What began as a routine REDDI report quickly unraveled into a high-octane crime spree Saturday night, leaving wreckage and injury in its wake along the scenic but infamous stretch of the Seward Highway on Memorial Day weekend.
At approximately 7:58 pm. on May 24, Alaska State Troopers received a report of a motorcycle exhibiting dangerous driving behavior near Mile 13, not far from the near the Grayling Lake trailhead. Before troopers could intercept the motorcycle, the situation escalated dramatically.
A good Samaritan, seeing the motorcycle toppled and its driver apparently injured, stopped to render aid. But instead of receiving help, the motorcyclist, later identified as 47-year-old Rondy Dupuy of Seward, sprang into action, commandeering the bystander’s Jeep and speeding north on the highway.
As Alaska State Troopers scrambled to respond, information flooded in. The motorcycle itself, they soon discovered, had been reported stolen just hours earlier. And Dupuy’s reckless flight didn’t end with the Jeep theft.
Before authorities could bring the chaos under control, the stolen Jeep slammed into a sedan, injuring both occupants and prompting the closure of the Seward Highway for nearly two hours. Emergency responders and law enforcement descended on the crash site, securing the area and tending to the injured.
Dupuy, who had an outstanding warrant for Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Second Degree, was taken into custody following medical treatment. In addition to his existing warrant, he now faces a litany of new charges: Two counts each of Assault in the Third Degree, Vehicle Theft in the First Degree, and Theft in the Second Degree, along with charges of Driving While License Revoked (DWLR), Driving Under the Influence (DUI), and Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree.
Dupuy was remanded to Wildwood Pre-Trial Facility following medical clearance.
Alaska State Troopers expressed their gratitude to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, whose swift assistance proved invaluable at both the crash site and during the ongoing investigation.
May is Motorcycle Awareness Month.
Nothing will change until the penalties for crime are severe enough to hurt, i.e. KEEP THEM IN JAIL!!!
He’ll walk. He already has at least once.
Over a dozen times according to the court records system
Troopers should have held his head underwater for a few minutes.
Doug, this comment is not only irritatingly stupid, but unacceptable on its premise in a lawful society. Rhetoric as this is degrading and debasing the discourse and the service our men and women in law enforcement provide!
A Taxpayer, please let us know when this lawful society decides to show up.
In the mean time, the self correction of society will have to come by other means.
If that hurts your precious sensibilities, then perhaps you can run for office and make things better. Until then, boo hoo.
The performance of Alaska’s entire criminal justice system is a far greater debacle than the actions of this one Seward doofus. The Alaska court system, starting with the Alaska Supreme Court, should be indicted by a people’s grand jury and prosecuted for their dereliction of duty.
Sorry to say that for some of them, the only deterrent is physical pain. No grffittti in Singapore because they cane the bejezzus out of them. Just sayin.
The guy who owned the Jeep should have just run over the criminal. Then he would have been a good Samaritan.
Ya just can’t fix stupid.
The only thing missing is the stolen Pampers and the pack of dogs chasing the criminal.
Rondy Dupuy is a real work of art. Still doing this crap at 47 years old. Unless he’s locked up permanently he’ll strike again sometime.
He won’t be locked up for long. As it exists today, the Alaska criminal justice system dissuades few, if any, from their criminal behaviors – at least not until someone is killed (DUI homicide, for example) or murdered. Persons like Dupuy will only be dissuaded from a “hot” carjacking by a well-aimed .45 caliber projectile.
Looks like it is time to ban alcohol again.
This would not only help solve the problem with all the devils roaming around in our world, but would also help in the fight against climate change.