The Anchorage Police Department is investigating an attempted sexual assault on a trail near East High School.

According to a release, on Wednesday the woman was running on the trail, south of Bragaw Street and Northern Lights Boulevard, in a wooded area when a male attacked her from behind.

Police said the male attempted to “physically overpower her.” The woman was able to fight off her attacker off with the help of a nearby citizen.

The suspect is described as a black male in his late-teens or early 20s. He is described as having a slim build and short hair.

The suspect fled the scene on foot.

Anyone with information on the incident is being urged to call Anchorage police at 907-786-8900.

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Updated at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, July 29

A man is dead Friday morning from apparent gunshot wounds after a shooting in Muldoon near Duben Avenue and Bolin Street.

Anchorage police identified the victim as Treyveonkindell Bobby Dwayne Thompson and have deemed the shooting a homicide.

Residents in the neighborhood awoke early Friday morning to the sound of gunshots. Just after 3 a.m., the Anchorage Police Department received multiple calls and responded to the area where they found a man dead in the street, according to a release from the department.

The statement from police said the victim has not yet been identified and there are no suspects in custody.

KTVA was at the scene, where Anchorage police investigators had little information about what happened leading up to the shooting. An APD supervisor said it’s not clear where the man was shot, though he was shot multiple times.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact APD at 907-786-8900. To provide anonymous tips, contact Anchorage Crime Stoppers at 907-561-STOP or visit the website, www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

This is the second homicide in Anchorage in just three days. On Wednesday, police responded to a murder in Midtown.

This is a developing story; please check back for updates.

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated the shooting occurred Thursday, making it the second homicide in two days. This has been corrected.

Alaska State Troopers are looking for a man suspected of robbing a Wasilla gas station convenience store early Friday morning while armed with a baseball bat.

Troopers say the man forced a clerk to empty the cash register into a garbage bag.

The suspect fled with just $24.59.

Troopers and Wasilla police took calls on the robbery shortly after 2:30 a.m.

The man entered the Tesoro store on Knik-Goose Bay Road at Fairview Loop. He was wearing a black, hooded sweat shirt and a black mask with a white skull image.

After ordering the clerk to fill the white, plastic garbage bag, he fled on foot.

The clerk was not injured.

Troopers are asking the public for tips in the case.

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Updated at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30

An afternoon release from police named the victim in Saturday’s early morning homicide as 18-year-old Elijah Zeller.

Zeller was dropped off at an Anchorage hospital with a gunshot wound early Saturday morning and later died, according to the Anchorage Police Department. APD is treating the case as a homicide.

An APD release states that just after 2:00 a.m. Saturday they were notified that a man had been left at the hospital with a gunshot wound, where he would later die.

Zeller’s next of kin have been notified.

Little else is known, but police say additional information will be provided as facts are confirmed in the case.

The Anchorage Police Department stated they have no suspects in custody and are asking the public for information about Zeller’s whereabouts and activities leading up to him being left at the hospital.

Anyone with any information about the incident is encouraged to contact police at 907-786-8900. Or to provide an anonymous tip, contact Anchorage Crime Stoppers at 907-561-STOP or www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

Two other occurred homicides earlier in the week — a fatal stabbing late Wednesday night and a fatal shooting in Muldoon early Friday morning.

This is a developing story; please check back for updates.

A 22-year-old woman was arraigned in court Saturday, where she faces charges of murder and manslaughter following the death of her 4-month-old daughter.

Nina Alexie was indicted indicted on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter on July 28. According to a Friday release from state attorney general’s office, the child was found dead on July 23 in an East Anchorage transitional residence.

In court Saturday, Alexie asked the judge if she could be released.

“I just want to go to my daughter’s funeral if that’s possible because I want to leave on an unsecured bond if that would be necessary,” she said.

If convicted, Alexie faces a sentence of 15 to 99 years for the murder charge and up to 20 years for manslaughter.

Alexie’s bail is set at $250,000 plus a court-approved third-party custodian. The judge scheduled an arraignment for Alexie in Superior Court on Monday, Aug. 1.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – A Fairbanks man has been fined $1,125 for killing a raven at his trailer -park last year.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/2aIxoqN) that 60-year-old Jerry Himebauch pleaded guilty on Wednesday in federal court to unlawfully taking a migratory bird.

A total of 25 dead ravens were found during a five-month period in the area, but Himebauch was only charged with the death of one bird because the evidence was strongest for that killing.

Ravens are common in Alaska and are significant in Alaska Native lore.

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Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, http://www.newsminer.com

A Fairbanks man was sentenced Friday to serve more than six years in prison for downloading and watching child pornography he found online.

The Anchorage Police Department said it’s making progress in three homicide cases that happened over the weekend. The shootings occurred early Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

APD Capt. Bill Miller said investigators do not believe any of the cases are related or that the victims knew each other.

“We think we’ve got a pretty good handle on what happened,” Miller said. “We think we know who it is that’s responsible for them, and so we are going to continue to investigate and make sure we get the party or parties responsible for the homicides.”

The first shooting happened around 3 a.m. Friday morning in the Northeast Anchorage area. Miller said several people called police to say they could hear gunshots. When police arrived at the intersection of Duban Avenue and Bolin Street, they found 21-year-old Treyveonkindell Thompson lying dead in the street.

Just 24 hours later on early Saturday morning, 18-year-old Elijah Zeller was dropped off at a local hospital with a gunshot wound. Police say he died there a few hours later.

The final victim died early Sunday morning in East Anchorage. Police responded to the area of East Fourth Avenue and Newell Street, where they found 17-year-old Xeryus Tate lying dead in the road with multiple gunshot wounds.

Miller said he couldn’t comment on whether drugs or gangs may have been a factor in the homicides but said the investigations are continuing. He was hopeful arrests would come in the next several days.

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Elijah Zeller, 18, was among the three young men who died in a string of murders in the past week in Anchorage.

Anchorage police say someone dropped Zeller off at a hospital early Saturday morning, bleeding from a gunshot wound. He died there hours later.

Zeller attended the Alaska Military Youth Academy (AMYA) and graduated in February.

“For him it was an opportunity to make things go in a direction that was going to be positive, and we saw that that was actually happening with him,” said James Jones, deputy director with AMYA.

Jones said Zeller spent six months learning several trade skills, and was recruited by several employers after graduating.

“They wanted him to be part of their program — carpenters, electrical iron workers, laborers, all wanted him,” Jones said. “He was doing very, very well.”

Jones said he was shocked to hear the news of his death.

“He’s not a statistic,” Jones said. “He came from a family who really supported him, loved him. He was a twin, had a twin sister, and now this family has to bear the grief of losing a son at age 18.”

He said more needs to be done help stop this violence.

“What can we do to make a difference in the lives of these young men and women?” he asked.

No suspects have been arrested in connection to his death.

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A 52-year-old Juneau man was sentenced Monday to life in prison for producing child pornography, according to a release from the United States District Attorney’s Office.

Thomas Schopp gave gifts, including a cell phone, to a minor over the course of several months. In February 2014, he invited to the minor to his home, where he videotaped the minor engaging in sexual activity, the release stated.

Eventually, Schopp traveled to Reno, Nevada with the minor and was arrested. While detained, he made efforts to find people to destroy his cell phone and computer, which contained the child pornographic images, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

Schopp, who once went by the name Thomas Hiser, has previous child molestation convictions from more than 20 years ago. In 1988, he was convicted of six counts of sexual assault in the first-degree and sentenced to five years in prison. In 1993, he was convicted of first- and second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, as well as third-degree attempted sexual abuse, for which he was convicted to 26 years in prison. According to the release, he molested at least nine children.

At Schopp’s Monday sentencing, U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess noted Schopp’s history.

“You go to jail for 26 years, and you get out, and here we are again,” Burgess said. “I don’t think there is anything I can do to deter you. Nothing.”

Burgess added that the only way he could protect the public was to sentence Schopp to life in prison.

A Skagway Borough Assembly member will serve just over a year in jail and pay more than $600,000 in restitution for tax evasion.

Juneau radio station KTOO reports 61-year-old Dan Henry was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Juneau on four misdemeanor charges of willful failure to file income tax returns.

Henry owns the Skagway Fish Co. restaurant, and previously pleaded guilty to the charges covering 2009 to 2012 as part of a plea agreement. Prosecutors say he admitted to similar conduct dating back to 2004 but didn’t face charges for those.

In a written statement presented to the court at sentencing, Henry blamed heavy drinking in 2005 for losing money set aside for the restaurant and taxes while gambling in Las Vegas. Instead of paying taxes in subsequent years, he continued to return to the casinos hoping to win the money back but the losses compounded.

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The FBI and Anchorage Police Department are investigating a reported bank robbery in Fairview Tuesday.

Police received a call at 1:30 p.m. alerting them to the robbery, which occurred at the Juneau Street Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, according to APD spokeswoman Jennifer Castro.

“It was reported that the suspect had left on foot and headed towards a nearby car dealership,” Castro said.

Police searched the area but were unable to find the suspect, who left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, according to Castro.

She said no injuries were reported to police.

The FBI will be leading the investigation into the robbery, Castro said. KTVA contacted an FBI spokesperson, who said more information would be released shortly.

This is a developing story, please check back for updates.

The Anchorage Police Department has been unable to pinpoint where one of this weekend’s homicide victims was killed, and is now asking the public for additional information.

Elijah Zeller, 18, was dropped off at a hospital around 2 a.m. Saturday morning, suffering from at least one gunshot wound. However, police have not been able to confirm where he was shot, according to a statement.

Police have spoken to guests at a large party near where shots were fired in the early morning hours Saturday. The party was held at a home on the 5000 block of Cape Seville Drive, and between 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m., police received noise complaints about the party and reports of gunfire in the same area.

“As officers were headed to the scene, the caller reported multiple vehicles were leaving the residence where the party had taken place,” police said. “Officers did find shell casings in the area but no immediate victims or property damage.”

Some party goers told police more than 100 people were at the home around that time.

“We have not been able to determine a direct connection between the two events,” said APD spokeswoman Jennifer Castro in an email to KTVA. “So for now we are trying to gather more information from the public on who was at the Cape Seville party and what occurred there regarding the shooting.”

Anyone who was at the party or has information about the shooting on Cape Seville Drive is asked to call APD at 786-8900. An anonymous tip can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers at 907-561-7867.

The mother of 21-year-old Treyveon Thompson is mourning the loss of her son, a family friend told KTVA.

Thompson was the first of three young men who died in a recent string of deadly shootings in Anchorage. His body was found early Friday morning in the street near Duben Avenue and Bolin Street. He died as a result of several gunshot wounds, according to Anchorage police.

Residents in the neighborhood reported hearing gunshots in the area.

Unique Gemini, a family friend, said his mother is in ruins and is devastated by his death.

“Her son was an excellent kid who loved his family, and we were real close knit, we struck together because of each other, it’s all we had. This is a tragedy that’s happened to my son,” Gemini said on behalf of the family.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to cover funeral costs for his family.

No arrests have been made in connection to his death, according to police.

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Police want the community’s help locating a man charged in the shooting death of Xeryus Tate, one of the young men killed in a string of recent shootings in Anchorage.

According to a Thursday morning release from the Anchorage Police Department, 18-year-old Deandrew Lee Jennings Walker-Webster II has been charged in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Tate. A warrant for Walker-Webster’s arrest was issued late Wednesday afternoon, but officers have yet to find him.

[RELATED: Fatal East Anchorage shooting marks 4th homicide in 5 days]

Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 31, police found Tate shot dead, in East Anchorage on the ground near his 1995 Honda Accord.

According to a complaint filed Wednesday, five passengers were in the car with Tate when he was shot. The document says a witness saw the car driving in the area of Fourth Avenue and Newell Street when it came to a stop and Tate got out of the driver’s side door and collapsed in the street.

Two of the passengers ran from the scene, but two others, including Walker-Webster, stayed at the scene and waited for police, the complaint explains.

Walker-Webster, and the other person who stayed, were both interviewed by police. According to the complaint, Walker-Webster initially told investigators he was in the back seat of the vehicle with two white males while Tate drove.

“He stated that the white male sitting behind Tate got into an argument with Tate and ‘the white dude just shot him,’”the complaint said.

Walker-Webster told detectives the shooter then ran from the vehicle.

The other person in the vehicle shared no details with police, except that Tate, who also went by Iggy, was dead.

Law enforcement collected the clothing and phones from Walker-Webster and the other person, and then both of them were released, court documents explain.

The autopsy discovered Tate had been shot in his back. The bullet was lodged in his chest.

Sunday night, one of the occupants who had fled connected law enforcement. He told police the names of whom else was in the vehicle and shared the events that lead up to Tate’s death. According to the complaint, he told detectives they had all been smoking marijuana in the vehicle in a trailer court at Sixth Avenue and Boniface. Then another occupant of the car pulled out a gun and then started “playing with it.” He said he told the others to put the gun way. Then the gun went off, Tate collapsed and he said he “panicked” and fled.

The complaint states that detectives were able to make contact with the other person who fled. According to the court document, he and the others were smoking marijuana with a girl in the trailer park who had been showing off the gun. He told detectives Walker-Webster “must have stolen the handgun from the female in the trailer.”

“He said Iggy indicated he had been hit and he immediately pulled over and parked. He said Iggy got out of the vehicle, took a couple of steps, and fell to the ground.”

The complaint also states the gun that killed Tate hasn’t been found.

Because he, “recklessly caused the death of Xeryus Tate,” Walker-Webster has been charged with one count of manslaughter, APD stated, and his initial bail is set at $50,000, plus a third-party custodian.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Walker-Webster is asked to contact Anchorage Police at 907-786-8900. To provide an anonymous crime tip, contact Anchorage Crime Stoppers at 907-561-STOP or go to www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

KTVA 11′s Daniella Rivera contributed to this report.

Police in Anchorage are looking for a man who ran from officers on Thursday morning.

Just before 5:45 a.m., the Anchorage Police Department received a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in the road near West 33rd Avenue and Turnagain Street. An online release stated APD was told two men were in the vehicle and one of them “appeared to be slumped over the wheel.”

When officers got there, the passenger — later identified as 31-year-old Steven Treadway – jumped out of the vehicle and ran away from police into the woods. APD searched the area, but did not find the man.

According to a release from the police department Treadway has three felony warrants for failure to appear in court on charges of burglary, second- and third-degree theft, forgery, tampering with evidence and drug possession.

Police wrote Treadway is believed to hang around in the Spenard and Fairview areas.

Anyone with information on the man’s whereabouts is asked to contact police at 907-786-8900. To provide an anonymous tip, contact Anchorage Crime Stoppers at 907-561-STOP or go to www.anchoragecrimestoppers.com.

A man has been arrested in the investigation of a Fairview bank robbery, according to the FBI.

Forty-eight-year-old Scott Hartvig McDowell was arrested Wednesday night at the Castle Megastore, an adult sex store on Fifth Avenue, the FBI wrote in a Thursday release.

At 1:20 p.m. Tuesday McDowell walked into the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, at 777 Juneau Street, armed with a semi-automatic pistol in the waistband of his pants, according to a complaint filed Wednesday. The court documents state he handed a teller a note, demanding that she empty the cash drawer.

“The man demanded one hundred dollar bills to which the teller complied,” the complaint stated. “He then demanded fifty dollar bills. The teller again complied and gave the man multiple fifty dollar bills. The teller stated that the individual had his hand around his waist as if he had a gun.”

Surveillance footage from a nearby business revealed that shortly before the robbery began, a small black car parked in front of the bank. One person exited the vehicle and walked into the bank.

Then, at 1:26 p.m. a person ran from the bank to the car and fled.

An audit of the teller’s cash drawer showed $2,700 was stolen, according to the document.

The Anchorage Police Department and FBI both responded to the bank.

Using surveillance footage, a police officer found that McDowell could be a match. A photo of McDowell was given to the teller in a lineup, where she positively identified him as the robber, the complaint said. The document did not say how the officer was able to identify the robber so quickly.

Investigators also found a picture on McDowell’s Facebook page in which he appeared to be wearing the same sweatshirt as when he allegedly robbed the bank, the court document explains.

An APD officer discovered the car involved was stolen on July 27.

According to online federal court records, McDowell is being represented by a public defender and appeared in court Thursday afternoon. He’s scheduled to be back in court on Aug. 12 for a preliminary hearing.

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Bike thieves are finding success in Anchorage. Three-hundred-and-five people reported stolen bikes in May and June of this year. Two-hundred-and-thirteen bikes were reported stolen during the same period in 2015, according to APD. Some people have had multiple bikes stolen.

“I keep getting them stolen. I’m an expert at that,” said Katie Hahn, who has had two bikes stolen since May. She suffered her most recent loss Sunday, when her recumbent bike was taken.

“There’s just not much you can do. It’s really hard to track stuff,” said Hahn.

Police said roughly 10 to 15 percent of bikes turned into them are eventually returned to owners.  Tracking down bikes, they said, is a challenge.

“They’re ditched. They’re left behind,” said APD spokesperson Anita Shell. “Very rarely do we get finger prints or something like that off bicycles.”

APD had several recommendations for bike owners:

•  Take a picture of your bike
•  Know your bike’s make and model
• Record your bike’s serial number (often located underneath the frame of the bike)
• Invest in a good lock
• Keep your bike indoors, if possible

Dozens of pictures of stolen bicycles line the bulletin boards of The Bicycle Shop in Midtown. The shop’s sales manager said there has been a spike in the number of stolen bikes during the last year-and-a-half.

“We have had days when we’ve had four or five people come in with their bikes stolen,” said Rick Kelly.

Police said they do not know who the thieves are, nor the reason behind the upward trend. Shell said the 85 to 90 percent of bikes for which they cannot locate the owner are auctioned off through the YMCA each spring.

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Last updated at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5

Anchorage police say a young man was stabbed and critically injured early Friday at a trailer park home. He later died as a result of his wounds.

Just before 2 a.m., police received a report of a possible home invasion at a home on Penland Parkway, south of the Northway Mall.

Police responded and found the young man, identified as 19-year-old Allen Raymond, with stab wounds to his chest. He was transported to a hospital, where he later died, according to a statement from police.

Police say no one has been arrested or charged in the incident.

“This investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed at this time,” police said. “There are no outstanding suspects or additional concerns regarding public safety surrounding this event.”

In an email to KTVA, police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro clarified, saying, “We’ve spoken with all of the parties involved and have identified and interviewed the person who is believed to have stabbed the male. However they have not been charged at this time so I’m unable to provide any additional information about them.”

Raymond’s next of kin have been notified of his death, police said.

Last updated at 11:40 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2016

A male pedestrian was killed early Saturday morning after a pick-up truck struck him on the Glenn Highway. The driver then fled the scene, according to the Anchorage Police Department.

Another driver called police just after 3:30 a.m. to report the y had witnessed a hit-and-run, which occurred on the inbound side of the Glenn between the Muldoon Road and Boniface Parkway exits, according to APD spokeswoman Jennifer Castro.

She said they found the victim’s body and have identified him, but will not release his name until his next of kin have been notified of his death.

Castro said two lanes on the inbound side of the Glenn were closed while APD’s Traffic Investigation Unit conducted their initial review of the scene. All lanes have since reopened.

“Police believe the suspect vehicle is a dark colored pick-up truck that will have some front end damage,” Castro said in a statement.

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call Anchorage police at 907-786-8900. An anonymous tip can also be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling 907-561-7867.

This is a developing story, please check back for updates.