An Anchorage man has been arrested and indicted on multiple charges of assault, robbery, burglary and theft after conducting targeted attacks on registered sex offenders, according to a Wednesday release from the Alaska Attorney General’s Office.
According to prosecutors, 41-year-old Jason Christian Vukovich attacked at least three men listed on the Alaska Sex Offender Registry between June 25 and June 29 of this year.
The first incident occurred on June 25, in which Vukovich robbed and assaulted Charles Albee, prosecutors said. The victim reported to police that a man with “shoulder-length hair and a black leather jacket” had broken into his apartment, assaulted and robbed him. He told police that the attacker called him by his name and explained he was there because Albee was on the sex offender list.
“Albee reported the man had a notebook containing a list of names,” prosecutors wrote.
Two days after the first attack, Andres Barbosa — also a registered sex offender — reported to police that he had been robbed and attacked by a man with “shoulder-length hair and a black leather jacket” carrying a hammer. The attacker, who was allegedly accompanied by two women, told Barbosa he was there because of his “past crimes.”
On June 29, Wesley Demarest and Stanley Brown reported to police that a man had broken into their home and attacked Demarest with a hammer, seriously injuring him. In similar fashion to the other attacks, Vukovich told Demarest he had found him on the list of registered sex offenders in Alaska, the release stated.
Vukovich was pulled over during a traffic stop as officers were responding to Demarest’s home. In his car, police found the notebook with the victims’ names and items stolen from each of the victims homes.
He is charged with three class A felonies, four class B felonies and 11 class C felonies. If convicted, Vukovich could face 35 years total for the combined crimes.
His bail was set at $10,000 , plus a court-appointed third party custody required for his release.
