An Anchorage man is in custody after reports of him threatening GCI employees with a weapon — that was believed to be knife — at Denali Towers, and causing significant damage to the facility.
“At approximately 9:50 this morning, someone broke into the Denali Tower building,” according to a statement from GCI.
APD sent a Nixle alert of the incident at 12:26 p.m. saying they responded to the building located at the 2500 block of Denali Street at 11:04 Sunday morning.
Police say 24-year-old Brodie Lee of Anchorage broke into the building, threatened employees with a weapon that was not a knife, and caused significant damage inside. The damages interrupted services across the state, including some 911 outages.
“After a break-in at our Denali Tower building earlier today and damage to some of our equipment, GCI teams have restored all of the interrupted services,” GCI said. “No employees were hurt in this incident. At this time, there is no known connection between the individual and GCI.”
Lee was charged with first- and second-degree criminal mischief, first- and second-degree burglary and third- and fourth-degree assault.
He is being held at the Anchorage jail on no bail and will be arraigned June 5 at 1 p.m.
This is a developing story; check back for updates.
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