Wasilla man charged with providing teens with drugs
A 20-year-old Wasilla man is facing a slew of charges for dealing heroin and methamphetamine to teens, authorities said. A month-long investigation led to the Thursday arrest of Clay Katzmarek, said...
View ArticlePolice continue search for double homicide suspect
Robert Workman. Photo courtesy APD. Mae Melovidov. Photo courtesy APD. Police are still searching for the person responsible for a March double homicide. On March 10 around 6 p.m., a man opened fire...
View ArticleAgents seize 60 pounds of cocaine at border
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman says federal agents have seized more than 60 pounds of cocaine at the U.S.-Canada border and arrested two men. Spokesman Andrew Munoz says the two...
View ArticleCoast Guardsman acquitted during court-martial
A Sitka-based Coast Guard petty officer accused of aggravated sexual contact was acquitted during a court-martial. Petty Officer 3rd Class William Bisel had been charged with two violations of a...
View ArticleProsecutors lay out case in Coast Guard homicides
A 63-year-old Coast Guard civilian technician is scheduled to go on trial Monday in the shooting deaths of two co-workers nearly two years ago at a communications station on Kodiak Island. James...
View ArticlePa. Craigslist killing suspect says 2 never showed
A woman charged along with her newlywed husband with killing a man she met through Craigslist tells a newspaper that two other men had responded to her ad for companionship but never showed up....
View ArticlePetersburg man takes plea deal in child porn case
The former maintenance director for the Petersburg school district will enter a plea agreement in a child pornography case. KFSK reports federal prosecutors and an attorney for Tye Leif Petersen in...
View ArticleFleeing fugitive nabbed in Hawaii
An Anchorage man awaiting trial on felony charges faces two additional counts after allegedly cutting off his ankle monitor and boarding a flight for Hawaii, police said. Joshua Leigh, 32, was further...
View ArticleMan in custody on suspicion of stabbing his sister
A 33-year-old man is in custody after allegedly stabbing his sister 14 times, authorities say. On Friday, Juneau police received a call of a domestic violence assault. The caller — the victim of the...
View ArticleJury selected for Coast Guard shooting trial
A jury has been selected in the trial of a Coast Guard civilian technician charged with murdering two co-workers nearly two years ago. James Michael Wells, 63, is charged with murder in the deaths of...
View ArticlePolice search for Mountain View shooting suspect
Precious Alex, 15 A teenage girl has died and her killer remains at large following a shooting near Mountain View Elementary School Tuesday morning, police said. Precious Alex, 15, was hit in the leg...
View ArticleKodiak Island murder trial gets underway
Opening statements were held Tuesday as a double murder trial got underway in Anchorage federal court. The two men were killed on the Kodiak Island Coast Guard base almost exactly two years ago....
View ArticleMan arrested following trooper chase
An Anchorage driver faces multiple criminal charges after fleeing from Alaska State Troopers by car and foot. According to trooper dispatch, 34-year-old Anchorage resident Bruce King is charged with...
View ArticleTwo arrested in shooting death of Mountain View teen
Police say Jamal Townsend, 24, and Lamar Burney, 28, face charges of assault and murder following the shooting death of a teenage girl early Tuesday morning. Precious Alex, 15, was killed after five...
View ArticleJuneau Police treating crash fatality a homicide
Juneau police say they are treating a fatal car crash as a homicide investigation. The Juneau Empire reports (http://bit.ly/1lnysP0) investigators are gathering evidence before deciding if they are...
View ArticleFour killed in shooting at Fort Hood; gunman among dead
Last Updated Apr 2, 2014 11:55 PM EDT FORT HOOD, Texas - A soldier being treated for mental health issues opened fire Wednesday with a semiautomatic weapon at Fort Hood, killing three people and...
View ArticleFamily says they were home invasion targets
Five people were detained for questioning Wednesday after a family said they were victims of two attempted home invasions this week. Sunday night around 11 p.m. was the first time a group of men tried...
View ArticleFamily reacts to shooting, arrests in murder
Family members of an Anchorage teen shot to death Tuesday morning say they feel a little comfort now that police have arrested the two men they believe are responsible for her murder. But Precious...
View ArticleKodiak Coast Guard trial enters second day
The murder trial for a man accused of killing two men on the Kodiak Coast Guard Base entered its second day on Wednesday. Jurors heard from the Coast Guard officer who was the first to discover the...
View ArticleTroopers: Man fatally shoots self during struggle
Alaska State Troopers say a 24-year-old Homer man fatally shot himself after he grabbed a trooper’s gun during a struggle following a domestic violence call. Aaron Michael Rael-Catholic died at the...
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