Fairbanks teens charged in armed robbery
ANCHORAGE - Alaska State Troopers say three teens face a slew of criminal charges after an armed robbery at a Fairbanks gas station. Troopers said they received word of the robbery at the Farmers...
View ArticleTeen vandal trashes MDA office
ANCHORAGE - Shocking and heartbreaking. Those are words staff at the Muscular Dystrophy Association have to describe the damage done to their office. “To see all that hard work, all of that heart that...
View ArticleA bank robber’s security camera selfie may be his undoing
ANCHORAGE - A man who authorities say robbed two Anchorage banks in one week offered police one of the biggest clues yet — a clear picture of his face. It was captured at the Alaska USA Federal Credit...
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Police: Mountain View stabbing apparent self-defense
ANCHORAGE – Two men were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries following an early morning stabbing on a Mountain View street corner. Anchorage police said a man was trying to start his car...
View ArticleWasilla gun store burglarized
WASILLA – Police are investigating a late-night burglary at Mat-Su Tactical, LLC. According to Wasilla Police Chief Gene Belden, a male suspect broke into the Mountain Village Drive shop late Sunday...
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Anchorage teen faces murder charge in shooting death
Police respond to the Mountain View apartment complex where Talon Draper, 19, shot Jermaine Twiley Jan. 7. ANCHORAGE – A 19-year-old Anchorage man accused of shooting another man in the head last...
View ArticleUnclear if East Anchorage stabbing was act of self-defense
ANCHORAGE - An East Anchorage man stabbed two people right outside his home, but was it self-defense? Police say he was working on his car on the 700 block of North Bragaw Street. Just before 2 a.m.,...
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Police investigate Northeast Anchorage shooting
ANCHORAGE – Police are investigating a shooting that happened in northeast Anchorage Wednesday evening. Around 7:33 p.m., Anchorage Police Department dispatch received a call reporting the shooting,...
View ArticleU-Haul stolen from woman traveling to Alaska
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) – A 39-year-old woman traveling cross-country from Illinois to Alaska for a new job says she lost all her possessions when someone stole her U-Haul and her minivan from the parking...
View ArticleKetchikan man convicted for assaulting a federal officer
ANCHORAGE – A jury convicted a man of assault Thursday after he kicked a U.S. Coast Guard member in the face last year. Ketchikan resident Jon William Munhoven, 56, assaulted the federal officer in...
View ArticleBoy charged with felonies in Fairbanks shooting
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – A 16-year-old Fairbanks boy has been charged in a home invasion shooting that left a man with a bullet in his spine. Fairbanks police say Chester Clifton Fields Jr. and an...
View ArticleBig Lake man charged with firing gun at neighbor
BIG LAKE, Alaska (AP) – A Big Lake man suspected of firing a gun at the home of a neighbor has been charged with felony assault. Alaska State Troopers say 38-year-old Brandon Schatz is being held...
View ArticleVerdicts in for JJ’s double murder trial
ANCHORAGE – For two weeks, a jury has mulled over testimony in a 2011 double murder case. Friday, members returned verdicts. Ryan Lualu’s family was visibly relieved to hear he was found not guilty of...
View ArticleMan charged in Kodiak trooper assault
ANCHORAGE – A 58-year-old man faces a variety of charges after allegedly attacking a pair of troopers at a Kodiak home late Friday night. Alaska State Troopers said William Yovino Sr. is charged with...
View ArticlePolice investigate South Anchorage armed robbery
Update: The robbery is believed to be drug-related, police said Monday. ANCHORAGE – A woman at home with her teenage son was allegedly held at gunpoint and robbed by six men late Saturday night,...
View ArticleOne person dead following Mat-Su officer-involved shooting
ANCHORAGE – An officer-involved shooting Sunday evening followed reports of an impaired driver near Wasilla, Alaska State Troopers said. According to trooper dispatch, the driver failed to stop at the...
View ArticleWasilla man dies in officer-involved shooting
ANCHORAGE - State troopers are releasing new details about an officer-involved shooting that happened Sunday night in Wasilla. Trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said it started with a citizen’s call to...
View ArticleDozens of wooden pallets stolen near Fox
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Alaska State Troopers are investigating the theft of 60 wooden shipping pallets near Fox. Troopers say the pallets were taken from a trailer on a private property on the Old...
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Suspected bank robber charged
Photo courtesy FBI Anchorage Division ANCHORAGE – A man has been charged with robbing two Anchorage banks, authorities said. Cameron Patrick Fergerson is believed to have robbed the Credit Union 1 at...
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Woman found guilty in hit-and-run trial
Editor’s note: This story will be updated. ANCHORAGE – The fate of an Anchorage woman accused of a hit-and-run while drunk was decided Tuesday. Kayla Johnson was found guilty of DUI, failure to render...
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