Halfway house walkaways decrease significantly but remain a problem

Before Howard Watson, 32, got into a confrontation with Anchorage Police that sent him to the hospital with critical injuries Thursday, he was was already a wanted man.
In a Nixle alert sent out Monday, APD said he left the Glenwood Center halfway house with permission to go to work. He showed up at his job, but left his shift early and didn’t return to Glenwood Center.
A review of his criminal history on court view shows he pleaded guilty to an escape charge just two years ago i