Two other psychologists previously issued opinions that differed on whether Marvin was competent to stand trial. They testified on their findings back in September.

Monday’s ruling in Juneau Superior Court means that a jury trial scheduled to start January 30th has been postponed indefinitely. The next hearing in the case is in April.

Judge George committed Marvin to the Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage. Yet to be determined is whether his stay there will include competency rehabilitation. Sperbeck believed that Marvin’s competency was restorable, possibly with involuntary administration of psychotropic drugs. But he acknowledged that part of his findings were inferred by observations of Marvin with his attorney or others at A.P.I., since Marvin refused to participate in a direct interview with him.

Marvin only spoke twice during the hearing, exclaiming “I object” both times when Sperbeck spoke about Marvin’s apparent culpability in the crime. Judge George told Marvin to ask his defense attorney to make any statements or ask questions instead of speaking out of turn in court.

The hearing was started on Friday, but it was continued until Monday morning because of technical problems with the phone system at the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau.

A 19-year-old Juneau man has been arrested and charged with robbery and assault, after allegedly hitting a cab driver and stealing some of his fares.

Juneau Police say Joshua Raymond Jones caught a cab downtown at 1:45 a.m. Friday and asked for a ride to the valley. When the driver dropped him off at the Jordan Creek Shopping Center, Jones allegedly hit the man in the face and stole an undisclosed amount of cash before running off.

The driver of the cab was treated for minor injuries at Bartlett Regional Hospital.

Jones was arrested around noon on Friday and lodged at Lemon Creek Correctional Center on no bail. He’s charged with 2nd degree robbery, a class B felony, and 4th degree assault, a class A misdemeanor.

A close relative of a Juneau guide has been convicted on a charge of guiding sport fish clients while not having a sport fish license himself.

Joel M. Duby, 27, of Richland, Washington changed his plea Wednesday as part of an agreement with prosecutors. An additional charge of not having his license available for inspection was dropped.

Duby was fined $5,000 which is payable within two years. His Alaska hunting and fishing privileges have been revoked for a year.

It’s not immediately clear whether those privileges also apply to Washington State where Duby lives. Some states have entered into a compact in which revocation of a hunting or fishing license in one state may mean revocation in other states – whether automatically or on case-by-case basis.

Duby is the son of Michael W. Duby, 61, and brother of Jason W. Duby, 36, and Michael Patrick Duby, 37, who is operator of Fish Hunter Charters in Juneau. Along with some associates, all are facing federal and state charges related to alleged illegal hunting and fishing.

Prosecutors say the investigation continues and they have declined to say whether more charges are pending against the Duby family. But — according to court records — Andrew Peterson of the State of Alaska’s Office of Special Prosecutions assured Joel Duby Wednesday that he will not face additional charges.

Juneau Police, working with state and federal law enforcement personnel, have arrested two men accused of drug and forgery charges.

The first arrest came at about 4 p.m. Wednesday, when 51-year-old Angelo Bruce Kim was taken into custody in the 4000 block of Vintage Boulevard. According to a JPD release, officers got a tip that Kim was possibly in possession of drugs. The release says they found 6.2 grams of methamphetamine on him. Kim is charged with 4th degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, a class C felony. He was booked at Lemon Creek Correctional Center on no bail.

Continuing their investigation, officers served a search warrant on Kim’s residence in the 100 block of Front Street. There they arrested 40-year-old Sung Hun Bag, who allegedly gave officers a fake ID. He was charged with 2nd degree forgery, a class C felony and also lodged at Lemon Creek.

Police believe Hun or an associate may have been using checks and credit cards obtained by using fake IDs. JPD is looking for any merchant who has been defrauded with those checks or credit cards. You can find a list of names that may have been used in the alleged fraud is below:

Fui Wan Lee
Fui W Lee
Fui-wan Lee
Duk Kyung Lee
Duk Ku Lee
Kyung Ja Choi
Moon Su Hwang
Dong il Byun
Dong Byun
Kyuk H Kim
Sung Nun Bag

The JPD release says Federal Bureau of Investigation and Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs personnel were involved in the case. It remains under investigation.

Juneau Police have charged 27-year-old Joseph Randy Dennis for first degree sexual abuse of a minor.

Dennis was arrested about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for an incident reported on New Year’s Day. Police say they began investigating as soon as the call came in, which was a few hours after the crime was allegedly committed and immediately after an 8-year-old girl told her mother about it.

Dennis is being held at Lemon Creek Correctional Center without bail. Sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree is an unclassified felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a 500-thousand dollar fine.