Correction: An earlier version of this article erroneously identified the man as Lester Allen Hunt. The man is Lester Allen Hunt III. The Empire regrets this error.
After a man out on probation tested positive for methamphetamine use, the Juneau Police Department was looking to find him. On Tuesday afternoon, they tracked him down.
JPD officers found Lester Allen Hunt III, 28, at a home in the 3400 block of Foster Avenue at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday, according to a JPD release. There was a $500 Alaska State Troopers warrant out for Hunt, whose original charge was first-degree burglary.
Officers arrested Hunt and took him to Lemon Creek Correctional Center, according to the release. Police posted a release on March 16 saying they were looking for him, and released his picture asking for the public to help with their search efforts.
A technical probation violation was filed on Feb. 22, according to online court records. Probation Officer Dusty Dumont said the violation was filed because Hunt tested positive for methamphetamine use.
His original burglary charge was filed in May 2010, when a Juneau resident reported that his home had been burglarized three times in the span of a few days. Cash, medication and personal items were taken in the burglaries, according to a JPD press release at the time. Police investigated the burglarized and arrested Hunt, along with another 20-year-old Juneau resident.
