A 25-year-old Anchorage man already wanted on an outstanding warrant faces additional charges after he rammed three police vehicles and three civilian vehicles while attempting to avoid arrest Monday evening.
An off-duty Anchorage police officer spotted Trevon Allridge at the A Street Walmart at 5:47 p.m., according to police spokeswoman Renee Oistad. She said the officer knew Allridge had a warrant for his arrest for the charges of discharge of a firearm and reckless endangerment, so they called police dispatch.
On-duty officers arrived and tried to keep Allridge, who was in his vehicle when they arrived, in the parking lot by blocking him in with their vehicles.
“Allridge began ramming the police cars and made his way out, hitting a civilian car in the process,” Oistad wrote. She said in a separate email that she wasn’t sure if that vehicle was occupied when Allridge hit it.
Allridge left the parking lot and drove to the area of 32nd Avenue and A Street, where Oistad said he got stuck. Police tried twice more to block him in as he made his way away from Walmart. He hit another civilian vehicle that was occupied and began going the wrong way down C Street, Oistad wrote. Police decided to stop following him briefly because of traffic, she said.
“However, just moments later, officers re-engaged when Allridge hit a third civilian vehicle, making officers concerned for public safety,” she wrote.
Allridge was finally stopped and taken into custody, at which point police found a gun in his vehicle.
Oistad said Allridge faces new charges in connection to the chase and collisions, including several counts of assault and criminal mischief No one reported any injuries.
“There was a female passenger in the car with Allridge who was uninjured and not charged with any crime in association with this incident,” Oistad noted.
C Street was briefly closed while police investigated the collision involving civilian vehicles, but all lanes have since reopened, Oistad confirmed.
