Police: Home invasions were not random
ANCHORAGE - Police say they are actively investigating a second armed robbery on Anchorage’s south side. Investigators say the second robbery in less than two weeks happened on the 12000 block of...
View ArticleMan charged with shooting at Big Lake home
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) – A 38-year-old man has been charged with firing a gun at a home in Big Lake, an unincorporated community north of Wasilla. Alaska State Troopers say Paul Meixner of Big Lake was...
View ArticleWasilla man convicted of child sex abuse
ANCHORAGE – State prosecutors say a 42-year-old Wasilla man faces at least 30 years in prison for the sexual abuse of his young daughter. The man – whose name was withheld by prosecutors to protect his...
View ArticleCentral man sentenced to 8 years for cabin arsons
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – A man convicted of setting fires to cabins in the Steese Highway community of Central has been sentenced to eight years in prison. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner...
View ArticleTroopers search for detention center escapees
ANCHORAGE – Alaska State Troopers are searching for two men who escaped from a Fairbanks detention center Monday. According to trooper dispatch, 25-year-old Fairbanks resident Willy-Joe Batchelder and...
View ArticleBurglars ransack Valley home
PALMER - It wasn’t the welcome Kimberly Barfield and Matt Millette expected Monday. They found their Palmer home invaded and ransacked by thieves. “You can see at the hinges where he snapped it,”...
View ArticleMan convicted of New Year’s Eve assault of teen
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man faces up to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl during an alcohol-fueled New Year’s Eve party, prosecutors said. Char Haire, 21, was convicted...
View ArticleMan indicted for death of Wasilla woman
ANCHORAGE – A four-year investigation has led to a murder indictment in the case of a Wasilla resident who disappeared in 2010. State attorneys say 34-year-old Simon Smith faces one count of...
View ArticleFormer boyfriend indicted for murder of missing woman
WASILLA - For four years Andrea Borsetti clung to hope that her sister Nichole Millsaps’ missing persons case would be solved. Last month, her remains were discovered along a hiking trail in Indian....
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FBI: Alaska killer likely not tied to missing man
Courtesy: FBI ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The FBI says it’s highly unlikely confessed Alaska serial killer Israel Keyes was connected to the unsolved disappearance of a man in Washington state. A special...
View ArticleTrial in Alaska cold case starts in Juneau
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A cold case murder trial has started in Juneau involving the shooting of a Washington State woman by her boyfriend at Yakutat’s Glacier Bear Lodge in 1996. The Juneau Empire...
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Man arrested in South Anchorage drug bust
ANCHORAGE – A man is facing felony charges following a Friday morning seizure of about 130 grams of methamphetamine and nearly 50 grams of heroin, authorities said. Robert Hoffman, 48, was arrested...
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Man sentenced for trying to kill his wife
ANCHORAGE - A man was sentenced Friday for trying to kill his wife in front of their children. A judge sentenced 54-year-old Frank Manivong to 17 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to attempted...
View ArticleAnchorage man arraigned on drug charges
ANCHORAGE – The man police say had $30,000 worth of drugs stashed in a South Anchorage home is now facing six felony charges. Robert Hoffman was arraigned Saturday in Anchorage court. He is charged...
View ArticleFairbanks man again pleads guilty in man’s death
FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A 21-year-old Fairbanks man has pleaded guilty in connection with the 2011 death of an acquaintance after an argument. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says the trial of Cornelius...
View ArticleTroopers destroyed evidence in cold case trial
JUNEAU, Alaska- The defense attorney for a man charged in the 1996 shooting death of his girlfriend has told jurors Alaska State Troopers destroyed evidence in the case. The Juneau Empire reports...
View ArticlePolice: 50-plus vehicles vandalized overnight
ANCHORAGE – Three people are in custody following a spree of vehicle vandalism throughout Anchorage. Police arrested Elijah Dutton, 19, and Evan Young, 20, and charged them with 25 counts of...
View ArticleTeacher charged with abusing Fairbanks student
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A 34-year-old Fairbanks teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a male student. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports high school correspondence teacher Claude Fowlkes III...
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Police investigate mobile home park armed robbery
ANCHORAGE - One suspect was taken into custody and another may still be on the loose following an armed robbery Wednesday at an East Anchorage mobile home park. Around noon, police received a report...
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UA Fairbanks priest charged with DUI
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – A 52-year-old Roman Catholic priest who serves in the University of Alaska Fairbanks parish has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest on a driving under the...
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