Former public safety stalwart stands trial for rape
Editor’s note: The content of this story may not be suitable for children. ANCHORAGE - Dwight O’Connor sat expressionless in an Anchorage courtroom Thursday morning while a recording of the 911 call...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with Mountain Village manslaughter
ANCHORAGE – A 23-year-old Anchorage man was arrested in connection with the death of a Mountain Village resident earlier this week, Alaska State Troopers said. According to trooper dispatch, the death...
View ArticleRumrunner’s owners, bouncer found guilty
ANCHORAGE - More than two years after a beating at the now-shuttered Rumrunner’s Old Towne Bar and Grill, the owners and a bouncer were found guilty of assault Tuesday. A jury found the then-security...
View Article3 charged with parking lot robbery in Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Three men have been charged with using handguns to commit a robbery in a Fairbanks grocery store parking lot. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://bit.ly/1gr7YZz) reports...
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2 men arrested in Fairbanks on drug charges
Courtesy: DEA FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – Two Fairbanks men have been arrested on felony drug dealing charges. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (http://bit.ly/1hc9fIO) 21-year-old Ariston Nathaniel...
View ArticleStudent disciplined for video recording in girl’s locker room
GLENNALLEN- A male student at Glennallen High School has been disciplined for hiding an iPod in the girl’s locker room and using it to record video. A female student found the iPod in the locker room...
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University police warn of man kissing women against their will
Update Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. University police said have located the man accused of trying to kiss women without their permission. Original story ANCHORAGE – A man tried to kiss women against their will,...
View ArticleSchool nurse fined for forging signature on form
KENAI, Alaska (AP) – A former Soldotna school nurse has been sentenced to 80 hours of community service and fined $1,500 for tampering with public records. The Peninsula Clarion (http://bit.ly/1iPZ1vd)...
View ArticleMan charged with November shooting at Midtown bar
ANCHORAGE – Police have arrested Wills Johnbaptiste, 26, in connection with a shooting that injured three people at the Office Lounge in November 2013. Johnbaptiste faces two counts of first-degree...
View ArticlePolice nab suspects in burglary, carjackings
Update Thursday, 1:45 p.m. Clay Millhouse, 28, and William Hopster, 29, were arrested Wednesday night following a South Anchorage burglary and carjacking. According to a statement from the Anchorage...
View ArticleWasilla police respond to Walmart bomb threat
ANCHORAGE – Shoppers and employees were evacuated from a Wasilla Walmart following a bomb threat Thursday night. Wasilla Police Department Sgt. William Rapson said the threat was called in around 5:30...
View ArticleMan convicted of Kincaid Park assault
ANCHORAGE – A 41-year-old Anchorage man has been convicted of first-degree attempted sexual assault in connection with an attack in Kincaid Park more than two years ago. Prosecutors said Jeremy...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 3 years for negligent homicide
KETCHIKAN, Alaska – A man who accidentally killed his friend when he put him in a chokehold has been sentenced to three years in prison, with two years suspended. The Ketchikan Daily News reports...
View ArticlePa. woman admits Craigslist killing in interview
SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania woman charged with her newlywed husband in the murder of a man they met through Craigslist has admitted in a jailhouse interview to the slaying and says she has...
View ArticleKickstarter says hackers got customer data
Online fundraising site Kickstarter says hackers got some of its customer data. Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler says hackers accessed usernames, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords....
View ArticlePassenger detained after potential explosive device found at airport
Updated Monday, 1:30 p.m.: A spokeswoman for ConocoPhillips Alaska said the passenger detained at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Sunday was carrying a device “typically used for avalanche...
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Former crime fighter acquitted of sexual assault charges
ANCHORAGE – A former Anchorage crime fighter was acquitted on two counts of sexual assault charges. Dwight O’Connor had served on the Anchorage Public Safety Advisory Commission for more than a decade...
View ArticleKenai driver charged with assault, DUI in Sunday collision
ANCHORAGE – A 71-year-old Soldotna woman was hospitalized Sunday morning after a head-on collision with an intoxicated Kenai driver. According to Alaska State Trooper dispatch, 20-year-old Ashli Kippi...
View ArticleFormer Palmer resident claims to be a serial killer
ANCHORAGE - A woman who admitted to a murder in Pennsylvania said she killed even more people in Alaska. Miranda Barbour claims to be a serial killer who got her start at age 13. Barbour is in custody...
View ArticleAnchorage man gets prison term for ID thefts
ANCHORAGE, Alaska- An Anchorage man will spend nearly seven years in a federal prison for his role in filing about 100 false income tax returns. The U.S. attorney’s office said in a Tuesday release...
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