Two inmates at the Juneau jail — one of whom was serving time for murder, and the other, vehicle theft — have been charged with felony assault after they allegedly jumped two other prisoners.
Dirkston Gonzales, 22, and Christopher W. Davison, 28, were indicted by a Juneau grand jury last Friday in connection to the June 7 attack.
They are each facing one count of second-degree assault and one count of aid and abetting second-degree assault.
Those are class ‘B’ felonies that can carry up to 10 years in prison.
The indictment alleges they caused serious physical injury to Devin Moorhouse on June 7 at Lemon Creek Correctional Center. Moorhouse, 26, was in custody at LCCC for leading police on a high-speed chase through the Mendenhall Valley in May.
Alaska State Trooper Chris Umbs, who investigated the case, said in a phone interview that Moorhouse lost three teeth in the attack, which took place on the basketball court in the jail’s gymnasium. Moorhouse also sustained bumps, bruises and scratches.
The second person who was attacked, Aaron Rose, required stitches above and below his eye, Umbs said.
Davison and Gonzales haven’t been charged with attacking Rose, and Assistant District Attorney Amy Williams said Wednesday those charges may be coming.
Umbs said the attack was unprovoked, and there was no argument that preceded it.
Umbs said Davison was in custody at LCCC for vehicle theft.
Gonzales was transferred to Lemon Creek Correctional from Anchorage to serve his 111-year sentence for murder and attempted murder in connection to a 2007 shooting at a house party in Anchorage.
The Anchorage Daily News reported the then 17-year-old Gonzales was asked to leave the party for fighting. He returned later with a .44 caliber pistol and fatally shot David “D.J.” Irvin and seriously injured another. The Daily News reported a jury convicted him of murder, attempted murder and burglary in 2009. Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth then sentenced him in September to serve 99 years with 79 suspended for the murder, 60 years with 30 suspended for the attempted murder and two years with no suspended time for the burglary.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Editors' note: This story has been changed to reflect the correct name of Assistant District Attorney Amy Williams.
Comments (9)
Add commentI have a feeling that this
I have a feeling that this Dirkston individual will be heard from again. The guy really has nothing to lose. It sounds to me like somebody who ought to be locked up in a broom closet in the basement and forgotten about.
Sounds like trouble
Sounds like Gonzales needs to be in a maximum security prison.
Lemon Creek
is a maximum security prison, takes in criminals from all over Alaska, not just Juneau.
Agree w/Tiki
LCCC is a Max facility...you'd be surprised at the amount of convicted murderers & others that are housed there....they got sum VERY Bad people in there.
Mean Dude
Dat's one mean dude!
Why are we accepting the toxic waste
from Anchorage?
@ Ken
LCCC accepts prisoners from all over Alaska, its a "State facility" therefore they put state prisoners there. (duh) They are also the rehabilitation center for crimes of sexual assault. So they get a majority of those high class individuals.
LCCC
LCCC is a maximum security prison, and has become a dumping ground for inmates who can't stay out of serious trouble in other institutions, including Spring Creek in Seward & Hudon Correctional Center in Colorado. This has happened over the past 2 or 3 years, as prisoners were shuffled from Arizona to Colorado and back to Alaska. Because of the limited movement and smaller size, the State DOC has decided that LCCC makes for an environment that is easy to control these problem inmates. Once locals are sentenced to any length of time more than a year or so, they are shipped out of town. LCCC is a very unsafe environment, stay out of trouble kids.