Taken from this mornings Anchorage Daily News
Police are looking for Zeb Bewak
Cornered suspect attacks pursuers
VANDALISM: Man is accused of stabbing father and son.
Published: April 12th, 2008 12:47 AM
Last Modified: April 12th, 2008 05:12 AM
A father and son who caught vehicle vandals in the act at their South Anchorage home got in their truck, chased the suspects down and wound up hospitalized with serious stab wounds to the legs, according to Anchorage police.
Police are searching for Zeb Bewak, 24, who is wanted on a $30,000 warrant for five felony counts of assault and criminal mischief after the attack early Thursday morning, police Lt. Paul Honeman said.
The 42-year-old father told police that he and his 18-year-old son heard some noises outside their home in the 13000 block of Diggins Drive about 2:15 a.m. Thursday and went outside to find a few people fleeing the driveway, Honeman said. The pair gave chase in their truck, catching up with and cornering the suspects' vehicle in a cul-de-sac near Jarvi and Oceanview drives.
"When that happened, of course that evoked another response," Honeman said. "That's the thing: You never know if the guy's got a knife or a gun."
The suspect got out of his truck and confronted the men, who restrained him and told him police were on the way, Honeman said. A woman in the suspect's vehicle began hollering -- distracting the men -- and the suspect pulled a knife, he said.
"He starts hacking them with a knife, and I mean, he hacked them pretty good," Honeman said.
The father and son let go and ran back to their truck. Minutes later, patrol officer Doug Henie spotted the erratically driving vehicle at 36th Avenue and Lake Otis Parkway, Honeman said. When he stopped the car, he saw its occupants severely bleeding from their legs.
The father received 20 stitches and has been released from the hospital, Honeman said. The son remained hospitalized in serious condition after getting 75 stitches, he said. One cut came within an inch of nicking his femoral artery -- a potentially fatal wound, Honeman said.
The men gave police a description of the suspect's vehicle and subsequently picked Bewak's image from a photo lineup, Honeman said.
Bewak is wanted on two counts of first-degree assault and three counts of third-degree criminal mischief, Honeman said.
Investigators contacted Bewak by phone Friday and he said he was not planning on turning himself in, Honeman said.
He was last seen in a Green 1996 Chevrolet pickup, license plate DRP500. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call police at 786-8900.
These guys are brave but perhaps this was a bad idea!! Thats why a cell phone is a bad idea. Imagine being in these guys shoes? I would hope I would just kind of follow from a distance while on my cell phone and pray the police were acting quickly...
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I meant the cell phone was a good idea...
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