A woman was seen being sexually assaulted in the parking lot of Anchorage City Hall late Wednesday morning, just another instance in the rapidly disintegrating public safety profile of the downtown core.
According to witnesses, the assault took place before 11:30 am in broad daylight. A passerby who witnessed the attack from her vehicle said she repeatedly honked her horn in an attempt to stop it, but several men walking nearby did not intervene in the crime. She also called 911 and said it took officers approximately seven minutes to arrive. Meanwhile, the man was penetrating the woman sexually without stopping, but occasionally glanced in the direction of the honking horn.
When police arrived, they pulled the man off the woman and placed him under arrest, the witness said. A photo provided to media shows officers pinning the man to the ground as the woman lay nearby.
The witness, who shared video evidence with police, said that after she was on hold with 911 for about 30 seconds, dispatchers asked her a series of questions about where she was and what the description of the perpetrator was, as she pleaded for them to send help.
Police were heard asking the woman whether she knew the suspect. The witness reported that the woman told them she “didn’t want this.”
After the suspect was taken into custody, the officers left the woman at the scene. The witness approached her and learned she was from Bristol Bay and had come to Anchorage for medical appointments but was staying on the streets. She appeared to be heavily intoxicated. Police later took her to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in the back of their squad car.
The attack comes as Anchorage struggles with ongoing issues related to vagrancy, drug abuse, public intoxication, and crime in the downtown area. Under Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s administration, the Anchorage Police Department has been restructuring its workforce, converting some sworn officer positions into unarmed “community safety officer” roles, and reducing law enforcement throughout the city in a stealth “defund the police” move.
This latest incident in one of the city’s most visible civic spaces — a parking lot between City Hall and the Dena’ina Convention Center — has raised alarm among residents about the level of disorder and safety downtown.
Police have not yet released the name of the suspect. The case number is 25-025468.
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Did you look at the picture you posted with this story Suzanne.??
We have it fixed now. Thanks – sd
My god
Our cities nationwide are literally deteriorating into chaos. Long past the time to end meddling in foreign lands and focus on dealing with our own country.
There is serious spiritual illness and complete decadence plaguing the nation.
No.
It’s called LibTards.
Every where Progressives govern their cities and states are shxxtholes.
Look at California and NY.
Out of control crime and taxes.
People AND businesses are fleeing to red states.
You need to take the photo down immediately or at the very least blur out what I assume is the victims unclothed body.
We have it fixed now, and thanks for pointing it out. – sd
Suzanne: can you please give the woman in this picture the dignity of blurring out her buttocks? You can see straight up her nether-region in this photo from the doctor’s angle. It would be kinder, probably keep you out of trouble with the victim, protect her dignity, and maybe spare all of us and our kids the assault on our eyes.
We have that fixed now, thanks for pointing it out. – sd
Suzanne, I wish you had left the photo up!
I say this because despite Dee Cee’s and Hannah’s sensitivities, the public needs to see in real time the results of electing leftist commies. Let us not sugar coat the naked realities before us.
Also, let us reflect upon the total absence of masculinity, displayed by those who could walk by an active rape scene.
I just blocked out the nether-regions, although you can see much more if you walk the beaches of California. – sd
All the sensitive people who are offended by the photo ARE the problem.
They don’t want to see the reality of what’s occuring by these feral street criminals – EVERY DAY IN ANCHORAGE.
Wake up puxxsies!
I’d bet a nickel the alleged perp was a dude from the village. They’re well known for being tough on the babes. The woman’s skin tone doesn’t scream native at first glance though.
What might this woman be accustomed to in the town she came from if she thought living on the street in Anchorage and being recreationally hammered before 11:30a might be a fine idea?
And what is the responsibility of the native corp that both of these people are likely members of? BBNC says they’re “investing in the leaders of tomorrow”. Was this woman’s experience a dividend? Any chance this may have been the same fine upstanding individual that tossed a rock through the church windows a week back? Or maybe the gentleman in a skirt that was setting fuel alight in a downtown commercial building’s parking lot? Pull on the big girl panties and do something, LaFrance. This is what you campaigned to fix yet all we’re seeing is dereliction of duty and its consequences.
What this guy did to his victim you’re doing to our Anchorage.
All -American City. Run by Democrats.
I have to visit ANC for medical soon – I will be armed, I hope I don’t have need to defend myself.
If you get blotto and put yourself in dangerous situations, anything can happen.
This mayor and assembly are a bunch of a holes. This is just sickening and disgusting. This is anchorage and I’m tired of hearing crap like this so what r we going to do anchorage
Don’t bother trying to make an appointment to discuss this or any other topic with Mayor Suzanne LeFrance. I have discovered first hand that LeFrance is not available to speak with anybody unless her staff authorizes the meeting. I am retired from the military and a service-disabled veteran, but LeFrance’s staff has determined that I not worthy to have any time with the mayor.
LeFrance has a staff of people (like Marie) who will vet you and your concerns to determine whether they evaluate you as a legitimate constituent or a “crackpot”. The vetting requires every email and/or the review of every other documentation on a particular topic. Only after the staff decides that an Anchorage resident is entitled to a few minutes of conversation with the mayor will they possibly call to arrange an appointment.
This MOA administration is not what any of us signed up for!
I don’t understand why nobody was cracking the skull of the perpetrator.
Probably several reasons. For example, I personally watched through the window of a downtown restaurant as a pair of people engaged in sexual intercourse on the grass of the Park Strip some years back. It didn’t look like rape to me. I’ve seen news stories of other such sexual events, including photos, on the open streets of Anchorage. It’s just life in Anchorage today. Public copulation. Why should I or any other fellow start busting skulls and risking incarceration and felonies because somebody is procreating on the streets? Even the police have to measure their physical coercion in order to avoid criminal prosecution.
There’s an old saying that ‘it’s easier to obtain forgiveness than get permission’. That is not true in a Land of Lawyers. Neither permission or forgiveness exist here.
What do you call a million lawyers on the bottom of the sea? Where’s Wild Bill Nelson when you need him the most?
A concealed or open carrier could’ve shot this cretin on the spot.
You have the right to use force, including lethal, to stop the perpetuation of a violent felony crime in progress.
That day is coming – there is a vibe shift occurring – and people are going take back our country BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
Your actions will be judged on the basis of Reasonableness, both objective and subjective. As Reggie says, given the totality of the circumstances I don’t think there was a way to be absolutely sure this was a violent assault, or an assault at all. I am not willing to risk my freedom and everything my family owns (to pay for legal bills even if successful) on anything but a clear-cut case of a felony in progress that cannot be stopped in any other fashion.
We need to have a serious discussion about things that would result in a [comment deletion] if they were typed out. The [comment deletion] that get dumped into the cities are causing a breakdown in civilization. The [comment deletion] corporations need to be sued to force them to care for the people they are legally required to care for. The excuse that only [comment deletion] shareholders are the only individuals the corporations are legally required to care for causes countless [comment deletion] individuals to get expelled and made into public burdens for non [comment deletion] communities to care for. The [comment deletion] communities should be universally shamed for what they do to their own, and should be coerced to care for their own members through legislation and lawsuits filed by the state attorney general.
This is what leftists in power give you. Every damn time.
The men who passed by without helping the woman are no better than the rapist. I pray karma takes care of them.
Yup!
Probably for the same reason people don’t get in the middle of 2 moose or 2 bear during mating season. Never interfere with wildlife in it’s natural process. Give space, be respectful, don’t get mauled or trampled.
No body knows what kind of danger one faces if attempting to intervene in situations like this. Most people who tour the streets of Anchorage are soft and have not faced physical conflict. Street people are not people you should deal with lightly, but with caution. Police are supposed to be employed for this purpose. Supposed to be.
So, Karen, perhaps when you see a situation like this occurring, YOU can be the hero and place yourself in harms way just so you feel good about your karma. Most people don’t have what it takes, but maybe you do. Good for you.
But to curse others with “karma” only shows the content of your character, not theirs. You are named Karen, and stereotypes exist for a reason.
It wouldn’t have taken much. A speedy shoe straight in the heinder and aimed by either gender would kill the mood. A second during the decoupling process would ensure that the naughty man hung around until Baldwana w/ APD showed up.
“…….It wouldn’t have taken much……….”
Maybe. Maybe not. It could go into a serious physical altercation. And if the DA decides to prosecute you, you’re going to be on the hook for $20K+ for legal defense (if you finally get wise), and in a worse case, you might be convicted of a felony.
No way am I going to risk that kind of legal trouble when I can just call the cops and video the event for the police to use as evidence. Is that cowardly? You bet it is. Been there, done that, and not again. I have a healthy respect for the law because it’s whipped my a$$ before.
I’m not calling you a coward by any stretch and I understand your reticence. If two people are getting after it and one of them’s not hollering rape (and is instead on the phone!) that wouldn’t seem like there would be any sort of emergency requiring intervention.
So that’s the big question and one that merits follow up. Was this rape or was this two besotted social degenerates rutting on the sidewalk? There’s a difference and I’d imagine it’s been sorted. Is this man being held accountable for a crime or is he being let off the hook such that we should all view him as a uh, sort of speed dating on the sidewalk?
Nice holier than thou attitude there Karen.
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First of all, unless I am directly related to the person getting attacked, or that person is under my mantle of protection, I will not take action. One exception is if I witness the start of the altercation. I do not have any knowledge of the origin of the attack, whether it started as consensual, or of the parties involved are married, dating, or strangers. Getting involved is a good way to get criminal charges filed against me. Unlike the police, I hold no assumption of professional immunity.
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Secondly, can i intervene with an assurance of personal safety? It is easy to Monday Morning Quarterback, but reality is very harsh, declaring what should happen from the comfort of your keyboard is unrealistic.
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Next, my mission in life is to return home safely to my family. Intervening in issues that I have no right to is contrary to that mission.
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Finally, how many people were on the phone, calling 911, or capturing video evidence? Plenty. Had I decided to take action and call 911 it would unnecessarily clog up the lines and prevent other emergencies from being reported.
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Condemn everyone all you like, but before you do. Walk a mile in their shoes. You might find out your wagging finger and clucking tongue is misplaced and inappropriate.
That’s quite a bit of 20/20 hindsight and an unrealistic view of how the system actually works.
We don’t know that the passersby didn’t also call it in.
Even if they didn’t, there’s no way for passerby to know if the encounter was consensual or not, vagrants having consensual public sex while obviously drunk is hardly unknown lately.
Given extant current reality, we can’t shame innocent people for not being able to read the minds of the participants and thus not insert themselves into a potentially violent situation (as one or both participants were capable of attacking interlopers if they took offense at the interruption) risking exposure to any number of weapons, injuries, or negative health outcomes in the process, in a City where much of the leadership and the media would be quick to trot out “racism” and assault charges on the Good Samaritans if anything went the least bit sideways.
Recall, the official line is simultaneously “see something say something” then “leave it to the professionals”. There’s little upside to getting actively involved in anything but a crystal clear self-defense situation on someone else’s behalf.
The police response was claimed to have been 7 minutes from the time the call was placed – in downtown Anchorage a couple blocks from APD HQ. if our potential interceders had gotten stabbed for interfering, they could be dead from bleeding out several times over before help could arrive.
Agreed
Thank you.
Agreed Karen, it was probably Donewithit. He is classless and a coward.
Native Pride, Native Culture, Native Business.
Protecting our Native way of life.
– BBNC
Anchorage is becoming more and more like LA, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle more and more every day. This is not an accident. It is by design. Thank you Anchorage Assembly. Thank you, Mayor LaFrance. This is all on you.
Everyone with Native Fatigue raise a hand.
Native fatigue
Oh Anchorage.
It is sooo frustrating when calling 911 for a dire emergency and have dispatch ask you a hundred questions when they need to send help immediately. It has happened to me twice. And 7 minutes can be a matter of life or death.
As to this incident, it is never ok to force oneself on someone when unwanted but this would not be happening if downtown wasn’t overrun by substance abusers and mentally ill. These folks need to be picked up and triaged into appropriate facilities. What kind of society thinks it is ok to have people living on the streets and abuse or harass its citizens?
If you find yourself calling 911 in life or death situations twice it’s time to look in the mirror.
Well ‘Karen’, only a ‘Native’ person could possibly have intervened without the danger of facing Federal Hate Crime charges. You may not like that fact, but I would bet that’s what you’ve voted for all of your Progressive little life.
Further more, within the Peoples Democratic Paradise of Anchorage Vigilantism is not tolerated. Good luck ‘Karen’ your going to need it.
911 Dispatch is worthless.
The last time I intervened for public safety, cops threatened me with vigilantism. And I’d do it again. Even as an old lady, I could beat that perp with a cane until he stopped and/or the cops showed up. If a jury of Alaskans want to lock me up for that, so be it. I can’t abide such crimes.
“THE OFFICERS LEFT THE WOMAN AT THE SCENE” – WTF!!!! WOW!
The picture is inappropriate as it degrades the victim further. She should be cropped out.
What a disgusting crime and I hope the men who walked away instead of helping have a think about that.
The perp ought to be in jail for a few decades. Hopefully the victim recovers.
Incompetent Lafrance and the Incompetent Assembly need to RESIGN Immediately!
Well that space has become quite romantic since the liberals put up their new mural.
Some rules to live by (or remain alive by):
Do not go into lawless areas.
However, if you must, do so armed (this also means knowing how to successfully use your self-defense tool of choice) and definitely DO NOT GET intoxicated. Being inebriated (drugs/alcohol) sets you up for a great many bad things to potentially happen to you. Not only does it inhibit your situational awareness, but how you gonna defend yourself if you can’t even walk?
I love how everyone blames LaFrance while ignoring the fact that the Bronson admin pretty much gave up on prosecution. This guy will be charged – if it had happened in 2023 he would have walked.
Oh? Either you are wrong, Dt Worker, or I was not paying sufficient attention to the State of Alaska’s and/or MOA’s dereliction of prosecutorial duty while Bronson was mayor. Rape is a serious felony crime, and generally the State of Alaska will indict and prosecute such felonies. In any case, I am content with blaming the MOA assembly members and the current mayor for the pitiable and pathological condition of my city.
The Bronson administration had no jurisdiction over the justice department determination of who was charged and not charged.
The only instance I recall of a Mayors interference with a prosecution was when Berkowitz’s wife Mara ran over a pedestrian while using her cell phone and they refused the release of cell phone records.
Because she was busy calling Mark & his buddy (her husband) Ethan to get her off the hook right away w/ the cops that showed up.
THAT is who is running the ACLU in Alaska, the hypocrite Mara Kimmel.
There are 15 employees @ AK ACLU. 13 women – 2 men.
15 libs destroying this town …. imo.
You have got to be a Muni employee. No idea what you’re talking about and even your assertion that “this guy will be charged” is up to the alleged victim and not you. Rural Alaskan men have a long history of treating their women as chattel in need of subjugation and I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the alleged victim refused to press charges. You perhaps noticed that she didn’t holler rape and instead chose to say that she “didn’t want this”.
Forcible rape and Bristol Bay go together like cheese and crackers… From a place that’s always been.
Five bucks says she knew the dude and to all the women claiming that the men passing by were responsible for this woman’s safety note that the proper response while being raped isn’t to hang out on your phone on hold and answering questions. It is to holler one specific word as loud as you can. Absent that a man walking by would not know who she’s on the phone with and is unlikely to risk being disciplined for his actions by either of those two or the idiot Muni employee observing what they may later refer to as a poorly planned tryst.
It’s another native and she knows that guy.
“…….the Bronson admin pretty much gave up on prosecution………”
May as well. And even if the crime gets prosecuted, there’s not enough prison space to keep the scum locked up for a proper about of time. It’s revolving doors for a reason: the Legislature and the public refuse to build prisons and fill them up.
I remember Mayor Bronson railing on about the court decision that forced cities across the country to stop enforcing their own camping laws. Two things have changed since then: the current Supreme Court reversed the lower court’s decision, and the current Supreme Court determined that US District court decisions are ONLY binding on the specific jurisdiction where they are made.
In other words: cities are now unequivocally ALLOWED to enforce their own laws and a libtard judge in Washington DC or California cannot over rule that in Alaska.
Dt Worker-Unfounded accusation without any proof, evidence, substance. Trying to deflect and change subject? Lafrance and the ASSembly blocked Everything that Mayor Bronson tried to do when he was in office. The Date This happened is August 2025. Bronson is out of office and not relevant to what happened. Lafrance and the Assembly are the ones making poor decisions and poorly running the city. I don’t see Lafrance or the ASSembly, with their superman capes, murals, anywhere around fixing the problem with their social workers and reimagined policing saving the day. Why are you bringing up Mayor Bronson? Thanks Lafrance and ASSembly voters for all the crime. Own it and take responsibility.
A huge Thank You goes out to the Anchorage ASSembly for all your hard work.
It is a relief to know downtown Anchorage is safe again and the youngsters are not exposed to the carnage while learning Alaskan “facts of life” during Lafrance’s downtown bike rodeo.
Hopefully no youth will be raped while using the restrooms at school by a deranged student pretending to be a girl/boy/it.
Thank God for private schools.
The Muni-APD-Native Corp circle jerk continues unabated. Complete and utter clown show.
Imagine how that native dude treats his dog.
It’s been over a day and neither adn or alaskasnewssource have mentioned this assault.
I’ve noticed that too. I have also noticed how much longer each time we have a crime for APD to make an “official” release to news outlets. It’s as though they are hoping we just forget and don’t notice how bad things are.
Remember it’s brought to you from a place that’s always been. Just look at AST Dispatchs on line for couple of days of all the sexual assault and abuse in the villages.
You need to take her off this, she’s a victim and posting her in her most vulnerable is NOT ok. And it’s not a good look for you. Her pants are down and she was just violated how is it ok to post her in the position she’s in. You’re very inconsiderate. Saying you’ve “fixed it” isn’t even actually fixing anything. If you were a decent human being you’d crop her out