Alaska Department Of Public Safety,State Troopers Public Information Office

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On 10/09/2026 at 2124 hours AST,  received a report near the Ciechanski neighborhood of a two-vehicle collision in which a vehicle rear-ended another vehicle that was stopped at a stop sign.   While AST was en route, a witness reported that the driver of the at-fault vehicle was trying to leave the scene and was possibly intoxicated.  AST arrived on scene and contacted the suspect,35 yoa Joseph Aho, who was actively attempting to leave the scene and who later resisted arrest and assaulted a trooper.  Further investigation revealed that Joseph was under the influence of Alcohol and had caused pain to the two occupants of the vehicle that he had rear-ended. Joseph was placed under arrest and remanded to Wildwood on multiple charges, including Assault, DUI, resisting arrest,V-cor and leaving the scene of an accident.