The man who shut down an Anchorage neighborhood in a standoff with police Wednesday night appeared in court Thursday.
Marlon Arellano, 44, is charged with two counts of third-degree assault and one count of attempted burglary. The charges are class C felonies. The victim’s mother spoke to the court by phone. She told the judge Arellano chased her 15-year-old daughter around with knives, threatening to kill her.
She called him a threat to society, but Arellano spoke out and said he loved her.
The judge set bail at $20,000, and Arellano is scheduled to be back in court next Tuesday.