A man who allegedly stole $58,000 from a local tour operator earlier this fall was apprehended Dec. 6 in Riverton, Utah, according to Haines Police.
As of Dec. 13, the suspect, Dionicio Charles, was in a Utah jail pending extradition to Alaska.
Haines Police officer Maxwell Jusi said Riverton police arrested Charles after Haines Police received a tip about his whereabouts.
Two Riverton police officers made the arrest at a Cinemark movie theater in a local shopping mall, according to a Riverton police report. One of the officers worked with an acquaintance of Charles to coordinate his arrival at the theater, the report said.
“A male matching the suspect description entered the building and greeted the (acquaintance). The male was placed under arrest without incident,” the report said. Allegedly Charles had arrived in a rental car with items belonging to him including “a brown laptop style bag (that) contained several documents that were likely forged.”
Alaska Mountain Guides (AMG) hired Charles in August. He was charged last month with first-degree theft, scheme to defraud and misapplication of property. The Haines court issued an arrest warrant Nov. 4.
Haines Police said Charles, 43, used the access that came with his position as AMG’s finance director to wire at least $30,000 from the company to his and his wife’s bank accounts and to write himself more than $28,000 in checks from AMG, according to a criminal complaint filed in early November by Jusi.