The following day, Juneau the police detained Mitchell Watley in connection to notes distributed around town that criticized the transgender community. They also “contained an alleged threat to children.”
Watley is well-known for his work as the illustrator of the cult Alaska Children’s Book “I I Would Like To Tuck You in.”
He’s accused of terroristic threatening, which is a crime of felony.
On Friday, notepads were left at Foodland IGA and in the State Office Building. Two notes were also left at Juneau’s Costco on the weekend. Juneau officers were able utilize Costco’s surveillance systems to track down the person who had posted the notes to a vehicle. They traced the license plate on the car back to Watley.
When the police arrested Watley He confessed.
Juneau police thanked the FBI as a source of assistance with the arrest.
span style=”font-weight 400 ;”>”Anytime there’s a risk of danger like this, and it’s exposed the network, we work to collaborate with all resources that we can,” Lt. Krag Campbell said.
At the time of Watley’s arraignment Monday The assistant district attorney Rexene Finley said Watley put Juneau residents in danger.
“He left them in areas where people go to shop with their children,” she said.
She claimed she was intimidated by him and parents of children attending schools.
“Mr. Watley was threatening to kill the most vulnerable of our populations,” Finley said.
The judge issued a cash bail of $10,000 for Watley and demanded that he surrender all firearms and not be present at parks and schools during Juneau as conditions for his the release of Lemon Creek Correctional Center, which is where he’s been until his detention.
An initial hearing on the case is scheduled to take place on April 11.
