Teen charged with New Year’s Day kidnapping, rape
ANCHORAGE – An 18-year-old Anchorage man faces charges of kidnapping and assault after allegedly attacking another teen on New Year’s Day, police said. According to a statement from the Anchorage...
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Fairbanks men plead to trafficking charge
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Two Fairbanks men have pleaded guilty to trafficking methamphetamine. The U.S. attorney’s office says in a release that 51-year-old Andrew Paul Newman and 36-year-old Jason...
View Article18-year-old charged with brutal assault, bail set at $1 million
ANCHORAGE - Police charged an 18 year old man with a brutal sexual assault and placed his bail at $1 million. Jessye Potts, 18, was charged with kidnapping, multiple counts of sexual assault as well...
View ArticleSuspected drunk driver plows into family
ANCHORAGE- An Anchorage woman is behind bars after police said she drunkenly plowed into a family early Sunday morning. Erica Merrill, 34, is charged with a felony DUI, three counts of assault in the...
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Arrest made in Mountain View stabbing
ANCHORAGE – Police believe alcohol was a factor in a stabbing in Mountain View early Monday morning. Annie Matson, 26, was arrested on a charge of third-degree assault. According to a statement from...
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Men charged in Sunday assault, attempted murder
ANCHORAGE – Two Anchorage men were arrested and charged with assault and attempted murder following a fight over an unpaid bet Sunday night. According to a statement from the Anchorage Police...
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Chugiak scuffle sends one man to the hospital
ANCHORAGE – An argument between two men in Chugiak Monday afternoon sent one man to the hospital. At 4 p.m., police received a report that shots had been fired near the entrance of a residence on the...
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Police: Neighbor shoots man acting “suspicious”
APD on the scene of a shooting on the 3400 blk of Thompson Ave. ANCHORAGE- Police were called to the same block on Thompson Avenue twice in one night for two different reasons. The first time officers...
View ArticleMan in critical condition following Mountain View shooting
Update: Anchorage police have charged Talon Draper, 19, with one count of first-degree assault for allegedly shooting 22-year-old Jermaine Twiley Tuesday morning. According to a statement from the...
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Police seek ‘person of interest’ in homicide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Anchorage police say they are looking for a “person of interest” in connection with the homicide of a 32-year-old Eagle River man last month. Police are looking for Brett...
View ArticleFight over $10 bet leads to life-or-death struggle
ANCHORAGE – After what happened Sunday night, Max Soud is stunned he’s still alive. “What I see is a just a gun pointing at my head, the same gun pointing at my head,” Soud said. Soud’s roommate,...
View ArticleMan fights for life after being shot in the head
ANCHORAGE - Police are cautioning people from taking matters into their own hands after an early morning shooting in Mountain View left a man in critical condition. Nineteen-year-old Talon Draper said...
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Man stabbed in the head downtown
Update Tuesday, 10:15 p.m. The stabbing suspect has been identified as Rudy Thomas Jr., 21, according to police. He has been charged with one count of second-degree assault and seven counts of...
View ArticleFormer president sentenced for missing village money
ANCHORAGE- The former president of the Native Village of Tatitlek has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 46-year-old Lori “Sue” Clum of Anchorage, also known as Sue...
View ArticleAnchorage man gets 14 years for meth
ANCHORAGE- An Anchorage man will serve 14 years in a federal prison for possession and intent to distribute methamphetamine. The U.S. attorney’s office says in a release San Chiam Saechao was sentenced...
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Heli-ski operator: Land encroachments ‘minor’
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A Haines helicopter ski operation that has agreed to plead guilty to unauthorized use of federal land says the encroachments were “minor, infrequent and unintentional.” Southeast...
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Police ask for help nabbing jewelry thief
Courtesy of APD ANCHORAGE – Police would like your help identifying a jewelry thief. The suspect visits jewelry stores, lets the staff warm up to him, gains possession of the jewelry and then bolts,...
View ArticleTarget warns data breach impacted 70 million people
The revelations about Target’s (TGT) data breach continue to get worse, with the retailer now estimating that up to 70 million customers have been impacted, almost twice as many as the 40 million it...
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Alaska man accused of feeding multiple moose
Moose ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska State Troopers say an Anchorage man illegally fed cabbage to multiple moose on his property. Authorities say feeding wild game like moose puts people at great...
View ArticleTarget security breach grows
ANCHORAGE - Things are going from bad to worse for Target. Friday the retail giant announced hackers had managed to obtain not just credit and debit card information, but the personal emails,...
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