A 63-year-old Haines man faces charges of making a terroristic threat after police say he made threatening statements to staff at the Southeast Alaska Regional Healthcare clinic, which then went into lockdown Aug. 25.  

Haines borough police responded to the SEARHC clinic after a staff member reported when she was not able to answer his medical question that the man made statements on the phone saying “you all deserve to be shot,” “If I come in there and get treated like an experiment, I’m going to go to jail,” and “you’re going to have to call the police.” 

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While the lockdown was in place, patients with appointments were denied access to the clinic.

According to charging documents, the man later arrived at the clinic after less than an hour, and had a conversation with officers before he was given care at the SEARHC clinic. He later refused care and stormed out of the clinic. 

A warrant was issued for the man’s arrest, but as of Tuesday evening, he had not yet been arrested. 

Terroristic threat in the second degree is a Class C felony, which carries  a sentence of up to five years in prison, though that can change based on factors like prior convictions.