Woman charged with murder after man is shot to death in Wasilla home
A woman has been charged with murder after she admitted to killing a 76-year-old man in his home on Easter Sunday and asked for help burying the body, authorities say. April Cox, 27, of Wasilla was...
View ArticleFormer processors accept plea deal in Unalaska homicide case
Two former seafood processors have pleaded guilty to fatally beating their co-worker in Unalaska. Instead of going through another trial, Denison Soria and Leonardo Bongolto, Jr., will serve 40 to 70...
View ArticleJerry Active trial begins: Day 1
It was an emotional day for Minesoreta Seng as she took the stand to testify against the man accused of raping her 2-year-old daughter. Prosecutors allege 26-year-old Jerry Active broke into her...
View ArticleBethel woman indicted in connection with her father’s death
A 35-year-old Bethel woman was indicted on manslaughter and drug charges after she allegedly injected her father with heroin at an Anchorage apartment in September 2014. Bethel police took Shannon...
View ArticleMan sentenced in connection with 2014 explosion inside Ketchikan tunnel
A 40-year-old Ketchikan man was sentenced Tuesday in connection with a 2014 explosion inside the Ketchikan Tunnel. Joseph Duane Brown admitted that he assembled and linked together “at least 20″...
View ArticleOwner of Mat-Su center for disabled sentenced for altering medical records
The owner of a Palmer company that serves disabled clients was sentenced after a fraud investigation revealed that she altered medical records. The sentencing was announced Wednesday by the Alaska...
View ArticleRetired APD detective examines crime against Sudanese refugees
Mohammed Hano and Mobarak Albadawi woke up on Sunday, March 29, to discover the tires on the vehicles outside their Spenard home had been deflated, and unwelcoming messages — like “Go Home” and “Leave...
View ArticleAnchorage police seek suspect in sexual assault near UAA
Police say they are looking for the suspect in a late-night sexual assault on a trail near the University of Alaska Anchorage. UAA police and the Anchorage Police Department responded to the assault,...
View ArticleWasilla man leads troopers on 100-mph chase
A 34-year-old Wasilla man was arrested after he led troopers on a 100-mph chase through a traffic safety corridor along the Parks Highway in the Mat-Su Valley, authorities say. Thursday around 10 p.m.,...
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Woman robbed at Juneau mall ‘not an easy victim,’ police say
A man robbed a woman in Juneau Thursday evening, but she put up a fight, authorities say, chasing the man, knocking him down and swiping his bicycle. Around 9 p.m. Thursday, a man on a bike rode up...
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UPDATE: More than 50 cars damaged around Anchorage in ‘massive vandalism’
Photo courtesy Katie Schrooten Anchorage police are investigating a case of early-morning vandalism in Anchorage that has left more than 50 vehicles with their tires slashed around town. There have...
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South Anchorage business burglarized twice in one week
An Anchorage business is recovering after being burglarized for the second time in one week. Someone broke into South Anchorage’s 907 Vapes – Electronic Cigarettes Monday night and then again on...
View ArticleJuneau police release video of alleged robbery suspect
The Juneau Police Department has released footage showing who it believes is the suspect in an alleged robbery that occurred Thursday, during which the victim fought back and took the suspect’s...
View ArticleShoe tracks help link Fairbanks man to burglaries
Authorities say Crocs plastic shoes left tread marks that helped link a 22-year-old Fairbanks man to downtown burglaries. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper (http://is.gd/K5ETu0) reports Roland...
View ArticlePolice arrest man on sex abuse charge after teen is found dead in Muldoon
Anchorage police have arrested a man for sexual abuse of a minor after a 14-year-old girl was found dead outside a Muldoon church Sunday. Stewart W. Emery, Jr., 45, was arrested for one count of...
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Teen suspect in Hillside burglary caught after crash
Courtesy Anchorage Police Department A teen suspected of a burglary in the Hillside area was arrested Monday thanks to citizens’ reports of a suspicious person, according to police. Around 10:15 a.m.,...
View ArticleUAA police, students react to sexual assault near campus
As soon as University of Alaska Anchorage police learned of a sexual assault on a trail bordering campus late last Wednesday night, they sent out an alert via text message and email, warning students...
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1 arrested, 1 at large after early morning gas station robbery
One suspect was arrested and another remains at large after two masked men robbed a gas station in East Anchorage and pepper sprayed three people, police say. Just after midnight Wednesday, the...
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UAF hockey player charged with sexual assault, banned from campus
Nolan Youngmun - University of Alaska Fairbanks/Alaska Nanooks Nolan Youngmun, University of Alaska Fairbanks student and hockey player, has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman on campus...
View Article140-year sentence handed down to man convicted of 2012 murder
A 24-year-old convicted of kidnapping and murdering his girlfriend was sentenced to 140 years in prison with 30 suspended. Jurors convicted Bukurim Miftari of murder, kidnapping and tampering with...
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