Police search for armed man who stole vehicle, broke into home in South Anchorage

Published: Feb. 19, 2021 at 5:54 PM AKST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage police are responding to a report of an armed individual at a home on Jarvi Drive in the Old Seward/Oceanview area of South Anchorage.
According to a police dispatch, at 3:35 p.m. Friday, officers responded to the report that the homeowner found a man inside their home. The man fled the home in the homeowner’s vehicle.
The suspect is potentially armed and was last seen wearing a large beaver fur hat. The stolen vehicle is a black Mercedes SUV.
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect but ask that they avoid the surrounding area.
The homeowner was not injured.
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