Juneau police arrested a man after he sprayed officers with bear spray and ran away.
According to a release from the Juneau Police Department, around 1:40 p.m. Thursday they received a report that 29-year-old Juneau resident Timothy James was causing a disturbance at a facility on the 3400 block of Glacier Highway. The caller said James had pulled at them and was threatening to kill people, the release states.
Three officers arrived about ten minutes later and attempted to contact James. When officers spoke with him, James took out a can of bear spray and sprayed the officers, hitting two in the face. James then fled the area on foot.
Two other JPD officers responded to the area and at 2:09 p.m., they found James on the shores of Twin Lakes, across from the area of Hospital Drive.
Police arrested James and charged him with three counts of assault on a police officer. James was taken to the Lemon Creek Correctional Center, where he is being held on $3,000 bail.
Emergency personnel on scene treated all three officers James hit with the bear spray, the third of which received residual affects from the attack. All three officers later returned to duty.
