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ALPENA One of two men allegedly involved in an armed home invasion on 2nd Avenue last week has been arrested.
Police arrested Allan Jerome Hughes Jr., 28, of Wyoming, Michigan on Tuesday in Scottsdale, Arizona after a weeklong search, the Alpena Police Department announced in a Wednesday press release.
Police said Hughes, along with a second suspect, entered a home on the 400 block of South 2nd Avenue around 2 a.m. on April 27 and demanded cash and other items from the male and female residents. When the victims were unable to comply with the demands, police said, the male victim was beaten on the head with a handgun.
The Alpena News
ALPENA When two reportedly armed men went on the run in the predawn hours of April 27, Alpena County’s Smart911 system allowed officials to warn thousands of residents to stay on the lookout.
That public warning about the early-morning manhunt illustrated the benefits and limits of the Smart911 system, which allows residents to sign up to automatically share information with emergency officials when they call 911 and sign up to receive public safety alerts.
Despite any limitations, officials still urge residents to sign up by creating an account at smart911.com or downloading the mobile app. Every resident who receives an alert can alert a neighbor, friend, or family member and, like ripples in a pond, important public safety information can spread, said Mark Hall, the county’s emergency services coordinator and 911 director.
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An Alpena Police Department squad car waits at Alpena’s Public Safety Building on Tuesday, ready to be taken on patrol. Patrol officers are not stopping people simply to check whether they are allowed to be out of their homes, police say.
ALPENA Questions linger about a Tuesday home invasion and manhunt in Alpena as police share few details about the early morning incident that triggered a community safety alert.
Alpena Police Chief Joel Jett in an email on Thursday he can’t share more information about what he called “a very active investigation”. Police will share more details when appropriate, Jett said.
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News Photo by Julie Riddle
An Alpena Police Department squad car waits at Alpena’s Public Safety Building on Tuesday, ready to be taken on patrol. Patrol officers are not stopping people simply to check whether they are allowed to be out of their homes, police say.
ALPENA Two men considered armed and dangerous remain on the loose, Alpena police said this morning, though two handguns apparently discarded by the men were found on Miller Street, according to police.
At about 2 a.m. today, according to a news release from the Alpena Police Department, two men forced their way into a home on the 400 block of South 2nd Avenue and held several victims at gunpoint, allegedly demanding valuables and then beating a male victim in the head with a handgun.