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INFORMATION RELEASE

Subject: Burglary Arrest Update Escape
Date: 2015-08-25
From: Lt David Campbell
Case or Incident: #150810-005
Summary:

On 08/21/2015, at approximately 4:18 PM, JPD officers located Albert Mazon in the vicinity of Cinema Drive. Mazon was arrested on a $20,000 warrant for Escape, and a $10,000 warrant for Burglary in the 2nd Degree and Theft in the 2nd Degree four counts.

Mazon was transported to and lodged at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

***** UPDATE *****

On August 16, 2015, at approximately 11:12 PM, the Juneau Police Department was notified by Lemon Creek Correctional Center that Albert Mazon had left the Halfway House where he was being held. Removing oneself from a correctional facility while under official detention constitutes Escape in the 2nd Degree, a Class B Felony.

Mazon was last seen wearing a tan hat, black shirt, and blue jeans. Mazon also has a distinctive tattooing on his neck. Mazon?s photograph can be seen on JPD Facebook page.

If seen, citizens are encouraged to not approach Mazon, but to notify JPD immediately.

****** UPDATE *******

On August 12, 2015, at about 3:00 in the morning, 25 year old Albert Mazon of Juneau was arrested for burglarizing a home in the 22000 block of Glacier Highway on or about August 1, 2015. Mazon is a person of interest in multiple other burglaries and a least one vehicle rifling. The burglary with which Mazon is currently charged involved the theft of three handguns, all revolvers. One is a black powder, one is a rusty French made 6-shot, and one is a Ruger .44 magnum. None of those firearms have been recovered.

Officer responded to about mile marker 26 of Glacier Highway after a victim of a different burglary than the one cited in the arrest called JPD to report she could see some of her stolen items in the area of an old construction lot where a motor home and other vehicles were parked. A patrol officer and two detectives responded and detained Mazon.

Another theft victim, a Capital City Fire and Rescue firefighter, responded to the area and identified some tools that were stolen from his vehicle in mid-July. However, the firefighter?s bunker gear has not been recovered.

Mazon has been charged with Burglary in the 1st degree, a class B felony, Theft in the 2nd degree, a class C felony, and Theft in the 3rd degree, a class A misdemeanor. Additional Charges are anticipated as the investigation continues.

All factual allegations contained in this release are based upon preliminary investigation and are subject to change or clarification as the investigation continues. Any charges reported in this release are merely accusations and all persons named in this release are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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