Mall Closes After Pro-Trump Extremist Group Confuses It With Courthouse Targeted for Protest
On 1/12/21 at 1:39 PM EST
Extremist right-wing groups in support of President Donald Trump mistakenly called for an armed rally at an Alaska shopping center and not at the similarly named courthouse by the state Capitol building nearly 900 miles away.
The far-right Tree of Liberty and Boogaloo Boys websites scheduled protests for the upcoming weekend to challenge President-elect Joe Biden s election victory over Trump, similar to the ultimately violent U.S. Capitol riots last Wednesday. But organizers confused the Dimond Center Mall in Anchorage with the Dimond Courthouse in Juneau, the state s capital. The Refuse to be Silenced rally plans in support of Trump on January 17 prompted the mall to announce it will be shut down on that same day.
The Dimond Court House in Juneau. Photo credit to Charles Murphy. Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Daryl Anders pled guilty to felony charges of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree and attempted misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree.
Anders was sentenced to 10 years in prison with four years suspended and four years probation.
He was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Amy Mead.
Anders blamed the arrest on a drug addiction that has lasted for 35 years.
Authorities said they intercepted a package in the 400 block of 2nd Street in July that contained $49,000 worth of illegal drugs like heroin and methamphetamine.