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Anchorage massage parlor owner indicted for role in alleged prostitution...
Photo courtesy Google Maps A 53-year-old woman has been charged by the State of Alaska for her role in managing an alleged prostitution operation in Anchorage. From 2011 to 2014, Yin Mei Tran Lau...
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Citizens help police nab 3 in connection with 2 armed robberies in Anchorage
Photo courtesy Google Maps Three individuals have been charged in connection with a pair of armed robberies that occurred Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning in Anchorage. The successful arrest...
View ArticleTeaching assistant at Huffman Elementary charged in child pornography case
An Anchorage man who worked at Huffman Elementary School faces child pornography charges. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested Daniel Alan Brown Monday on charges of possessing and...
View ArticlePower theft investigation leads to Wasilla pot bust
Alaska State Troopers discovered more than 200 pot plants growing in a Wasilla home after a man was suspected of stealing power from Matanuska Electric Association, charges say. Kevin Mielke, 37, was...
View ArticleCharges: Teaching assistant had extensive history downloading child porn
Recently unsealed charging documents reveal that a former teaching assistant at Huffman Elementary School started downloading child pornography roughly 10 years ago and had amassed an estimated 100...
View ArticleAnchorage man sentenced for police dog stabbing
The man who pleaded guilty to stabbing an Anchorage Police Department K-9 and assaulting an officer this summer will spend several years in jail. Noel Hommerding, 38, faces a composite sentence of...
View ArticleAnchorage music teacher says porn addiction started early
An Anchorage music teacher told the court he has struggled with an addiction to pornography since childhood. Stuart Ravn, 26, also said he has Asperger Syndrome and apologized for his halting speech...
View ArticleMiftari found guilty on all counts in murder of ex-girlfriend
Bukurim Miftari, charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend, was found guilty on all counts Monday. The trial, which began in November, came to a close today as Miftari was found guilty of...
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Second teen charged in Palmer ‘justice’ murder
This cross, bearing Frank Pushruk's name, could be seen in March at the lookout point along the Glenn Highway outside Palmer. A second teen has been charged with the murder of a Palmer man, who was...
View ArticleTanana man gets 180 days for assault of VSPO
A 59-year-old Tanana man has pleaded guilty to assault after threatening a village public safety officer. Arvin Kangas entered his plea Monday for placing Sgt. Mark Haglin in fear of physical injury....
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Ex-boyfriend indicted for murder of Anchorage resident Irma Williams
Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of 54-year-old Irma Williams. After weeks of investigation, police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of 54-year-old...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 99 years in prison for Millennium Hotel murder
Three Thanksgivings, three Christmases, three anniversaries – Deborah Harris gave a tally of time missed by Kerry Fadely, her partner of 10 years, who was shot and killed in October 2011. “And we will...
View ArticleTeen sentenced to 7 years for robbery, shooting
A Fairbanks teenager involved in a shootout during an attempt to rob a drug dealer has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1DP4QGR) reports...
View ArticleMat-Su heroin trafficking investigation leads to arrests, drug seizures
Two people are in custody and $400,000 worth of heroin was seized after authorities launched an investigation into heroin trafficking in the Mat-Su Valley, authorities say. Tuesday, a federal grand...
View ArticleNoble Drilling reps plead guilty to 8 felony counts
Representatives from Noble Drilling U.S. LLC, which operated a drill ship in the Arctic, pleaded guilty to eight felony counts in Anchorage federal court Friday morning. As part of a plea agreement...
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Man sentenced in 2013 DUI death
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Friday for killing a 20-year-old woman while driving drunk in 2013. While driving north on Boniface Parkway near DeBarr Road in June 2013, Lane...
View Article2 arrested in connection with $30K stolen from Alaska fish hatchery
Two Palmer men are in custody in connection with a burglary that occurred at an Alaskan fish hatchery last month. On Nov. 8, Alaska State Troopers were notified that $30,000 worth of steel, aluminum...
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1 injured in downtown Anchorage shooting near PlayHouse bar
Anchorage police were called to a shooting in the area of 420 W. Third Ave. early Sunday morning. Photo courtesy Google Maps One person was injured in a shooting in downtown Anchorage early Sunday...
View ArticleSoldotna woman with 3 kids in car arrested for DUI
A woman is in custody after she was pulled over Saturday night on the Kenai Spur Highway for driving impaired with children in the vehicle. At about 9 p.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol...
View ArticleKetchikan resident comes home to find man with gun
A home invasion resulted in a standoff between an Alabama man and troopers in Ketchikan early Sunday morning. At around 4:45 a.m., the Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan responded to a report of a...
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