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Murder trial underway in case of 2012 shooting outside Anchorage nightclub
The jury has been seated and opening statements have been heard in the trial of the October 2012 shooting death of 27-year-old Said Beshirov. Korakanh Phornsovanh is the man accused of gunning down...
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East Anchorage trailer park shooting victim dies in hospital
A 39-year-old man shot in an East Anchorage trailer park on May 11 has died, according to police. The shooting is now being investigated as a homicide. The Anchorage Police Department was first...
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2 injured in road-rage crash on Parks Highway
Troopers say a road-rage incident that began just off the Parks Highway Saturday evening ended with two people being taken to the hospital. Authorities were called to a crash near Mile 50.5 of the...
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Anchorage woman sentenced for HIPAA violation
An Anchorage woman was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for a felony violation of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the first prosecuted case of its kind in the...
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German company sentenced to pay $750K for dumping oil off coast of Alaska
A German shipping company already on probation was sentenced in Anchorage federal court Wednesday to pay $750,000 for intentionally dumping more than 1,700 gallons of oily water off the coast of...
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Fairbanks man arrested in James Gojdics homicide case
National Geographic Alaska State Troopers have arrested the man they say shot and killed 69-year-old James “Jimmy” Gojdics in early May. Troopers arrested 44-year-old Major Workman at 12:30 p.m....
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Former crime lab employee sentenced for theft, drug charges
A former employee of the state’s Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory has been sentenced to spend two years in prison for stealing drug samples from work. Stephen Clark Palmer, 54, was given a...
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Man charged with burglary, causes hundreds in damage to Wasilla ice cream shop
A man has been arrested and charged with burglary after troopers caught him jumping out of a broken window at a Wasilla ice cream shop. Early Saturday morning, Alaska State Troopers responded to...
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Woman wanted in connection with Sunday Fairview shooting turns herself in
Photo courtesy APD Update: Tuesday, June 9 The woman police say was involved in Sunday’s shooting has turned herself in. Denise Anntonette Estell, 33, turned herself in to the Anchorage Correctional...
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AST: 1 arrested, 1 at large after Ninilchik robbery and assault
One man was arrested while another remains at large after they allegedly stole from a man they were getting a ride from Thursday evening. Sean Carpenter, 25, was arrested at a home in Homer and taken...
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Fairbanks priest sentenced to 10 years for child sex crimes
A Fairbanks priest was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was caught using a work computer to receive images of child pornography, authorities say. Clint Michael Landry — who was employed as a...
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2 Atmautluak men arrested for sexually abusing 8-year-old girl
After a “lengthy investigation” by Alaska State Troopers, two men were arrested Sunday for sexually abusing a child. Olie Olrun III, 22, and Christopher Olrun, 23, both face charges of first-degree...
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Union: Hackers have personnel data on every federal employee
A federal employee union says hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee, charging that the cyberattack on federal employee data is far worse than the Obama...
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Man arrested on allegations of vandalizing Kodiak church
A 21-year-old man is accused of vandalizing a Kodiak church and its contents, including items considered holy. Kodiak radio station KMXT reports Arkimedes Garcia was arrested as he left the Holy...
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Police seize 141 marijuana plants from Juneau residence
Authorities served a search warrant to a house in Juneau on Friday where they seized 141 live, growing marijuana plants. At about 4:30 p.m., officers from the Juneau Police Department and other...
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Teen stabs man at Anchorage theater
A teenager was charged with assault after stabbing his mother’s boyfriend in the Tikahtnu theater lobby late Thursday night, officials say. The Anchorage Police Department took the 13-year-old boy...
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Fairbanks man shot during high-speed chase
A man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg following a Fairbanks shooting Friday morning, according to the Fairbanks Police Department. The incident happened around 2 a.m., police...
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Troopers: Copper thief targeted homes evacuated during Sockeye fire
Willow homes evacuated and destroyed over the course of the Sockeye Fire have become targets for thieves, Alaska State Troopers say. Thursday afternoon, AST’s Criminal Suppression Unit and Special...
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Wasilla man nabbed after alleged assault, dousing family with gasoline
Updated 1:40 p.m. ANCHORAGE – A Wasilla man accused of pouring gasoline on his family in an apparent attempt to set them on fire is facing several assault charges, authorities say. Alaska State...
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Sitka company fined $75,000 for improper fish waste disposal
A Sitka company is paying $75,000 for improperly disposing fish waste in the Valdez harbor. KCAW reports (http://bit.ly/1N0tBA5) a 2014 dive survey showed a Silver Bay Seafoods pipe was discharging...
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