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A Juneau jury has indicted a 45-year-old man for attempted murder.<\/p>\n

In additioned to attempted murder, the jury indicted Pharoah Akhenaten on May 7 for kidnapping, multiple counts of assault, multiple counts of misconduct involving weapons in the third degree and one count of failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer, a release from Alaska’s Department of Law says.<\/p>\n

If convicted, Akhenaten could face a sentence of up to 99 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Akhenaten is currently in the custody of the Department of Corrections, with bail set at $50,000 cash performance, $50,000 cash appearance and a court-approved third-party custodian.<\/p>\n

These charges are only allegations and are not evidence of guilt.<\/p>\n

The release adds the indictment is for conduct that began in January 2026 and ended on April 27.<\/p>\n

In April, the Juneau Police Department announced<\/a> the arrest of Akhenaten after a month-long investigation that ended with a police chase.<\/p>\n

Police said that Akhenaten fled from officers in a vehicle, hitting a police vehicle and allegedly causing $4,000 in damages.<\/p>\n

There was a brief pursuit and Akhenaten pulled into a driveway of a home in the 25000 block of Glacier Highway. He exited the vehicle, allegedly armed with a handgun.<\/p>\n

Police say that Akhenaten failed to comply with officers’ commands to drop the firearm and allegedly continued toward the home. There was a brief standoff, but Akhenaten “ultimately complied, laid on the ground, and was taken into custody without further incident.”<\/p>\n

The release adds that the home was later determined to be unoccupied and had no connection to Akhenaten.<\/p>\n

A second firearm was found on Akhenaten during the arrest. He was transported to Lemon Creek Correctional Center.<\/p>\n

Police say the arrest was the result of a month-long investigation into multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses allegedly committed by Akhenaten within Juneau.<\/p>\n

Akhenaten also had an outstanding federal arrest warrant for a probation violation related to a charge of felon in possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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