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Tips from public help police identify jewelry thief
Courtesy: Anchorage Police Department ANCHORAGE – Thanks to tips from the public, police were able to identify the suspect in a series of jewelry thefts. Christopher Ross Wilson, 30, is believed to...
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Bystanders chase alleged Fairbanks purse snatcher
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Police say bystanders chased down a man accused of snatching a woman’s purse and held him until police arrived. Authorities in Fairbanks arrested a 23-year-old North Pole man...
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Troopers nab California fugitive
ANCHORAGE – A California resident wanted for growing marijuana was arrested by the Alaska State Troopers near Ketchikan early Sunday morning. According to trooper dispatch, 35-year-old Matthew Estrada...
View ArticlePolice arrest suspect in Homer shotgun robbery
HOMER, Alaska (AP) – Police in Homer have arrested a 29-year-old man suspected of using a shotgun to rob a liquor store. Michael McClendon was arrested Friday in connection with the robbery of the Grog...
View ArticleRumrunner’s excessive force trial begins
ANCHORAGE - A troubled local bar shut its doors more than a year ago, but its employees and owners are now being asked to answer for past actions. The State vs. Rumrunner’s security guard Murville...
View ArticleTroopers: Wasilla man arrested after standoff
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska State Troopers say a 41-year-old Wasilla man is under arrest after a standoff with authorities in which he used weapons, including a hunting bow. Troopers say Jose A....
View Article2 charged with failing to salvage cow moose
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Two Fairbanks men have been charged with wasting game meat. Alaska State Troopers say the son of one man killed a cow moose and the hunting party did not salvage the meat. The...
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Man sentenced for 70 months for narcotics trafficking
Courtesy: DEA ANCHORAGE – A man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for the part he played in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy. Antonio Fleming, 35, of Anchorage was sentenced to 52 months in...
View ArticleHouse party shooting suspect arrested
ANCHORAGE – A man police believe was involved in a house party shooting was arrested Sunday, authorities said. Police were told the shooting happened during a house party on the 2600 block of Easthaven...
View ArticlePolice ask for help solving year-old case
ANCHORAGE - Police are asking for your help in solving a year-old double murder. On Jan. 13, 2013, someone killed two roommates in their Mountain View apartment. Police said the men were murdered in...
View ArticleChildren struck in Levelock DUI collision
ANCHORAGE – Two children were thrown from their snowmachine by a drunk driver in the Southwest Alaska community of Levelock. According to Alaska State Troopers, 22-year-old Ryan Andrew was driving his...
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APD, SWAT team, bomb squad respond to barricaded man
ANCHORAGE – Police tried to serve court paperwork to a man on the 1600 block of Eastridge Drive Wednesday around 5 p.m. when he said he was armed and may have a bomb, police said. A SWAT team and...
View ArticleCrime lab detects irregularities in drug samples
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska State Troopers have opened a criminal investigation of the Public Safety Department’s own crime lab. Troopers in an announcement say irregularities were discovered in...
View ArticleSix controlled substances test positive for foreign matter
ANCHORAGE – The state crime lab is under investigation after an alarming find. Wednesday, the Department of Public Safety Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory said staff discovered “irregularities”...
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Worker charged in copper wire theft at UAF site
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – A 33-year-old construction worker is accused of stealing one ton of copper wire at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://is.gd/6Mt0aC)...
View ArticleMan who walked away from halfway house captured
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Juneau police say they have captured a man who ran away form a halfway house earlier this month. Police in a web posting say 39-year-old Derek McMillian was taken into custody...
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Wasilla big game guide, two others face slew of charges
ANCHORAGE – A Wasilla big game guide and two others are facing charges for violating Alaska game laws. Richard A. Kinmon, Sr., owner of Wasilla-based Alaska Trophy Hunters, was charged Tuesday with 30...
View ArticleAPD notices shift in DUI arrests
ANCHORAGE – Spurred from the spike in deaths related to drunk driving, the Anchorage Police Department has ramped up patrols. Their efforts, however, are having some unintended effects, according to...
View Article‘Spice shops’ risk fines
ANCHORAGE – It’s official. Any business or person caught selling or using synthetic drugs can now be fined $500 per individual packet or container. The new ordinance was passed Tuesday night by the...
View ArticlePolice pursuit ends with man shooting himself
ANCHORAGE- An Anchorage man shot himself in the head after taking police on a chase through South Anchorage. A woman called 911 around 3:51 a.m. Saturday reporting that her ex-boyfriend, Robert Allain,...
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