ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man who opened fire on police with an assault-style rifle during a 2022 standoff was sentenced Friday to serve 75 years in prison for the attempted murder of six Anchorage police officers.
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 32-year-old Dillon Nicholas Spring on six counts of attempted first-degree murder, along with one count of second-degree misconduct involving weapons and one count of fourth-degree assault. In total, Spring received a 210-year sentence, with 135 years suspended, followed by 10 years of probation.
The charges stem from a March 18, 2022, incident at an apartment building at 819 East 10th Avenue. According to evidence presented at trial, Anchorage police responded to a report that Spring had assaulted another individual with a hammer. When officers encountered Spring in the stairwell, he retreated into his apartment, barricaded the door, and armed himself with an AK-47-style rifle and multiple handguns…