Police arrested a Juneau man Monday after he allegedly attempted to steal from several downtown businesses.<\/p>\n
At about 9:30 a.m., officers cited Michael J. Hoyt for attempting to steal food from Foodland IGA, according to Juneau Police Department spokesperson Erann Kalwara.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was our first contact with him that day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Then, shortly after 4:30 p.m., police arrested Hoyt again near the Marine View Apartments after he allegedly stole a pair of earrings from The Jewel Box and tried to shoplift bracelets from Midnight Sun Gifts.<\/p>\n
JPD received reports about each shoplifting incident downtown. Not knowing that the two incidents were connected, two separate officers were dispatched to handle each, Kalwara said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth reports came in pretty close together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t until a report of an attempted burglary at Commercial Signs and Printing came in that the three officers handling each case realized they were looking for the same suspect.<\/p>\n
Downtown business owner Pat Race wasn\u2019t the person who called to report the break-in, but he did hear it. He was working next door at his business, Lucid Reverie, when he heard a loud noise at the print shop.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sounded like somebody was slamming the door,\u201d Race told the Empire Wednesday.<\/p>\n
What he heard was actually somebody kicking the door in.<\/p>\n
When Race went to investigate he noticed the busted door and saw Hoyt through the print shop\u2019s window. He confronted Hoyt, who told Race that he was there waiting on a friend. Suspicious of Hoyt\u2019s story, Race said he\u2019d wait with him.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t long before a print shop employee \u2014 the person who reported the break-in \u2014 emerged from the back of the shop, and Hoyt took off running down Franklin Street toward Marine View. Race pursued him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just kind of jogged along next to him and said \u2018Michael stop, this is dumb. Why are you running?\u2019\u201d Race said.<\/p>\n
Hoyt and Race only made it about a block before the three officers who were searching for Hoyt arrested him and took him to Lemon Creek Correctional Center.<\/p>\n
Hoyt faces two counts of concealing merchandise, one count of larceny and one count of criminal mischief, all of which are misdemeanors. Prior to Monday, JPD had cited Hoyt with nine misdemeanors \u2014 ranging from assault to more criminal mischief and larceny \u2014 this year, according to online court documents.<\/p>\n
According to JPD\u2019s daily incident report, alcohol was a factor in the string of attempted shopliftings.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Contact reporter Sam DeGrave at 523-2279 or sam.degrave@juneauempire.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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