An Anchor Point man is in custody on Arson and Weapons charges after troopers and the Anchor Point Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Chakok Avenue in Anchor Point on Thursday.

At approximately 9:06 pm on Thursday, Alaska State Troopers and the Anchor Point Fire Department dispatched to Chakok Avenue and were contronted with a live-in style travel trailer fully engulfed in flames. A quick search of the property did not turn up anyone in the area. Troopers attempted to contact the owner of the property that the trailer was on, but those attempts were unsuccessful.

The fire was extinguished and the fire department departed the scene. Troopers remained for a short time after the fire department left and as they were leaving the scene, they observed a person walking along North Fork Road away from the area of the fire.

Troopers contacted the walking man and he was identified as 33-year-old Anchor Point resident Trevor Cole, who was the property owner that the trailer was situated on.

Cole was found in possession of a rifle and a concealed handgun. Cole refused to allow troopers to secure the firearms during the troopers contact with him, and so, was placed under arrest for Misconduct Involving Firearms.

Further investigation by troopers would find that Cole had set the trailer ablaze after having a falling out with the trailer’s owner according to the trooper dispatch. The owner of the trailer previously had permission from Cole to place his trailer on the property.

After setting the trailer on fire, it was revealed, Cole fled the scene and hid out in the woods while the fire department got the fire under control and extinguished it. He continued to wait until the fire department left the scene then departed the area along the North Fork Road.

When troopers searched Cole, they would also find that he was in possession of marijuana.

Cole was transported to the Homer Jail where he was remanded on charges of Arson II, Misconduct Involving Weapons V, and Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance VI.

Cole was held without bail.