Man recounts suspect’s request for death
Robert Maxwell says he’ll never forget what he saw and heard inside a hallway at Safe Harbor Inn Tuesday. “She looked me in the eyes and said, ‘I need you to kill me,’” he said. Court documents...
View ArticleCheck fraud on the rise in Anchorage
After seeing an increase in the number of check fraud and forgery reports, Anchorage police are warning residents to protect their checks. In the past several months, the Anchorage Police Department...
View ArticleFormer Anchorage homicide detective tells all in new book
The lead detective in a 2003 Anchorage murder investigation is out with a new memoir that gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the case. Glen Klinkhart, who helped track down Bethany Correira’s...
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Jury convicts Montana man in ’96 death
A jury has convicted a man of second-degree murder in a 1996 shooting death in Yakutat. KTOO reports the jury was unable to come to a verdict on a first-degree murder charge for Robert Kowalski. The...
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Tire expert testifies in Kodiak murder trial
A tire expert says it’s unlikely that a nail found in the tire of the man charged in a Kodiak double homicide was picked up on a roadway. Gary Bolden says the long nail likely was perpendicular to the...
View ArticleMan killed in Nome hit-and-run
An Alaskan carver was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Nome Saturday, authorities say. Around 1 a.m., the Nome Police Department and Nome Volunteer Ambulance Department were dispatched to the...
View ArticleCommunity speaker arrested following pharmacy theft
A guest at the Togiak Clinic was arrested Friday after allegedly breaking into the clinic pharmacy and stealing several controlled substances. Alaska State Troopers say 25-year-old Dillingham resident...
View ArticleFamily members testify in Kodiak homicide case
The sister and brother-in-law of a Kodiak man charged with killing two Coast Guard communication station co-workers say he became irate when the topic of their deaths came up two months later. Theresa...
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FBI, police call for help nabbing bank robbery suspect
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View ArticleHit-and-run suspect in custody
Update: Haily Ibarra, 20, turned herself in at 3:30 p.m., police said. Anchorage police are asking for public help locating a suspect in a hit-and-run that left a female victim with...
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Boston man charged over fake bomb at marathon site
Photo courtesy of WBZ-TV, Boston A man was ordered held on $100,000 bail Wednesday on several charges connected to a bomb scare at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Tuesday, hours after memorial...
View ArticleAPD unveils new crime-mapping system
With the help of a new crime mapping system, Anchorage residents can track crimes that occur in or around their neighborhood. The new system is called RAIDS Online and it’s free for the public to use....
View ArticleAnchorage physician charged with Medicaid fraud
An Anchorage doctor is accused of billing Medicaid hundreds of thousands of dollars for services he didn’t provide. Dr. Shubhranjan Ghosh, 39, of Anchorage was arrested Tuesday. He is the founder of...
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Former UAA educator faces child porn charges
Photo courtesy UAA A former University of Alaska Anchorage educator is facing more than a dozen charges in connection with child pornography. Tuesday, a grand jury indicted 37-year-old Curtis...
View ArticleDefense makes its case in Coast Guard murder trial
Gallbladder surgery and a vehicle from surveillance video were the main focus of James Wells’ defense team Thursday morning in his double murder trial. Wells is accused of murdering of 41-year-old...
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Driver convicted in hit-and-run trial
The question wasn’t if Luke Jerde was the driver — it was if he had committed an accident or crime. On Thursday, a jury decided he was guilty of a 2012 hit-and-run that cost a man his leg. Zachary...
View ArticleShock and surprise follow child porn arrest
Former students expressed shock and surprise when one of their professors was arrested this week for having and distributing child pornography. Dr. Curtis Osterhoudt taught physics and astronomy at...
View ArticleMen sentenced in connection with JJ’s Lounge shooting
Sentences have been handed down to two people convicted in a deadly shooting at an East Anchorage bar three years ago. An Anchorage jury found Ryan Lualu not guilty of murder, but convicted him of...
View ArticleDefense witnesses take the stand in Coast Guard murder trial
A mentor, an exceptional co-worker and very neighborly: That’s how defense witnesses portrayed James Wells during his double murder trial Friday morning. It was the second day Wells’ defense team...
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Man convicted in Anchorage stabbing death
A jury convicted a 32-year-old man Friday for an August 2012 murder. Tidiane Kone was found guilty of stabbing Adrian Beaver to death after chasing him down. Kone also stabbed another man, Lovie...
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