A father and son teamed up to apprehend a man suspected of stealing the son’s truck on Holt Road in Fairbanks on Monday afternoon.

According to statements, the son, who was woring in his dad’s shop Monday afternoon, was alerted when he heard his vehicle start up and begin driving away. The car theft victim gave chase on foot and caught up to his pickup truck and jumped into the bed as the vehicle was driving off.

As the vehicle turned on to Van Horn Road, after pounding on the truck’s rear window and yelling at the man driving off with his truck, the victim picked up a section of a bed frame and smashed in the window. After hitting the driver, the driver attempted to flee the vehicle. Reaching in, the theft victim put the vehicle into park and repeatedly struck the driver as he attempted to flee.

The son’s father arrived at the scene, driving a snow plow truck, as the alleged car thief was trying to flee the scene and dropped his plow blade as the man was running past his truck. He hit the man with the blade then exited his truck and subdued the suspected thief.

An ambulance was called to aid the suspected car thief, and he was receiving aid when police arrived at the scene at approximately 5:30 pm. During the investigation, witnesses were interviewed and the witness’s statements agreed with the father and son’s statements.

Further investigation found that the alleged car thief had dropped his vehicle off at a nearby glass shop shortly before attempting to abscond with the pickup truck.

After first denying stealing the truck, the suspect, 49-year-old Lyndon Pasilan admitted to the theft saying “voices in his head” told him to steal the truck. Pasilon was arrested on charges of Felony Vehicle Theft I.

Court records show that Pasilan has an extensive criminal history dating back to 2003 with dozens of cases filed in Alaskan Courts. Court records also show that Pasilan was indicted on drug charges on November 26th and arrested. Pasilan then was freed on $3,000 bail.

Pasilan had also been in court earlier in November on a an Assault case that he was sentenced on in 2013. In that case Pasilan received almost two years in jail and a suspended fine of $10,000. In November, a petition to revoke his probation was filed and the $10,000 fine was reimposed.

Pasilan is due in court again on December 12th for a preliminary hearing on Felony Theft charges and two counts of Violation of Conditions of Release.

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