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For immediate release: 06/21/2016 4:00 p.m.

Valdez, AK – Valdez police officers arrested wanted felon Taming Ting, Jr. Saturday evening following coordination with Anchorage police.

At approximately 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 18th, Valdez Police Department officers contacted and arrested 31-year old Taming Ting, Jr. wanted in Anchorage for two counts of assault, criminal mischief, and felony eluding.

The arrest followed joint efforts by Valdez and Anchorage Police Departments to track Ting from Anchorage to Valdez. Officers followed Ting’s vehicle to a local Valdez hotel where he attempted to evade police.

Valdez police officers successfully boxed in the vehicle and executed a felony arrest without escalated use of force, injuries, or damage to property. Two female passengers were detained, questioned, and released at the scene. VPD transported Ting to the Valdez Regional Jail and impounded his vehicle. Following the arrest, officers recovered a handgun from Ting’s personal effects.

After execution of a search warrant issued for Ting’s vehicle, Valdez police officers seized drug paraphernalia, 13.8 grams of methamphetamine, 26 grams of brown heroin, 13.2 grams of black tar heroin, and 10.5 grams of cocaine. The controlled substances were tentatively identified using field test kits and forwarded to the State of Alaska Crime Lab for positive identification. The seized drugs have an estimated minimum street value of $50,000.

According to the Anchorage Police Department, just before 3:30 a.m. on June 8th, APD officers observed a grey 2016 Chevy truck in the Diamond Boulevard area of Anchorage. The vehicle matched descriptions of that used by Ting, a felon with an outstanding warrant for his arrest.

APD officers initiated a traffic stop of the vehicle. When the suspect vehicle stopped for a red light at the intersection of Minnesota Drive and West International Airport Road, an APD officer moved his patrol car in front of the vehicle to block it in. Ting rammed the patrol car with his vehicle and fled the scene at a high rate of speed. APD discontinued the pursuit due to dangerous conditions. The officer sustained minor injuries from the collision and the patrol vehicle was towed from the scene.

Ting remains in the Valdez Regional Jail on two separate warrants as well as a new criminal charge of 3rd degree misconduct involving weapons (MIW). Ting’s warrants have a “no bail” condition. Bail for the new MIW charge is set at $50,000 and a court approved third-party custodian.

The case remains under investigation and additional criminal charges related to the seized controlled substances are pending. The case has been referred to the Palmer District Attorney’s Office.

Posted June 21, 2016
Allie Ferko, Public Information Officer
City of Valdez, Alaska