4 charged in kidnapping, robbery of Anchorage teenager

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have arrested four people suspected of kidnapping and robbing a 19-year-old Eagle River man and are seeking a fifth.

Police recovered more than 500 items stolen in unrelated thefts at the home of one suspect.

Anchorage police said 18-year-old Dela White coordinated the abduction and is charged with kidnapping.

Twenty-eight-year-old Christopher Goenett is charged with kidnapping, assault and robbery.

Twenty-eight-year-old Tyrun Reynolds and 34-year-old Danerin Curtindale face the same charges plus burglary charges.

Police said White lured the victim Nov. 1 to the Anchorage Park Strip and Goenett forced him at knifepoint into a car.

Police said Goenett and Reynolds stole money from the victim’s ATM. Police say Curtindale and Reynolds drove the victim to his home in Eagle River, burglarized it and dumped him back in Anchorage.

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