Alejandro Calvillo, 24, was being held in the Wrangell jail last week on extortion and coercion charges for allegedly threatening a victim in an attempt to collect $1,000, Wrangell police said.
Bond on the initial charges was set at $10,000, and the suspect was held pending his next court date on April 1, Police Chief Gene Meek said March 27.
Police arrested Calvillo on March 23 — a day after the alleged crime — after stopping him just past where Front Street changes into Shakes Street.
The victim reported to police on March 22 that Calvillo had accused the victim of stealing from him. “Calvillo threatened to assault the victim if the victim did not pay Calvillo $1,000,” according to a police statement.
“Calvillo told the victim that he has been arrested for a previous violent assault and that he carries a knife. The victim paid Calvillo $1,000 due to the fear of being attacked,” the statement said.
Police verified that the victim paid the money. They located Calvillo at about 8 a.m. the next morning and placed him under arrest. “Calvillo was in possession of a large knife,” police said.
He was charged with extortion and coercion “for placing the victim in fear by threatening the victim with physical injury if he did not pay $1,000 for property he did not have,” the police statement reported.
Both charges are felonies.
The police chief declined to describe the property that was in dispute. “I need to delay the identification of the property as there is still a small part of the investigation that is ongoing because the property was something that is possibly illegal,” Meek said March 27.
“Calvillo is currently on felony probation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in California, so an additional charge of violation of probation is pending,” according to police.
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