While most were dipnetting, one Anchorage man went off the deep end on the Sterling Highway

While crowds from Anchorage flocked to the Kenai Peninsula for a weekend of salmon dipnetting, one Anchorage man made a different kind of splash along the Sterling Highway.

Alaska State Troopers reported a chaotic scene Friday evening near Mile 46 when multiple 911 calls came in about an adult male running into traffic, striking vehicles, and undressing himself in a roadside pullout. Responding troopers from Seward and Soldotna eventually located the individual in a nearby vehicle.

The man, identified as 29-year-old Aucha Johnson of Anchorage, was arrested on three counts of first-degree indecent exposure, as well as charges of fourth-degree assault and disorderly conduct. He was transported to Wildwood Pretrial Facility in Kenai, where he was held without bail pending arraignment…

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