Ex-Marine pleads not guilty to killing lover
A former Marine has pleaded not guilty to killing the pregnant wife of another Marine. The Desert Sun of Palm Springs (http://desert.sn/1onV9Bk ) says 24-year-old Christopher Lee entered the plea...
View ArticleStore employee charged with stealing $76,000
A North Pole woman working as an assistant manager at a convenience store has been charged with embezzling more than $76,000 over 13 months. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1vRGkNs)...
View ArticleTrio indicted for drug smuggling operation between Las Vegas and Alaska
Three Las Vegas men have been indicted on federal charges of trafficking cocaine between Nevada and Alaska. Bryan M. Bledsoe, 36; Dewane E. Blue, 37 and 47-year-old Daren D. Cole appeared before a...
View ArticleTroopers search for escapee in Fairbanks
Alaska State Troopers are warning people in the Fairbanks area about a potentially dangerous escapee. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://is.gd/EmmkED) 27-year-old Adam Richard Bloom...
View ArticleAuthorities investigating Chevak death as a homicide
Updated Thursday, Aug. 28 Authorities are investigating a 19-year-old Chevak woman’s death as a homicide. A village public safety officer contacted Alaska State Troopers around 11 a.m. Wednesday that a...
View ArticleToddler, woman injured in Mountain Village hit-and-run
A toddler and a 32-year-old woman from Mountain Village were medevaced to Bethel with non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by an ATV Wednesday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers said. The...
View ArticleTroopers call for help locating detention center escapee
Courtesy Alaska State Troopers Alaska State Troopers are calling on the public for help tracking down a 24-year-old man who escaped a halfway house near Ester Thursday morning. Vincent Blue-Matheny...
View ArticleProwlers and thieves anger Airport Heights residents
An Airport Heights resident, who wants to remain anonymous, says she would move from the neighborhood if she had the choice. “My heart started racing, I was in shock,” she said, after reviewing her...
View ArticleMan with weapon robs Juneau coffee stand, barista
A man armed with a shank or sharp tool robbed a Juneau coffee stand early Wednesday night, threatening a 20-year-old barista working by herself. Sarah Solberg tells the Juneau Empire she didn’t at...
View ArticleAnchorage man arrested for sexual abuse of a minor
A months-long investigation has led to the arrest of a 40-year-old Anchorage man accused of sexually abusing a young girl. Matthew Stefanich was arrested Friday after investigators received reports...
View ArticleMan arrested for driving drunk with 7 children in car
Alaska State Troopers say a Wasilla man was arrested after driving while intoxicated with seven young children in his vehicle on Saturday night. Troopers responded to a report of a reckless driver...
View ArticleWanted sexual assault suspect found
Updated Sept. 2, 2014: An Anchorage Crime Stoppers tip has led to the arrest of 22-year-old Mariya Kalinina. The tip led police to her location. Kalinina tried to flee from authorities but was...
View ArticleAccused bank robber nabbed by authorities
An accused bank robber’s run from the law has come to an end after he was arrested on charges unrelated to the mid-August robbery. Federal prosecutors charged Anchorage resident James Donald Surrells,...
View ArticleState charges man who was shot by Bethel police
Updated Sept. 3, 2014: Alaska State Troopers arrested Aaron Moses of Bethel after he was released from a medical facility. A grand jury indicted the 31-year-old on Thursday, Aug. 28. A 31-year-old...
View ArticleSober driving campaign ends with more than 70 DUI arrests
Alaska State Troopers are at the end of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Designed to discourage impaired drivers from getting behind the wheel, the national campaign began Aug. 13 and...
View ArticleInmate runs away from authorities in Fairbanks
Alaska State Troopers are looking for a 37-year-old inmate who ran away from authorities as she was being transported from a halfway house to a correctional center in Fairbanks Wednesday afternoon....
View ArticlePolice investigate fatal shooting on Reka Drive
A shooting in East Anchorage has left one man dead, says the Anchorage Police Department. Authorities responded to a call just after 2 p.m. on Thursday afternoon that a male had been shot at the...
View ArticleMan in custody after alleged sexual abuse of a minor
Alaska State Troopers arrested a man wanted for alleged sexual abuse of a minor this afternoon. According to AST dispatch, troopers contacted Wassillie Gregory of Donlin Creek at 3:20 p.m. Thursday....
View Article1 medevaced, 1 arrested following shotgun shooting
A Kaltag man sustained serious injuries after a 43-year-old man fired at him with a shotgun, Alaska State Troopers say. Thursday around 3:30 a.m., troopers received a report from a third party that...
View ArticleTroopers search for suspect in Fairbanks hit-and-run
A bicyclist was transported to a hospital with severe injuries after being struck by a truck in Fairbanks on Friday night, say Alaska State Troopers. According to AST dispatch, at around 9:48 p.m., a...
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