Willow man jailed without bail after threatening campers on Fishhook Road

A Willow man is jailed without bail after Alaska State Troopers say he drove drunk and threatened several campers on Willow Fishhook Road late Friday night during the July 4th holiday weekend.

Troopers contacted the man, 50, around 11:30 p.m. after a call from the scene. He was arrested without incident and faces three charges: DUI, refusal to submit to chemical testing, and terroristic threatening in the second degree. A court remanded him to the Mat-Su Pretrial facility without bail.

Willow Fishhook Road provides access to the Hatcher Pass Management Area, a roughly 300,000-acre alpine area in the southwest Talkeetna Mountains where dispersed camping and outdoor recreation are common, particularly on summer holiday weekends.

All charges are accusations. The man is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.