A 25-year-old ferry passenger was indicted Friday for breaking a window aboard an Alaska Marine Highway System vessel and another window at the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry Terminal in Juneau.
Prosecutors allege Irl A. Fredrickson, caused about $400 in damage to the M/V LeConte solarium port side window and $2,000 to the ferry terminal window in December, according to an affidavit.
Fredrickson is charged with one count of third-degree criminal mischief for damaging the property of Alaska Marine Highway System in an amount of $500 or more. That’s a class ‘C’ felony that can carry a maximum penalty of five years in jail and a $50,000 fine.
According to an affidavit filed by District Attorney David Brower, one passenger told authorities he saw Fredrickson “head-butting” the LeConte window, which is a tempered glass thick safety window with wire mesh in it. Fredrickson, who boarded the ferry in Angoon with his girlfriend, was escorted off the ferry by crew members, the affidavit states.
Video surveillance shows Fredrickson around the terminal near an RV that was vandalized and a broken double panel window next to the front door of the terminal with a large rock beneath it, according to an affidavit.
The affidavit states Fredrickson admitted to police the next day that he bought a bottle of alcohol during a stop in Hoonah and started drinking on the ferry. He said he slipped on the ferry about the time it was docking in Juneau and that made him mad and upset. He said he remembered being escorted off the ferry, getting lost in the parking lot while his girlfriend was still on the ferry getting the car, then having no idea where he was, the affidavit states.
He said he recalled waking up inside an RV in the terminal parking lot, which was unlocked, and walking toward Glacier Highway where his girlfriend picked him up.
Fredrickson was originally charged with damaging the RV to the tune of $16,000, but that criminal mischief charge never made it passed the grand jury proceedings. It was dropped.
Court records show Fredrickson was arraigned on Monday in Juneau Superior Court.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (5)
Add commentInstant idiot
Instant idiot, just add alcohol. They should have tossed him overboard and let him drift around with Japan's tsunami debris.
Ban him from Alaska ferries
People who knowingly, wantonly and/or drunkenly do stupid things like this aboard an AMHS ferry should be denied access to any Alaska ferry for life.
Imagine being on a cross-gulf sailing and having this guy wandering around. Then imagine him starting a fire somewhere. It's not like you can land the ferry anywhere and have cops take him off.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and then LOL
Oh come on! Pfft!! who is going to buy that story!!
"He said he slipped on the ferry about the time it was docking in Juneau and that made him mad and upset".
Yeah right! He got mad and upset...such mild words...his actions speaks out loud!!
Dude, I don't feel sorry for you!
drunk on ferry
must have been a slow news day in juneau...lol
please....obviously the guy had to much to drink and was in true form for such activity. the ferry personnel cannot possibily manage everyone on the ferry and a few "idiots" are going to slip through. Fortunately only a window was broken...no one else was hurt.