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In wake of Fairbanks standoff, DOC says escapees nothing new
By adn.com- Megan Edge
Published: 09/12/2014

Fairbanks police say Michael William Bracht faces new charges after a Tuesday car chase led to a 10-hour standoff during which Bracht allegedly threatened suicide and caused some of the Interior city's streets to be shut down. ​By 1:30 p.m., he had turned himself over to authorities -- unharmed -- and was taken to an area hospital. Several weeks prior, on Aug. 19, Bracht had escaped from the Northstar Center, a facility the state considers a community residential center -- more commonly known as a halfway house.

Bracht is not the only offender to escape from such a facility in Alaska recently, and Fairbanks isn't the only area having a tough time keeping them in place. According to data provided by the Alaska Department of Corrections, 138 offenders have escaped from community residential centers across the state since the start of 2014. Ninety-eight of them have returned to custody. By Wednesday, Bracht was charged with the misdemeanor of escaping custody, a crime DOC said is common.

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