One man was arrested while another remains at large after they allegedly stole from a man they were getting a ride from Thursday evening.
Sean Carpenter, 25, was arrested at a home in Homer and taken to the area jail Saturday, according to an online dispatch from Alaska State Troopers. The Homer man is being held without bail on charges of first-degree robbery, third-degree assault and second-degree theft. Troopers are still looking for 23-year-old Clarence Hock of Homer, who faces charges of first-degree robbery and second-degree theft.
Clarence Hock / Courtesy AST
According to the dispatch, a 21-year-old man was at an Anchor Point business when two males — later identified as Carpenter and Hock — asked the man for a ride to Kenai.
When the trio got to Ninilchik, a roughly hour-long drive from Kenai, the two suspects asked the 21-year-old Anchor Point man to stop at the Ninilchik beach, troopers wrote.
“After they stopped, the males assaulted and robbed the victim,” the dispatch says. According to AST spokesperson Megan Peters, an “undisclosed amount of cash was stolen from the victim.”
Carpenter and Hock fled with two friends who had followed the trio in a separate car, said troopers, who were not able to locate the suspects that night. It is unknown what, if any, charges the two friends may face, Peters said in an email.
Friday, the Homer Court issued an arrest warrant for Carpenter and Hock. Troopers ask anyone with information to contact them at 235-8239.
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