A man accused of ramming a police car and crashing into a fence at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson earlier this week was arraigned in Anchorage Jail Court Saturday afternoon.
Court documents say a police officer spotted 28-year-old Matthew Isaac Stough on August 7 inside a stolen 2006 Chevy pick-up truck in Fairview. When the officer told Stough to get out of the truck, he allegedly put it in reverse and sped off, hitting the patrol car and causing some damage.
Later that afternoon, Anchorage police received a call of a man breaking a car window to steal a wallet inside. Police located Stough in the pickup, but he drove away from officers, speeding through traffic near Debarr and Boniface.
Charging documents say Stough drove towards JBER, and then crashed through a fence before trying to run away on foot. Investigators found a handgun and the stolen wallet inside the truck.
30-year-old Ninilchik woman Sarah Lorraine Urdahl allegedly rode as a passenger with Stough and was charged with fifth-degree criminal mischief.
In a yellow jailhouse uniform, Stough waved to TV cameras before the Magistrate read his charges.
According to court papers, Stough was charged with 10 counts, including vehicle theft in the first degree, failure to stop at direction of a peace officer, misconduct involving weapons in the third degree, theft in the second degree, reckless endangerment, resisting or interfering with arrest, two counts of criminal mischief in the fourth degree, theft in the third degree, and reckless driving.
"I've been pretty much incarnated or in jail in one form or the other for the last five years," said Stough as the Magistrate appointed an attorney.
"The potential allegations in this particular case indicate he's a danger to the public," said prosecutors.
Stough's bail was set at $250,000 and he also faces four charges in Kenai court for two counts for failure to stop at a peace officer, reckless driving, and license revocation.
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Man Arraigned in Police Car Ramming and JBER Fence Crashing
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