On Wednesday morning at 8:45 am, Pipeline Security contacted the Alaska State Troopers to report a significant amount of graffiti on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline near the village of Tazlina.

During the report to troopers, security told troopers that one of the painted messages said “Car Bomb,” while another made sexual and death threats against a Glennallen-based state trooper and his family.

Troopers responded to the scene at the section of the Trans-Alaska pipeline and observed at least six incidences of graffiti on the pipe. Among those painted messages were multiple statements regarding death threats to law enforcement. Also painted on the pipeline was a death list in which names of several Glennallen troopers were included.

The investigation at the scene would turn up a discarded spray paint lid. Investigation into the evidence would find that the black spray paint had been purchased one day prior to the discovery of the graffiti on the pipeline.

29-year-old Glennallen resident Ryan Vukson had purchased the spray paint on the day before and had also been seen on the night that the crime had been committed with black spray paint on his hands.

Alaska State Troopers contacted Vukson and placed him under arrest on charges of Terroristic Threatening II, Criminal Mischief III x3, and Criminal Trespass I x2.

Vukson was transported to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility in Palmer and remanded there with his bail set at $30,000.