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03/05/2021 The girl was travelling with her father who was seated nearby. Photo credit: Getty Images
A quick-thinking US teenage girl has saved herself from a man seated next to her on a flight by using the notes feature on her phone.
Arizona man Kepueli Talaiasi, 58, is alleged to have sexually touched the 16-year-old girl several times on the flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Anchorage, Alaska, according to the US Attorney s Office.
She made many unsuccessful attempts to move away from him in her seat and push his hand off her.
The girl was travelling with her father who was seated nearby but had no idea what was unfolding - until she found a way to notify him secretly.
Dillingham Police Department, Friday, March 5, 2021.
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Dillingham Police Department Chief Dan Pasquirello provided an update at Thursday’s City Council meeting on the February shooting incident.
In a staff report, Pasquirello says that he and officer Daniel Gonzalez-Fawcett responded to a ditched vehicle belong to Daniel Wahl. They attempted to make contact with Wahl using a PA system and cell phone. Wahl allegedly refused to respond and began firing with a handgun out of the windows of his vehicle.
Police then contacted state troopers for assistance and made a second attempt to speak with Wahl, before he began firing at law enforcement from his back window.
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Alaska Bureau Investigators arrested Dillingham resident Daniel Wahl, 32, Wednesday after he was released from a hospital. Wahl had an outstanding warrant for shooting at law enforcement two weeks ago.
On February 18, Dillingham police received reports of a ditched car on the side of a road, according to Alaska State Troopers. Dillingham dispatch made contact with Wahl who was operating the vehicle. He told dispatch that he had a rifle and ammunition. He tried to flee when police and state troopers arrived on scene, but couldn’t get the car out of the ditch.
Police and troopers exchanged gunfire with Wahl. Three troopers fired their guns during the incident: Sergeant Aaron Mobley, Adam Jackson, and Benjamin Turner. Mobley has worked with the troopers for 17 years, Jackson and Turner for two.