Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers Public Information Office

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On 6/30/25 39-year-old Jonathan Walunga of Gambell was placed under arrest after AST received reports of him scaring people at the local store and post office while armed with a knife. Walunga was being held on multiple assault charges in the Gambell Public Safety Building awaiting transport to Nome. 

On 7/2/25, Walunga escaped from the Public Safety Building and assaulted a VPO. Walunga was quickly apprehended by a Gambell VPO and on-looking citizens. 

Walunga was remanded to Anvil Mountain Correctional Center on multiple assault charges, disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment, and Escape.