Kyle Scott Hansen Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Alaska Driving Rampage

Kyle Scott Hansen Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Alaska Driving Rampage 

January 19, 2013 (midnight) 

Kyle Scott Hansen 

drove a GMC pickup truck through 

through a closed lane at the 

gate of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (“JBER”) military base.  He ignored JBER security police attempts to conduct a traffic stop and continued driving through JBER at speeds up to 60 miles per hour.  When Hansen reached the Government Hill Gate, he discovered it was closed and turned around and headed back towards the Boniface Gate and in the process of turning around, he damaged one security police vehicle. 

Security police set up a roadblock in an attempt to stop Hansen and at the roadblock, Hansen drove his vehicle through an opening between a vehicle and a light pole.  While driving through this opening, Hansen struck a Senior Airman’s service rifle that he was holding and the rifle then struck the Senior Airman in the throat and caused him to fall down an embankment.  Hansen then continued through the now closed Boniface Gate causing significant damage to the gate.  Hansen was contacted and arrested later in the day in Eagle River, Alaska.  His vehicle was later recovered in the Airport Heights neighborhood of Anchorage on January 20, 2013.  The investigation revealed that prior to entering JBER, Hansen had consumed Coricidin D, a cold and flu medicine that Hansen used as a replacement for illegal drugs and alcohol.

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26-year-old Kyle Scott Hansen of Anchorage pleaded guilty to one count of assaulting a federal officer. Other charges related to the mayhem, back in January, were dropped.

According to court documents, just after midnight on January 19, Hansen drove his blue GMC pickup through Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s Boniface gate, without stopping for security officers. He was pursued by base police and was clocked at speeds up to 60 miles per hour as he tried to drive through the sprawling military facility and exit through another gate, in Government Hill.

When he couldn’t get through that gate, Hansen turned around, avoiding a roadblock and knocking over an airman who was trying to stop him – resulting in the assault charge.

Hansen admitted to using Coricidin D – a cold remedy he took as a substitute for alcohol and drugs – prior to driving through the JBER gate.  

At the time of his arrest, Hansen had four prior convictions for driving while under the influence, and one prior conviction for felony evading -- after refusing to stop for Anchorage police in August 2008.

1. Anchorage Man sentenced to 60 months in prison for assault on a ...

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   Jul 24, 2013 - While driving through this opening, Hansen struck a Senior Airman's service ... prior to entering JBER, Hansen had consumed Coricidin D, a cold and flu ...for driving under the influence of alcohol and one prior conviction for  ...

2. Anchorage Man Sentenced To 60 Months In Prison For Assault On A Federal Officer

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   July 24, 2013

   Anchorage, Alaska-U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that a man from Anchorage was sentenced here in federal court to prison for an assault on a Federal Officer.    

   Kyle Scott Hansen, 26, from Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced on July 23, 2013, by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 60 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release.  Hansen was also ordered to pay $78,310.44 to the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for damage he caused.  Hansen had previously pled guilty to count one of an indictment charging him with assault on a federal officer.

   According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Kelly Cavanaugh, who prosecuted the case,
3. just after midnight on January 19, 2013, Hansen drove a blue GMC pickup truck through the Boniface Gate of the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (“JBER”).  When Hansen drove onto JBER, he was unauthorized to be on the facility and drove through a closed lane at the gate.  Once on JBER, Hansen ignored JBER security police attempts to conduct a traffic stop and continued driving through JBER at speeds up to 60 miles per hour.  When Hansen reached the Government Hill Gate, he discovered it was closed and turned around and headed back towards the Boniface Gate and in the process of turning around, he damaged one security police vehicle. 

   Security police set up a roadblock in an attempt to stop Hansen and at the roadblock, Hansen drove his vehicle through an opening between a vehicle and a light pole.  While driving through this opening, Hansen struck a Senior Airman’s service rifle that he was holding and the rifle then struck the Senior Airman in the throat and caused him to fall down an embankment.  Hansen then continued through the now closed Boniface Gate causing significant damage to the gate.  Hansen was contacted and arrested later in the day in Eagle River, Alaska.  His vehicle was later recovered in the Airport Heights neighborhood of Anchorage on January 20, 2013.  The investigation revealed that prior to entering JBER, Hansen had consumed Coricidin D, a cold and flu medicine that Hansen used as a replacement for illegal drugs and alcohol.

   At the sentencing hearing, Judge Gleason was “troubled” by a “26 year old man who already has 4 prior convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol and one prior conviction for felony eluding”.

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   Feb 6, 2013 - ... he'd witnessed Hansen taking Coricidin D on multiple occasions and... Hansen was on probation for felony Driving Under the Influence and  ...

5. JBER Eluder Sentenced in US District Court to 60 Months

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   Jul 25, 2013 - ... to driving through the gate onto the base, had ingested Coricidin D.... that Hansen already had four prior DUI convictions as well as a prior  ...