Suspects in home invasion have criminal pasts
ANCHORAGE - Three men charged in a home invasion are convicted felons who were fresh out of prison and on parole, according to the Department of Corrections.
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Police are searching for a fourth suspect accused in the Friday night home-invasion robbery in which the hostages were bound with duct tape and pistol-whipped, apparently over drug money, police Lt. Paul Honeman said.
If convicted, William G. Osborne, 35, Dylan J. Wright, 26, and Kristopher C. Schell, 24, face hefty prison terms, made even longer by their status as repeat offenders. They are charged with at least 15 felony counts, including kidnapping, robbery, assault, burglary and misconduct involving weapons.
Two men and two women were at the home visiting Andrew Hanson on Friday when the suspects barged in with guns drawn and wearing ski masks, according to police. Hanson was not there at the time.
The four were watching a movie when they heard the garage door open. They thought it was Hanson returning.
Instead, the four intruders grabbed the women by the hair and threw them down, tied the victims with duct tape, then pistol-whipped and kicked the men in the sides and face, police say. According to an affidavit, one of the intruders told the victims the invasion was "business, just business."
They pointed a shotgun at one man's back and demanded money, including the people's wallets and drug money that was apparently stashed around the house.
"Give me all the money," the robber said. "Make it easy. Where's the weed?"
After the men found some money, the garage door began to open and the four men ran downstairs, thinking Hanson had returned. Instead, they found police outside and ran.
Three of the suspected robbers were caught within two hours by police with assault rifles and dogs. But the fourth man, described as white and between 25 and 35 years old, is still being sought.
One of the women in the home told police Hanson sells marijuana out of the home, and police found two sandwich bags of pot and a scale in the kitchen, according to the police affidavit.
Hanson was arrested on an outstanding warrant Sunday night.