Three arrested as part of JPD, Troopers, FBI investigations

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Alaska State Troopers and Juneau Police Department arrested three people in a Mendenhall Valley neighborhood Wednesday afternoon while serving a search warrant in conjunction with several investigations.

According to a JPD news release, the three Juneau men were arrested on Nugget Drive, near Coho Apartments and Floyd Dryden Middle School, after not showing up in court for prior offenses.

Gene Chilton III, 28, was arrested on a $500 warrant for not appearing at arraignments for not having liability insurance for his car. James Cole Bottleson, 26, was arrested on a $150 warrant for failing to appear in court on original charges of damaging property. Nathan Jon Giske, 41, was arrested on a $50 warrant for failing to appear at arraignments for larceny.

All three men were taken to Lemon Creek Correctional Center. The arrests happened at about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday and went without incident, the JPD release stated.

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