A Fairbanks man was arrested after troopers say he lost control behind the wheel in North Pole, resulting in a single-vehicle rollover that left one woman dead.

Just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of the accident near mile 352 of the Richardson Highway.

When troopers responded, they determined the Chevrolet pickup truck was traveling southbound on the highway at a high speed when the driver lost control and entered the center median, according to an AST dispatch posted Saturday.

The vehicle then began to roll multiple times before stopping in the northbound lanes of the highway. The sole passenger, 26-year-old Amber Rae Evans, was ejected from the vehicle. She did not appear to be wearing her seatbelt, troopers say.

Kieran Duffy, 26, showed “multiple signs of being under the influence of alcoholic beverages,” troopers say.

When evidence indicated that Duffy was the driver in the collision, troopers contacted the Fairbanks District Attorney’s Office. The decision was then made to arrest Duffy on one count of negligent homicide.

Evans’ next-of-kin has been notified, troopers say.

19-year-old Timothy Funches

19-year-old Makur Chan

18-year-old Nathaniel Kile

Anchorage police have made more arrests in connection with two fatal shooting incidents that occurred in January.

Anchorage police have made more arrests in connection with two fatal shootings that occurred in January.

The Anchorage Police Department announced Saturday that 18-year-old Keiara Reynaud has been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the shooting death of Charles Steinhilpert III. The fatal shooting took place on Jan. 25 near the University Area Walgreens on Tudor Road.

Police announced Sunday that 19-year-old Makur Chan and 19-year-old Timothy Funches have both been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the death of Steinhilpert. Also arrested in this incident is a 14-year-old who police say turned himself in.

Chan is also charged with another count of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the death of 20-year-old Jeanpal Borge on Jan. 29. The fatal shooting happened in the early morning hours in the parking lot of a business at Bragaw Street and San Jeronimo Court. Nathaniel Kile, 18, has also been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in connection with the death of Borge.

Both of the homicides were drug related where there was intent to rob the victims, police say.

Chan, Funches and Kile were arraigned Sunday in Anchorage.

The investigation is ongoing, APD says. Police are asking anyone with additional information to call APD at 786-8900.

The Alaska Court of Appeals has denied the appeal of a southeast Alaska woman convicted as a teenager of criminal negligent homicide in the death of her mother.

The Ketchikan Daily News (http://bit.ly/1xRVUra) reports the Appeals Court confirmed that Rachelle Waterman of Craig was properly prosecuted as an adult in the 2004 death of Lauri Waterman.

Rachelle Waterman was 16 when her mother was kidnapped and beaten to death. Her body was found in a van set on fire and staged to look like a crash.

Two 24-year-old former boyfriends of Rachelle Waterman confessed to the murder.

Prosecutors said Waterman told the men her mother beat her and suggested she wanted her mother dead. Prosecutors also said Waterman failed to warn her mother after an earlier planned attack.

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An Alaska State Trooper K-9 helped nab a wanted Anchorage man who tried to flee from authorities in a vehicle and collided with a car in Wasilla.

Saturday evening, troopers pulled over 37-year-old Thomas Halton at the Parks Highway and Frontage Road for equipment violations, according to an online AST dispatch posted Sunday.

Halton allegedly provided false information to authorities to avoid apprehension on outstanding warrants for probation/parole violations on original charges of homicide, second-degree murder and evidence tampering. When a trooper tried to get him out of the 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier he was in, Halton drove off.

During a vehicle chase along the Parks Highway, troopers say Halton collided with a 2004 Toyota Camry and then ran away. The driver of the car Halton hit suffered minor injuries and was taken to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center.

K-9 Helo caught Halton, the dispatch says, and the 37-year-old was arrested. In addition to the outstanding warrants, Halton was also arrested for two counts of failure to stop at the direction of an officer, reckless driving, resisting arrest, false information, third-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

An anonymous tip led to the arrest of a Fairbanks man wanted on attempted murder and assault charges, police say.

Bryon Kozevnikoff, 35, was arrested late Sunday evening after reportedly leaving an area business, according to the Fairbanks Police Department. He was taken into custody on a warrant for first-degree attempted murder, four counts of third-degree assault, third-degree weapons misconduct and second-degree theft. More charges are pending, police said Monday.

Courtesy the Fairbanks Police Department

Kozevnikoff allegedly shot at a person inside a home on the 1000 block of 24th Avenue after an argument Sunday, Feb. 1. The bullet missed the intended victim, police earlier reported, but two people did sustain superficial injuries.

Considered “armed and dangerous” when a warrant was issued, Kozevnikoff did not have a firearm with him when he was taken into custody, police said.

Kozevnikoff was remanded to the Fairbanks Correctional Center.

Anchorage police have identified the suspect killed in a shootout Sunday after he reportedly rammed police vehicles in a stolen truck and fired shots at authorities with a firearm that did not belong to him.

A preliminary investigation indicates 33-year-old John Martin Whittaker died from shots fired by Anchorage Police Department officers. Per department policy, the two officers who fired their weapons have been placed on leave and their names will be withheld for 72 hours, according to an APD statement.

Whittaker had a warrant for his arrest for parole violation stemming from a felony weapons misconduct conviction, police said. He led police on a chase after APD received a report of an erratic driver in the Russian Jack area Sunday morning. When authorities tried to stop Whittaker, he went into a snow bank and rammed patrol vehicles with the Ford F-250 before fleeing the scene.

Officers located him again near 15th Avenue and Medfra Street, where he got out of the truck and pointed the stolen gun at police. Shots were fired by both Whittaker and the two officers. Whittaker then approached a nearby residence, and he was fatally struck near the home.

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Both the truck and the gun are being held as evidence, said APD spokeswoman Anita Shell. The case remains under investigation and authorities ask anyone with information to contact APD homicide detective James Trull at 786-2681.

–This is a developing story. 

A 23-year-old Haines man will serve time in jail after he chased three brown bears from his home and killed them last year, authorities say.

Dalton Huston will serve 180 days in jail with 90 suspended for taking a sow and two cubs during a closed season, according to an online dispatch from Alaska State Troopers. He also received fines totaling $10,900, was placed on probation and had his hunting privileges revoked until Feb. 5, 2017 because of the August incident.

According to troopers, Huston returned to his home at mile 7.5 of the Haines Highway Aug. 10 to find the sow and cubs rummaging through trash scattered around his property. He chased them from his home before shooting them with a rifle, which was forfeited to the State of Alaska.

Anchorage police have taken six people into custody so far in connection with two fatal shootings that occurred in January.

The two shootings, which occurred on Jan. 25 and Jan. 29, are connected by 19-year-old Makur Chan, who has been charged for his involvement in both incidents.

Above and below are timelines of the incidents, including witness statements and what police took into consideration before making the arrests.

Timeline of Events

Jan. 25, 8:38 p.m.

Anchorage police received reports of a shooting at the Walgreens located on the corner of Lake Otis Parkway and Tudor Road. Initially, no shooting victims were found at the scene. Later, 18-year-old Charles Steinhilpert III was identified by police as the sole shooting victim after he was transported to the hospital by friends, Steinhilpert was pronounced dead at Alaska Native Medical Center.

Witnesses told police the shooting occurred after a dispute between individuals from two groups over the quality and price of a bag of marijuana. A 14-year-old male with one of the groups present reached into the vehicle of the other group and turned off the ignition. Steinhilpert reportedly used a Taser against the 14-year-old, who responded by firing once into the vehicle, striking Steinhilpert in the torso.

While Steinhilpert was transported to the hospital, the other group fled in a dark colored sedan, witnesses say.

Jan. 25, 10:25 p.m.

The 14-year-old suspect of the Walgreens shooting called 911 and turned himself in, police say. Keiara Reynaud, 18, is believed to have recorded the shooting suspect being taken into custody. Reynaud posted the video to her Instagram account, charging documents say.

Jan. 29, 12:27 a.m.

Police responded to reports of six shots fired in the parking lot of Costco on Debarr Road. Once on scene, the body of a shooting victim was found and later identified as 20-year-old Jeanpal Borge. Also found at the scene was a torn Walmart bag containing multiple Ziploc bags of marijuana, charging documents say.

Through Borge’s phone records, police were able to identify two individuals who had contact with Borge on the night of the shooting, including an unidentified 15-year-old who told police he was at the scene with the victim during the shooting.

The 15-year-old told police he and Borge had agreed to meet someone at Costco for a drug deal. Four men unknown to the witness arrived. At some point during the deal, which took place in Borge’s vehicle, one of the other men grabbed the bag of weed from Borge, who became angry, got out of the vehicle and told him not to do that, according to court documents. Both men produced firearms, and the man with the bag retreated to the other vehicle.

The 15-year-old told police he’d reentered the vehicle on the passenger side when the two men got out. The man with the bag shot Borge in the face using a laser site on his gun, according to witness. The other group fled, firing off several rounds at Borge’s vehicle. The 15-year-old told police he ran several blocks and called a friend to pick him up.

Police searched the witness’s phone records, and identified Nathanial Kile as someone who contacted the witness several times before and after the shooting.

Jan. 31

Kile was brought in for questioning in relation to the shooting. He told police he lost his cell phone the day before the incident. He also told police he had been at home sleeping the entire night of the shooting.

Feb. 4

The 15-year-old was brought in again for questioning with Anchorage police and shown photos of potential suspects from the Costco shooting. He identified a man with the initials T.G. as a suspect involved in the shooting. He then identified 19-year-old Makur Chan as the one who shot Borge, saying he was 100 percent sure he was the shooter, court documents say.

The 15-year-old also told police that he had set up the deal after receiving a call from a number that began with 602, a number police had already discovered belonged to Kile. According to the witness and phone records, Kile called asking about getting marijuana the afternoon of Jan. 28.

Feb. 6

Police detained Reynaud at a residence in West Anchorage. During her initial interview with police, she admitted to being with a group of four males at Walgreens the night of the shooting. She said she knew the 14-year-old shooting suspect had a gun with him and that the group was planning to rip off the dealer, the documents say.

When they arrived at Walgreens, the other group wasn’t there yet, so the 14-year-old went inside the store. Upon arrival of the other group, Reynaud called him and told him to come back outside. This corroborates the testimony of a Walgreens employee who said a male entered the store prior to the shooting, and after receiving a phone call, quickly exited, dropping four bullets on the floor.

Reynaud told police she saw the shooter walk over to the driver’s side door. She heard the Tazer go off, and then heard a gunshot.

Feb. 7

According to court documents, in a secondary interview, Reynaud identified the driver of her group’s vehicle as a male known as Ace, who she also knew as Makur (Chan). 

Chan was seen in surveillance footage from Walgreens exiting his vehicle and getting into the vehicle that held Steinhilpert. That footage was compared with surveillance video provided by the Dimond Boulevard Fred Meyer Loss Prevention team, which showed Chan – identified by Loss Prevention from previous thefts – attempting to steal a gun from the gun counter. Kile was also seen with him. Through comparison of the footage, police confirmed that Chan was in fact at the scene of the Walgreens shooting.

Chan was taken into custody. He was seen trying to destroy one of two cellphones he had with him just before he was detained. During his interrogation, Chan named three individuals who were with him at Walgreens- Reynaud, Timothy Funches and the 14-year-old suspected shooter.

When asked, Chan also admitted to being at Costco on Jan. 29. He said he, Kile and a maled named “blackie,” identified as Simon Chuar, arrived in a Honda Accord and planned to rip off the dealer there. Chan told police that after snatching the bag of marijuana, he shot Borge once. He said Chuar shot multiple times at the other vehicle, knowing the teenager was inside.

Reynaud was arraigned in Anchorage on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery.

Feb. 8

Kile and Funches were each arraigned in Anchorage court on charges of first-degree robbery and second-degree murder.

Chan was arraigned on two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of first-degree robbery for his involvement in both fatal shootings.

Feb. 9

Chuar – who turned himself in after a warrant was issued for his arrest — was arraigned at the Palmer courthouse on charges of first-degree robbery, second-degree murder, first-degree murder and first-degree misconduct involving a weapon.

A thief made away with a bag full of prescription medication in an armed robbery at a Wasilla pharmacy Monday evening, authorities say.

According to an online dispatch from Alaska State Troopers, a male suspect forced his way into the Geneva Woods Pharmacy off the Seward Meridian Parkway through the backdoor while a lone pharmacist was preparing to close shop for the evening.

The suspect, who had a gun, “forced the pharmacist to fill up a large tote with all of the controlled prescription medication,” the dispatch says. AST spokeswoman Megan Peters said she did not have an estimate on how much medication was stolen.

The pharmacist was not harmed during the robbery, troopers said, who were contacted about the incident at around 7:40 p.m.

Matthew Keith, vice president of pharmacy for Geneva Woods, says the incident was traumatic and people are scared.

“When we come to work, we come to do good and help people who have health care needs,” said Keith. “And we shouldn’t have to look over our shoulders because there’s some violent person out there who might steal from us or put us at risk.”

Dealing prescription drugs has become big business, troopers say, with the street value of opioid painkillers going for between $1 to $2 per milligram.

Authorities say many have turned to robbing pharmacies or homes to supply their own habit, and that of their addicted buyers — a finding that leaves Keith concerned.

“In the perfect world, there would be no prescription drug abuse,” he said. “We would all have good intent. We would use our medicines and they are intended to help our health. We wouldn’t steal from each other.”

An investigation is ongoing and AST asks anyone with information to contact the department at 745-2131 or call Crime Stoppers at 745-3333.

–Shannon Ballard contributed reporting to this story.

A man injured in a deadly 2014 collision has been indicted on charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence.

John William Martin III was indicted following an investigation into a collision that killed Margie Thompson, 34, in July 2014, according to an online Alaska State Troopers dispatch posted Wednesday.

The vehicle was driving northbound on the Seward Highway near mile 88 when it crossed over to the other lane and struck a guardrail, causing it to flip over. Thompson was thrown from the vehicle on impact, according to troopers, and then crushed by the vehicle. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

A warrant has been issued for Martin’s arrest, according to court records.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

A 25-year-old Anchorage woman was arrested Wednesday after she tried to sneak methamphetamine and heroin into the Goose Creek Correctional Center in Wasilla, Alaska State Troopers say.

Gwendoline Maka was found with 26.32 grams of heroin and 8 grams of meth while on her way to the correctional center to visit an inmate, according to an online dispatch from troopers. The estimated street value of the drugs is $9,400.

She was arrested for second-, third- and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and for promoting contraband. Maka was taken to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility and held on $25,000 bail.

An investigation into the incident is ongoing, troopers say.

A man found guilty of killing a Village Public Safety Officer in 2013 was sentenced to 99 years in prison Thursday.

Leroy Dick, Jr., 44, was found guilty of first-degree murder last year for shooting and killing Officer Thomas Madole in March 2013. Madole — who was unarmed — was responding to a domestic violence call in Manokotak, located about 25 miles southwest of Dillingham, when he was killed.

Dick’s parole was denied, according to state prosecutor Gregg Olson. He can apply for a sentence modification after he serves 49 years.

A bill to allow VPSOs to carry firearms was signed into law following the shooting death.

Two men have been arrested after allegedly robbing a woman at gunpoint Thursday morning outside the Dimond Center Mall.

Robert Potts and Johnny Degrat II were arrested by police roughly five minutes after the uninjured victim gave police a detailed description of the two men and their vehicle, according to the Anchorage Police Department.

One of the men approached the 30-year-old robbery victim while she was sitting in her car in the Dimond Center parking lot around 10:30 a.m., demanding her purse and cellphone. The man fled the scene with another man in a sedan, but were quickly located by police near 15th Avenue and Gambell Street.

The investigation into the robbery is ongoing. The victim’s cellphone was recovered from the vehicle, but not her purse, according to police.

Both men were taken to the Anchorage Jail and held under a first-degree robbery charge. Bail has been set at $5,000 each.

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An Anchorage man has been arrested and charged with possessing and distributing child pornography.

Anchorage police arrested Jacob Kellogg Ballard, 26, Feb. 5 outside his home on Mockingbird Drive following a four-month long investigation. Investigators found more than 3,000 images and videos on devices belonging to Ballard, all of which depicted child sexual exploitation.

According to court documents, Ballard admitted during his police interview he had been viewing child pornography since he was in middle school, and has been trying to stop. Using file share software, Ballard said he had seen images and videos of sexually exploited children even as young as infants.

Search warrants were granted to the Anchorage Police Department Cyber Crime Unit on Feb. 4, allowing police to seize Ballard’s Apple Macbook Pro and several other electronic devices, which Ballard told police were also used to view child pornography.

Ballard faces seven counts of child pornography distribution and four counts of child pornography possession. Bail has been set at $50,000 plus $15,000 cash and a third-party custodian.

Authorities seized roughly 150 grams of heroin at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport after receiving a tip about the drug being smuggled into Alaska from Arizona.

The Alaska State Troopers’ Mat-Su Drug Enforcement Unit received the tip Feb. 3 and identified two suspects — 29-year-old Wesley Shipp of Phoenix and an unidentified female accomplice, according to an online dispatch from AST.

At around 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 5, investigators contacted the suspects as their flight landed and seized the heroin, which has a street value of about $45,000, according to troopers.

Shipp was arrested for second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and remanded to the Anchorage Correctional Complex on $25,000 bail. Charges are being forwarded against the female, troopers say.

Alaska State Troopers have located and arrested a man wanted in connection with the death of an Anchorage woman in 2014.

John Martin III was taken into custody after setting up a meeting with troopers, according to AST spokeswoman Megan Peters. Martin surrendered to troopers with the Special Crimes Investigation Unit at a South Anchorage home Friday.

A warrant for his arrest was issued Wednesday after a seven month investigation into a fatal car crash last July that claimed the life of Margie Thompson.

On July 9, 2014, Martin and Thompson were traveling northbound on the Seward Highway when their vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and struck the guardrail near Mile 88. Thompson was thrown from the Chevy van on impact and then crushed under the vehicle after it flipped. She was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.

The crash closed a section of the highway while medical personnel and troopers investigated. The initial investigation revealed the driver of the vehicle to be Martin, who was also injured in the crash.

A blood sample taken from Martin revealed a blood alcohol level of .124. The test also revealed Martin had consumed marijuana prior to the collision.

Bail for Martin has been set at $110,000 with a court appointed third party custodian, according to troopers.

Martin is known by many as the man who set up camp in front of city hall after being denied a meeting with Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan to discuss the city’s homeless policies.

Terrance Jermaine Beasley, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder and third-degree weapons misconduct.

Updated Monday, Feb. 16

A man is dead following an early Sunday morning shooting in the midtown Anchorage area, police say. The standoff that followed ended “peacefully” with one person in custody.

Terrance Jermaine Beasley, 33, has been charged with second-degree murder and third-degree weapons misconduct, according to a Monday statement from the Anchorage Police Department. He was remanded to the Anchorage Correctional Complex.

APD responded to the area of Tudor Road and Old Seward Highway just after 3 a.m Sunday. Witnesses told officers that two men entered the Holiday Stationstore. The men — later identified as Beasley and 30-year-old Sentwali Howard – began to argue inside the store “over one of them being disrespectful to the other” and then walked out, according to a release from APD.

The clerk at Holiday told police that both men left on foot and shortly afterward, the clerk heard two gunshots, according to court documents.

Witnesses say Beasley crossed Tudor Road, pulled out a handgun, fired several rounds and then fled the scene, APD said. One witness told police he was sleeping when the sound of gunshots woke him up, court documents say.

“The witness then heard a male yelling words to the effect that ‘I am going to shoot you and kill you, you will die,’” the charging documents say.

Officers found Howard — an acquaintance of Beasley’s – on the ground on the west side of 822 E. 45th Ave. “suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the stomach and chest area,” a statement said. Howard was taken to a nearby hospital where he died a few hours later.

A K-9 unit led officers to the Parkwood Inn Apartments, located at the 4400 block of Juneau Street. Officers made contact with Beasley as he was leaving one of the apartments and headed toward a vehicle. APD said the shoes Beasley was wearing matched the set of shoe prints near where Howard was shot.

APD spokeswoman Anita Shell said police were “attempting to negotiate” with whomever was still inside the residence in the morning hours. That standoff ended just before noon, APD says.

“APD officers were able to successfully negotiate an individual out of a Parkwood Inn apartment where SWAT officers were preparing to enter,” police say, adding that the person was detained for questioning at APD headquarters.

A woman who lives in the building says she was an eyewitness to the entire standoff. She now wants to relocate following the Sunday morning incident.

“Time to move,” she said. “It’s scary, never been through this before.”

Sunday’s crime scene spanned a few blocks, as APD gathered evidence from the point of the shooting to the apartment complex. Police cars could be seen from the intersection of Old Seward Highway and Tudor Road to the Seward Highway on-ramp, at around 10 a.m Sunday.

This is an ongoing story. Please check back for updates.

Heidi Wacker recently gave birth to her second daughter, Remi. But the joyous occasion soon turned stressful when thieves struck in the middle of the night.

“I called Heidi and said, ‘Hey, I have bad news, the car was stolen,’” said her husband, Lucas Wacker, adding that both daughter’s car seats and the couple’s checkbook were also gone. “She thought I was playing a joke on her.”

The Wackers, who both serve in the U.S. Air Force, filed a report with the Anchorage Police Department. They caught a break when the thieves tried to cash checks from the swiped checkbook. The bank called Lucas, who confirmed suspicions that the checks were fraudulent.

Both suspects were caught on camera. Lucas says he made sure APD knew where to get the evidence.

“We have some good possible suspect information, some names and whatnot,” said APD spokesperson Jennifer Castro. “And we’re working with the local bank to get that video surveillance footage so we can look that over.”

Anchorage police are actively working both the theft and forgery cases. Heidi says she just hopes the cream-colored Ford Edge is in one piece once authorities find it.

“If anybody sees my car on the road, call it in,” Heidi said. “Call it in to APD. I know I didn’t have the coolest car in the world, but it was paid for, so that was pretty cool to me.”

The family says if there’s one positive, it’s that they’ve used this as a chance to get to know their neighbors better and have been overwhelmed by support from their friends.

APD says people often think because cars have locks, the items inside will be safe. But Castro says that’s not the case, adding that owners should remember to always take anything valuable out of their vehicles..

Police say having victims like the Wackers, who’ve been proactive in the investigation, is helpful.

Three men were indicted Tuesday in connection with the Jan. 29 shooting death of a 20-year-old Anchorage man.

Nathaniel Kile, 18; Makur Chan, 19; and Simon Chuar, 20, were indicted on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery. Chuar was also indicted for first-degree attempted murder and first-degree weapons misconduct. They are scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Anchorage.

Shortly after midnight on Jan. 29, the Anchorage Police Department responded to the Costco parking lot near the intersection of DeBarr Road and Bragaw Street following a report of shots fired in the area. When officers arrived at the scene they discovered a deceased man, later identified as 20-year-old Jeanpal Borge.

Investigators found that Borge and an unidentified teenager met the three defendants in the parking lot to deliver a quarter pound of marijuana. During the drug deal, one of the men grabbed the bag of pot from Borge. Shots were fired and Borge was struck, charging documents say.

If convicted, the men face a 10- to 99-year prison sentence for second-degree murder and up to 20 years for first-degree robbery, according to a statement from the Alaska Department of Law. Chuar also faces a five- to 99-year sentence for first-degree attempted murder and as much as 20 years for weapons misconduct.

MyHouse Mat-Su, a nonprofit that helps homeless youth, is the one now needing help after someone broke into the offices after they closed Monday night.

Directors say the suspect broke in through the store’s back door, then ruffled through a drawer once inside the building.

“Payroll checks were right there, we think some are missing,” said Jay Dagenhart, who helps run MyHouse.

The suspect also broke into the safe and emptied it.

“We wound up losing several thousands of dollars in gas cards, Walmart cards, Target cards, all of the titles to our vehicles were in there, and the life savings of one client,” Dagenhart said.

The client, Sebastian Short, is not worried about his $85. His concern is for the charity.

The concern Short and Dagenhart share is that the crook may not be a stranger, meaning this might have been an inside job.

Some help arrived as Harriet Gartrell stopped by MyHouse Wednesday to donate $100 worth of gas cards.

“I just had an overwhelming urge that I needed to come and do it right now,” said Gartrell. “I did, got to my car, went to the gas station and came right over here.”

The break-in may have broken some hearts, but it hasn’t broken the spirit of helping homeless youth in the Mat-Su Valley. The Palmer’s Lions Club also donated $350 to help MyHouse. Directors say this is the second break-in at the nonprofit in nine months.