The charges stem from a March incident involving campaign signs for incumbent Mayor Dave Bronson. It’s part of what candidates say is a general uptick in damage to their election signs.
vandalizing dozens of political signs during a one-night spree in March ahead of the city’s mayoral electionAn investigation by the Anchorage Police Department led to three charges filed against 27-year-old Amanda M. Pineda: two misdemeanors — improper use of plates and filing a false police report — and a felony charge of third-degree criminal mischief, according to a criminal complaint filed in state court April 25.
Signs were reportedly covered in a variety of messages, some related to the ongoing conflict in Gaza while others were crude expletives directed at Bronson and scrawled on the large 4-by-8 foot signs that political candidates mount along major roadways during election season. The incident took place just about a week after ato encourage a cease-fire in the ongoing Middle East conflict, and about three weeks before the end of the municipal election that closed on April 2.
Police connected the vehicle and original license plate to Pineda and obtained a warrant in April to check her cellphone records, comparing locations and dates to where signs were damaged overnight in March, the detective wrote in the probable cause statement. Pineda’s phone traveled to many of the same areas where signs were vandalized that night, Sullivan wrote.
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