Palmer police arrest Anchorage man twice on child sexual abuse material charge

Palmer police arrested a 38-year-old Anchorage man on back-to-back days last week on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material, according to the department's weekly press release.

Officers first arrested him Oct. 19. Police said he was taken to the Anchorage Jail and held without bail, per the bail schedule.

Palmer police arrested him again Oct. 20, this time with help from the Anchorage Police Department. Police said he was held at the Anchorage Jail without bail pending arraignment, per the bail schedule. The release does not say why he was arrested a second time.

An Alaska court charge report of criminal cases filed Oct. 19 to 25 lists one Anchorage case against him: a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material depicting a person under 18, a Class C felony. The report lists the case among those filed Oct. 20, the day of the second arrest, and gives Oct. 18 as the date of the alleged offense.

The same report lists no Palmer case against him.

The charge is an accusation, and he is presumed innocent. The police release gives no arraignment date.