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Police search for man wanted for sexual assault, criminal trespassing
Photo courtesy APD ANCHORAGE – Police are searching for a man wanted for sexual assault and criminal trespassing. Golden Theodore Salyers, 40, is wanted on a felony warrant for first-degree sexual...
View ArticleConvictions questioned following crime lab technician’s arrest
ANCHORAGE – The arrest of a crime lab technician has rocked the criminal justice system as a man tasked with testing drug evidence was charged with stealing it. Stephen Palmer was arrested Thursday...
View ArticleTwo dead, one injured in Downtown shooting
ANCHORAGE – Two people are dead, a third is hospitalized and a suspect remains on the loose following a shooting in Downtown Anchorage Monday evening. Police and paramedics responded to the scene just...
View ArticleFinal witnesses take the stand in July hit-and-run trial
ANCHORAGE – A 2013 hit-and-run case is drawing to a close as the final witnesses took the stand Monday. The then-20-year-old Kayla Johnson, who is accused of underage drinking, drinking and driving...
View ArticleArrest made in Crooked Creek sex abuse case
ANCHORAGE – A Crooked Creek man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a girl under the age of 13, Alaska State Troopers said. According to trooper dispatch, 24-year-old Sam Alexie was...
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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, 25, is believed to have robbed the Credit Union...
View ArticleWoman hospitalized following stabbing
Update: Anchorage police have identified the suspect as 73-year-old John Marshall Bagley, who allegedly stabbed his wife when she slipped and fell on ice while trying to leave the residence. According...
View ArticleTroopers investigate Mat-Su murder
ANCHORAGE – The death of a man in the Matanuska Valley late Wednesday night is being investigated as a homicide, Alaska State Troopers said. The body of Palmer resident Frank L. Pushruk, 45, was...
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Man kills two, injures dozens at Austin music festival
ANCHORAGE - A suspected drunk driver plowed through a crowd at a music festival in Austin, Texas, killing two people and injuring dozens more shortly after midnight Thursday. Police say they tried to...
View ArticleWoman found guilty in hit-and-run trial
ANCHORAGE - Tuesday, a jury decided that Kayla Johnson would be held accountable for the 2013 drunken crash that left 18-year-old Tevin George in a coma for weeks. Jurors saw evidence and heard...
View ArticleTriple shooting frightens, frustrates residents
ANCHORAGE - Police continue to search for a suspect in Monday’s triple shooting. Robert Workman, 55, was shot and killed in a tent not far from the Lucky Wishbone restaurant around 6 p.m. Monday...
View ArticleFormer crime lab employee arraigned
ANCHORAGE - A former state crime lab employee is facing six felony charges. Stephen Palmer, 53, is accused of stealing drugs and tampering with evidence. His bail has been set at $50,000. Palmer...
View ArticleAnchorage man charged with trying to kill his wife
ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage woman is alive thanks to a neighbor who heard her screams and ran to intervene. John Bagley told police he wanted to kill his wife Judy because she was divorcing him....
View ArticleTroopers: Teen sought “justice” in Palmer shooting
ANCHORAGE – Jacob Dvorak, 17, said he wanted “justice” when he fatally shot a Palmer man Wednesday evening, Alaska State Troopers said. According to an affidavit by AST investigator James Streicher,...
View ArticlePolice warn gym-goers of theft
ANCHORAGE – Police are urging people to lock up their valuables when working out following five gym theft reports in the past two days. According to police, a thief searched women’s locker rooms...
View ArticleSouth Anchorage robbery leaves family shaken
ANCHORAGE – It was an alarming awakening for six residents of a South Anchorage home who found a band of masked men robbing their house early Monday morning. “I was confused, I mean it was so late and...
View ArticleExtra patrols watch for weekend drunk drivers
ANCHORAGE – After making 30 DUI arrests over St. Patrick’s Day weekend last year, the Anchorage Police Department beefed up patrols this time around. In an effort to curb drunk driving rates, APD said...
View ArticleTroopers: Man arrested after punching officer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska State Troopers say a 30-year-old Wasilla man is under arrest after punching a trooper in the chin. Troopers say Terenty Reutov provided a false name and birth date after...
View ArticleMan nabbed for pot possession near daycare
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) – A 21-year-old man suspected of stealing $1,500 worth of rifle ammunition was arrested for possessing nearly an ounce of marijuana near a daycare center. The Ketchikan Daily...
View ArticleTrial begins for man charged in 2011 death
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A trial is beginning for a 21-year-old Fairbanks man who is charged with second-degree murder in the 2011 death of an acquaintance after an argument. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner...
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