The 23-year-old man accused of shooting at a vehicle that was being on towed on Egan Drive has been indicted on felony charges.
Darshan S. Dogra was charged with two counts of felony assault for recklessly placing the driver of the tow truck and passenger in fear of injury during the Feb. 1 incident. He is also facing one count of criminal mischief for damaging the car he is accused of shooting.
Those are all class “C” felonies that can be punishable by up to five years in jail.
Prosecutors said Dogra stopped his vehicle in front of the tow truck near the Sunny Point Overpass, got out of his vehicle and fired a handgun at the vehicle, for no apparent reason.
Police arrested him several hours later at a room in the Extended Stay Hotel near the airport.
He is being held at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in lieu of $20,000 bond. A bail hearing is scheduled to take place on Wednesday.
Two other people were indicted by a grand jury on Friday.
• Mason T. Baker, 21, was indicted on one count of second-degree theft for taking property belonging to Sequence, a skateboard and snowboard shop in the Mendenhall Mall, on Jan. 4. The indictment alleges the property was worth between $50 and $500, and that Baker has been convicted and sentenced on two or more occasions for similar offenses in the past five years. Second-degree theft is a class “C” felony punishable by up to five years in jail.
• Patrick W. Jaynes, 43, was indicted on two counts of fourth-degree drug misconduct for possessing methamphetamine and oxycodone on Sept. 28. Those are also class “C” felonies.
Jaynes is being held at LCCC in lieu of a $20,000 cash performance bond.
Indictments are formal accusations of illegal activity, and they are not indicative of guilt. The District Attorney’s Office in Juneau presents cases to the grand jury each Friday.
• Contact reporter Emily Russo Miller at 523-2263 or at emily.miller@juneauempire.com.
Comments (22)
Add commentI hope all three of the
I hope all three of the people named here will be taken out of society for a long period of time. They have all proven that they cannot function in an orderly fashion and have little, if any, respect for others.
Darshan S. Dogra is a homicide waiting to happen. If this person is allowed out in society he will eventually end up taking another person's life. I hope the judicial system will take this opportunity and incarcerate him for as long as the law permits.
Darshan
Thank God no one was hurt. Darshan, I am sorry that you have not received the help that you need. I pray for you and your family and the other people that were involved. I remember you as a quiet sweet young man in middle school. Please ignore the hateful posts of people on this site.
Hmmm
I'd be interested in knowing what was going on in this young man's mind to open fire on an empty vehicle being towed? Regardless, glad he's off the streets because I agree that this type of behavior is a homicide waiting to happen.
@Rough Cut, I feel sorry for your ignorance. To point fingers at someone because of his Indian name is pitiful.
They're all sweet young men...
...Until they go shoot up schools, or start murdering people.
Lock him up, don't let him have a gun again. If he is truly mentally unstable, his attorney should push for psychiatric assessments before trial and he should be removed from society until deemed fit to re-enter it (even if it is more than 5 years).
The mentally ill should not be amongst the general population.
But,, of course we all
know that it's that evil gun's fault.
I was wondering when someone
I was wondering when someone would point all that out Ts907 :)
Well I'll be
Damned. It wasn't just the 'evil gun'. Who would have ever thought...a drug deal gone awry?
fdubz - what?
"The mentally ill should not be amongst the general population."
What an ignorant and selfish statement. The mentally ill should be cared for by those that have all mental capability. If society were to make mental health a priority then perhaps we wouldn't be blaming guns.
fdubz - what?
"The mentally ill should not be amongst the general population."
What an ignorant and selfish statement. The mentally ill should be cared for by those that have all mental capability. If society were to make mental health a priority then perhaps we wouldn't be blaming guns.
Could a big, fancy,
Could a big, fancy, government mandated background check have prevented this incident?
Ts907, Thanks for the
Ts907,
Thanks for the insights. Your story makes a lot more sense than the official version. Still, this punk needs to be incarcerated. I hope he'll meet up with the punks he whose car he was shooting at while doing some time.
@ 30 year resident
I don't think you understood my statement, or maybe I didn't clarify. I am in complete agreement that the mentally ill should be cared for, and that society should make mental health more of a priority.
I just think they should be removed from the general population because, as we've now seen over and over, they pose a tremendous threat. They should be continuously treated and evaluated; then, if deemed stable enough, and only then should they be allowed to re-enter society.
I'm talking about more mental health facilites and more care and monitoring of these individuals performed by professionals.
J.E - He shot at an innocent
J.E - He shot at an innocent persons car, it just happened to be being towed. I know the girl, and she was pretty bummed about it. She doesn't know Darshan, or the two tow truck drivers.
All of you juneauites... Need
All of you juneauites... Need to get something better to do then to sit around and make negative comments about the "mentally I'll" all you know is what the sentinels Emily Russo wrote down. Things get twisted and you shouldn't believe everything you read or hear. Darshan is not a threat to society and he's harmless... You all are the evil ones here. Negatively commenting on what you've only read in the papers... Get back to work. You people are disgusting!
Harmless?
He discharged a firearm in public...
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Should i crack him
background check
the snide remark regarding background checks preempting this incident proves nothing. The poster does not comprehend the background check is for those who have been found mentally ill before the are given a background check and stopped from purchasing a fire arm.
Like you've said yourself
Like you've said yourself "pimpin" Darshan is a grown man. He will choose to be around who he feels comfortable. Weather that be positive or negative people. That is a decision all his own. We all have supportive people around us, but sometimes people don't always do what they're told or asked. There is good in us all, as people. Its understandable that you all are outraged that this unfortunate event happened. And I'll defend Darshan until the end of this mess. I'm sure most of you are all pretty questionable yourselves. Take a look in the mirror...
hope
hope for better.
Apology
I'm sorry if I offended anyone with my comments. They wern't meant to be taken as snarky or rude. I was only speaking from the heart. I am disappointed with the Juneau Empire for actually flagging and deleting my account for speaking about what I believe to be the truth. I think its unfair that I've been singled out and censored, while other's slanderistic accusations remain on this page. Although my screen name will not be seen any longer the good name pimpin will live on my friends! Heres to censorship! Cheers!
Wow
So now its gone from just slander to aiding and abeting a known criminal. Why in the world would you admit on the Juneau Empire's public form, that you too are a criminal and include details of your crimes? You are just as guilty as they are, knowing what they were going to use your money for, and you helped them break the law anyway. Holy cow, this should be on an episode of America's dumbest criminals.
sunday
If that's what happened, then, yes - it is your "stupid fault". But calling a person out by name in our local paper when that person has not been charged with a crime is low. Stop giving people money so they can "re-up". Or report them to JPD. But coming on here and making allegations gets you nowhere.
It seems to be apparent that
It seems to be apparent that the Juneau Empire needs to re-evaluate the intended purpose of the comment feature available to readers online. An "advisory" disclaimer does not excuse the obvious instigation of gossip in our community nor remove the Empire's responsibility of the content expressed in the online commentary by their readers. Consistently this is resulting in an attack on a named individual in an article. The Empire allows the commenter to remain unidentifiable by the public while publicly slandering someone The Empire named in an article published on their site. Suggestion: remove the commentary feature and start a gossip column-as if one doesn't exist already? Juneau has a word-of-mouth that extends to all of southeast traveling faster than wild fire. As we also saw with Mr. Dawson's case, commentary is not removed until getting to a very dark, unnecessary level fueled by vindictive individuals who lack the ability to see anything but peoples mistakes. I don't see the small community support there used to be, instead I see deterioration of a once unique community that is becoming extinct.
Yeah, because of people like
Yeah, because of people like the ones named here. Doing/dealing drugs. It's destroyed our community.
Meth, a problem in Juneau. But where?
Do you guys ever have concerns about some coffee stands in town? I recently went to one location, not gonna say which one, after getting my cup of Joe I said to myself, " What if some of the workers add anything to peoples coffee? The worst I could of imagine, meth. Do you guys feel or get that impression?