A 27-year-old Juneau man was charged with two counts of third-degree assault after reportedly scuffling on the street with two men who were trying to prevent him from drawing a gun.
Casey Joseph Yakovich was arraigned Wednesday in Juneau District Court in connection with his arrest Sunday afternoon. A preliminary hearing into the evidence was set for July 13 and Judge Thomas Nave denied a request for him to be released on his own recognizance; his bail remained set at $500.
Juneau Police Department officers responded to a 911 call at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the 9900 block of Stephen Richards Memorial Drive that a man later identified as Yakovich was involved in an altercation with a woman.
According to the criminal complaint, Yakovich got into an argument with the woman and she asked a man on the street if she could use his phone. Yakovich began pushing her and would not leave her alone, with the man trying to get him to stop.
Another man also became involved in trying to hold Yakovich, according to JPD Officer John Cryderman. The first man, who is not being identified, said he saw Yakovich reach for a gun in a holster in his waistband and he grabbed it to remove it.
Yakovich reportedly had to be restrained and then calmed down, but tried to go for the gun again, the complaint alleges. One of the men took the gun inside his residence and Yakovich broke free yet again and had to be forcibly restrained and removed from the home, the two men told Cryderman.
Yakovich remains at Lemon Creek Correctional Center and the investigation is continuing, Lt. David Campbell said.
