A man has been arrested for stealing from the Mendenhall Valley Tesoro gas station and Western Auto, according to police and court records.
Lt. David Campbell, a spokesman for the Juneau Police Department, said in a phone interview that 22-year-old Elliot Nathan Davies was arrested at his North Douglas home Friday morning.
Davies has since been charged with two felonies — third-degree criminal mischief and second-degree theft — for the Tesoro theft, as well as misdemeanor theft for stealing from Western Auto, court records show.
Prosecutors say Davies stole a $2,300 coin-operated air compressor and $150 in quarters from a coin box from Tesoro, damaged one of the automated tellers and attempted to steal from the coin-operated vacuums, according to charging documents. A Tesoro employee reported the theft to police on Sept. 16.
Video camera surveillance footage from Tesoro catches two people near the vacuums throwing something in the back of their truck, according to an affidavit filed by District Attorney David Brower.
The affidavit states Davies admitted to police he stole from the gas station, pried off the air pump using a crow bar and then later threw it in the river from Brotherhood Bridge with his friend.
The other person captured on the videotape has not been charged with a crime as of yet, but was identified in court records as Dylan Kolvig. Police say the investigation is still ongoing.
Prosecutors say Davies also stole an Alpine brand speaker box from Western Auto in late August. He pleaded not guilty to that charge during an arraignment last week, and a jury trial was scheduled for December. (The judge did not ask for a plea to be entered for the felony charges in connection to the Tesoro theft, and set a preliminary hearing for next Monday.)
Charging documents indicate the thefts were committed possibly to fund a drug habit, as the affidavit states police found heroin in Davies’ car during the search and that he admitted to being a heroin user.
The affidavit also alleges Davies admitted to police that locks found in his car during a police search were stolen from a car wash service, Rainway, on Bent Court near Costco in the Lemon Creek area.
Campbell said in an interview that he could not comment whether Davies is a suspect in that case, citing JPD’s policy not to release names of people that are merely suspected of crimes.
Campbell said the Rainway case is still being investigated, and police do not have any names to release at the time.
The owner of Rainway, Dale Lebahn, told the Empire Tuesday in a phone interview from Wasilla that vandals struck his Juneau business three times in September. It will cost a total of $26,000 to replace the items that were damaged, he said.
Lebahn said the first time the vacuums were damaged as the vandals tried to pry open the change box underneath for quarters; the second time one of the two auto-cashier machines was broken; the third time the office was broken into and keys to the auto cashier machines were stolen.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (29)
Add commentHeroin users are really
Heroin users are really wreaking havoc on your fine city. Hopefully someday, progress may be made. Based upon a very steady dose of Empire articles dating at least a year back, it seems to be a near epidemic with the 18-24 year old generation. (and I am sure it is prevalent with younger people as well.) In my infinite ignorance, I never really thought heroin would take over as it has and Juneau is not alone, Ketchikan and other SE towns have similar issues. Jail is not a drug rehab facility and plea deals allow these dealers and users to get back on the streets barely missing a beat. Professional help is not readily available except for those fortunate enough to have the means to get to a true rehab facility outside of Juneau, mostly somewhere in the lower 48. I pray for some sort of positive progress. The next epidemics are hepatitis, HIV, overdoses and death.
Had Help Many Times
You should review the individuals history before assuming we don't help drug users. The first person to blame is the individual. Dylan Kolvig has had at least three rehab treatment stints with professional help. I wonder if Elliot has also had help? The courts do allow paid treatment as a trade for jail, and Dylan is an example of that help.
DO YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE
How can you make assumptions that someone is a drug user! I know the Davies kid and he is NO drug user! Just a troubled kid who hasnt found his way in this world and is going down the worng path. It's interesting that Dylan Kolvig hasnt been charged with anything - is this because he happends to be the son of one of Juneau's finest!
He isn't?
"Charging documents indicate the thefts were committed possibly to fund a drug habit, as the affidavit states police found heroin in Davies’ car during the search and that he admitted to being a heroin user."
Please, I understand he matters to you. He is not too far gone down the wrong path. But you must shine a light bright enough to get rid of the shadows for the addict to hide in.
Really, Boggie?!?!?!
Boggie says: "I know the Davies kid and he is NO drug user!"
Meanwhile, the article states, "police found heroin in Davies’ car during the search and that he admitted to being a heroin user."
You have no credibility, Boggie.....you just lost it all. Seems like Davies is not the person you think they are. Or, you actually know he is a drug user and you didn't read the article.....and were hoping you could stop these hurtful "assumptions".
Lock him up and give him a
Lock him up and give him a long period of time to rethink his life.
Ah, man.
I've known Elliot my entire life. Sweet, sweet guy. It's really saddens me that he got trapped into the heroin bull that's been going around. It's ruined WAY too many of my friend's lives. I hope he gets back on the right track after righting his wrongs.
Boggie
He is no longer Juneau's finest, he is retired. And, that has nothing to do with why Dylan hasn't been charged, he is not in town. If you people don't know the facts, maybe not say anything at all.
Boggy, you are a dummy! First
Boggy, you are a dummy! First of all, Kolvig's father is no longer a police officer and hasn't been for some time now! Second, when you find drugs in a person's car and they admit to using... that does indeed make them a drug user!!!
Drug use and the damage it does...
Sadly, the only real successful way to deal with drug use is rehab, forced or voluntary. Prison is a great place for these young thugs. The damage and expense they have caused is going to cost us all.
The Rainway car wash in lemon creek suffered $29,000 dollars in damage alone. That works out to over 1450 car washes depending on which level of service you want. at 50 washes per day that works out to a full month just to cover damages alone. This does not include operating costs for the month. It's a guess but I'll bet it takes 2 to 3 months worth of business just to break even! That is just unexceptionable!
I happen to use that facility and enjoy it very much. It would be a real loss to see it close due to thugs like these.
Continued vandalism of this type can not be tolerated. These thugs need to be put on ice for as long as possible. You can bet that these crimes are not their first. Likely, these are just the crimes they have been caught for.
Calloused I may seem but I too have suffered at the hands of drug users on too many occasions; costing me 10's of thousands of dollars. I have absolutely NO sympathy for them!
Bag'em, book'em, lock'em up and throw away the keys!
@AKjustice...well said
Excellent take, AKjustice. I am sorry to hear you have suffered losses due to drug users, you are in a large group of company. Eventually, something will break in Juneau. There may be a time that someone catches one or more of these junkies damaging or stealing their personal belongings and take matters into their own hands and that will be unfortunate.
Although I do not believe jail is sufficient for rehab, as proven by the repeated offenses of many of the named young people over the past year or two, I do believe these 2 (particularly Davies) and the many others deserve to sit in jail for as long as possible. I also hope he has to repay every single penny back to Rainway. He is young, 22, but still an adult making adult decisions regardless if the decisions are altered by drug use. The excuses given for these people get exhausting. They are doing real damage, not only to themselves but to the community as a whole.
AKJustice
The losses incurred at Rainway are likely insured. This IN NO WAY excuses the actions of those responsible. I'm just making the point that this is unlikely to harm the business in the long term. Rainway's owners sound like good people with a well run operation. I'm just glad that they will likely recover.
AKJustice
The losses incurred at Rainway are likely insured. This IN NO WAY excuses the actions of those responsible. I'm just making the point that this is unlikely to harm the business in the long term. Rainway's owners sound like good people with a well run operation. I'm just glad that they will likely recover.
deuce
Sorry for the double post. It seems to happen when I post from my phone. Hopefully it doesn't happen again now! :)
The article stated....
Charging documents indicate the thefts were committed possibly to fund a drug habit, as the affidavit states police found heroin in Davies’ car during the search and that he admitted to being a heroin user.
Seems to me they vandalism activities are to fund their heroin use plain and simple.
Drug users juneau
No one is perfect, yet alone none of YOU are perfect. I'm sure neither of you have made every right move in your life. Yes it is very saddening to all who are very close to Elliot, take it from me, his sister. I believe Elliot hasn't found a right path yet in his life, but he is still young and has played the cards he was given and now has to pay the price. Im, obviously a very close sibling to him, believe that maybe doing hard time will (hopefully, I'm praying while trying this) give him some time to think and learn to make better decisions. This town is filled with hard drug users all over, adults, even teens! And that,s why it sickens me even more, is that it seems as though the police are just allowing the suppliers to skate on by, while only throwing the users in jail. Everyone has a past and some are still making wrong decisions till this day... He obviously got what was coming to him. I love him dearly and yes, drugs do change EVERYONE'S life. It effects not only those who are using, but those who surround them, and who it effects the most of all is they're family. That's the problem with this town, it's so small, that everyone seems to have an input on who's doing this or who's doing that... Even when you don't even know the person. It's sickening, really. And Dylan Klovig's father is a retired police officer. And Dylan won't be getting off too easily, he simply skipped town thinking that possible rehab will solve all his little problems. But he'll be getting what's coming to him, karma always seems to make its way back around, whether we like it or not. It sickens me as it saddens me to read these hateful comments, Maybe he stole from you, maybe he did something wrong to you for you not to like him, I don't know. But does that give you any right to talk so poorly of one man? No. You all seem to be dogging him left and right. He is a very sweet kind hearted person, (something you don't seem to see because the article is only making him out to look like a terrible drug addict thief), who yes does have a troubled past and is now paying the price. He just needs some time and guiding to turn a troubled person into a better person. So I plead to of you all, to kindly keep the rude comments to yourself, because his family will be reading every comment post. I will back my brother up 100% and be there for him for whatever, but not on what he has clearly done wrong.
And you don't know the pain and suffering that our family has gone through to try to help him. It,s obvious that Juneau has a serious heroin problem and for being the capitol city one would think that they might have the resources to go after the drug dealers. how ever if we could stop our kids from doing drugs the dealers would have less of a chance to ruin there lives.It all starts with I want to stop and turn my life around !!!!!!!!
Dear family
I do stand by what I said about your brother and his friend.
With that being said, I am with compassion too.
Your brother is precious and yes, we should not throw away people. Living in a small town can be daunting as people do know too much about what others are doing at times. As far as your brother and his friend are concerned, they are punk thugs today. Tomorrow may be a different story, one, the other or both may have a life changing moment and clean up, straighten up and become productive members of our society. I want this to be the case. With the right guidance and motivation it could happen. Remember this too, we can do all the right things and some of these drug addicts just never make it back to normal society.
To help your brother (and his friend), while he (they) serves his (their) sentence(s), you and your families must attend rehabilitation meeting also. All of you must be involved at every level. Most often drug user and their families have deep rooted problems that must be sorted out. Drug addiction has many components including enabling the users. This can be a hard pill to swallow, so to speak, but must be addressed as denial is just another way of saying it's not my problem when it really is.
You folks have a lot of work cut out for you if you are to help your brother. I hope he is worth it. Whether he is or not is going to be up to you, your family and friends.
Good luck!
akjustice
Well Said!!
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Family - I too have
Family - I too have compassion. I admire your love, support, loyalty and dedication to your brother. It is unfortunate that up to now, no one has been able to get through to, or influence your brother in a positive way. It sounds as if your family is prepared to give that another attempt. I wish you well in that regard. I sincerely apologize if any of my comments were offensive or hurtful.
That said, I believe most of the comments stated here are in defense of the business owner who sustained significant damage and loss, as well as to show concern to what is happening in Juneau. People are tired of this and fed up and to suppress opinions is as unfair as you feel some of the comments here have been. Along with your scolding of those commenting, you perhaps could have also apologized to the business owner on behalf of your brother. Read at your risk. Your brother deserves punishment equal to the damage he has done and deserves to pay every single cent of restitution. I hope and wish that he will see the light, clean up, pay his price and who knows, maybe he can end up being a shining star in someone else's life who is on the path he is currently on. We can certainly hope. Once this passes, perhaps he will be able to get out of Juneau, away from his "friends" and associates and start a productive life. He is young, and it is not too late as has been previously stated in these comments.
SMAB
Rehab isn't for everyone, Elliot and Dylan have clearly proved that themselves. Dylan (3 times in rehab) and Elliot (once). You can't push a drug addict who is not willing to get clean into a rehab, and then expect them not to screw things up once they're back in town. It's who they associate themselves with and having that will power to say no.
And do you even know the Davies family?
It blows my mind how people on here can talk so rudely of his family. Like what "family" said, if you have nothing nice to say then don't say nothing at all. Clearly that isn't registering quite enough in your head.
These comments are disrespectful towards the Davies family, especially knowing these comments are public.
SMAB, do you even know of the sister that has or had a "drug problem"? Or are you just stating things off of what you have heard?
Just because one person in the family totally screwed up doesn't mean you have to throw another under the bus, especially if thats just what you have "heard".
Because knowing this town, it's like the game telephone, it starts out with one thing and ends up coming out in this huge distorted lie.
But all in all, please respect the Davies family as they are good people. Sure the son may have made some dumb mistakes, but that doesn't mean his family should have to suffer even more than they already have.
From my understanding, they have helped Elliot out so much, that they themselves have given up on trying to change a person. They're only best hope is that jail time is a good solution to sort out someones problems.
Also what makes anyone think that his family isn't doing all they can to apologize to the owners of the places Elliot & Dylan have destroyed. Where is Dylan's family in all of this? Why aren't they apologizing or trying to help out?
It wasn't just Elliot, it was both. Remember that, you can't all just pin this all on one man because he is the only one who is left in town. Dylan has a big role in this too, just remember that.
All I ask, is to respect the Davies family, just because one is a bad egg, doesn't mean the rest of the family has to suffer his punishment as well.
Thank you.
Wow
Really people you have to go on here and act like your someone else. First of all who ever you are better delete the fake account. I'm friends with the Davies and am glad I found out someone posted something I wouldn't ever say! Why don't you change your account to who you really are or delete please! I am sending in a complaint as well
The mirror has two faces!
As for the families and friends of these two young men, I feel your embarrassment and emotional pains. But, these two 'men' have made a decision to avoid societies rules at this time. Once I had the misfortune to be the star witness at a trial for a person pretty much the same as these two. An epiphany happened for me, allowing me to look at the idiot on trial. Seeing him from his family's view, after hearing their testimonies. Like what 'Family' said, he's a sweet guy and just got lost. Well, he got lost at the expense of others who more than likely can't afford the loss. He got lost enough to lose his sight of a future with no felony record and arms that aren't scarred with needle marks for life. Both of these 'boys' are in a place where the people, not involved emotionally with them, see them as animals. The same sweet boy of a brother or son, is the same one only viewed as the criminal they decided to be at that moment and I'm pretty sure, many moments in the recent past as well. The people having negative comments are perfectly in their right to do so. Most have witnessed or been a victim of senseless crime and given a chance to speak of how they feel, is why this column is in existence. Welcome to the world of sadness and disappointment. At this point in time, these two are bottom feeders and should be tried as such. Jail has never been the place to join with your thoughts and be one that rehabs himself. It's always been a gladiator factory and a place where better tools of the wrong trades are learned. The only form of rehab in jail is just surviving and not wanting to go back. Although as distasteful as jail may be, drug rehab has been proven to be a waste of all our times for these two. BYBY guys! Hope you get it some day. 'It' being society's rules and how to survive without being a bonehead. Peace!
@scat
Rehab was not only a waste of time...it was a waste of Alaska's resources....I doubt either paid for their own rehab.
With all due respect to the families....both chose their path and will now suffering the consequences.
I for one am quite confused at the lack of accountability. They stole, destroyed property and were holding drugs...what did they expect if they got caught? I certainly hope there is a greater penalty than some have recently received because the most recent sentences are a joke. No wonder people re-offend.
if the g gas priced lower
Me tool you this I walk never steels in by life. Bur peapol will steel fur gas, heating oils then props will go with heat and gags add of cancer and go with out oil because I put oil in my tanks and I go with out it because people want
i dont know what going to.do.
I off they steal from my tank I will net get oil o sm not eligible for any help :(
i dont know what going to.do.
I off they steal from my tank I will net get oil o sm not eligible for any help :(
i dont know what going to.do.
I off they steal from my tank I will net get oil o sm not eligible for any help :(
i dont know what going to.do.
I off they steal from my tank I will net get oil o sm not eligible for any help :(