A Napaskiak man is in custody three weeks after Alaska State Troopers say he assaulted a woman with a knife in her home while children were nearby.
Bethel troopers began looking for 42-year-old Wilson Beaver after they began investigating a burglary and assault on Aug. 15, according to an online trooper dispatch.
“[Beaver] entered a residence in Napaskiak, put a knife to a female’s throat while children were in the residence, and threatened her with violence in exchange for sex,” the dispatch stated.
Troopers said the victim managed to get Beaver out of the room, but was injured in the process.
Beaver eventually fled and wasn’t found until Sept. 4, when he was arrested in Atmautluak, the dispatch noted.
Troopers have charged him with first- and second-degree sexual assault, third-degree assault and first-degree burglary. They took him to Bethel where he was booked without incident, troopers said.
Beaver is a registered sex offender and has been convicted of first-degree sexual assault and multiple counts of burglary and theft in varying degrees.
Atmautluak is northwest of Napaskiak and Bethel in Western Alaska.
