Man dies a month after Anchorage shooting
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A 22-year-old Anchorage man has died from injuries he suffered after being shot outside an East Anchorage apartment complex last month. Anchorage police say in a Wednesday statement...
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More than $50,000 worth of cocaine seized
Courtesy: DEA ANCHORAGE – More than $50,000 worth of cocaine was seized by the North Slope Borough Police Department Tuesday. From serving a search warrant, officers seized a quarter pound of cocaine,...
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Mother, daughter charged with defrauding PFD program
ANCHORAGE – A mother and her daughter have been indicted for bilking thousands of dollars in PFD money from the state. Carolyn Owens, 62, of Anchorage allegedly filled out and submitted PFD...
View ArticleTrial delayed in Coast Guard shooting case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The trial of a Kodiak man charged in the fatal shooting of two men at a Coast Guard station has been postponed. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports James Wells’ trial was to have...
View ArticleAnchorage drug trafficker sentenced to prison
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage drug trafficker was sentenced to 11 and half years in prison Thursday. Micah Sean Ramirez, 39, was sentenced for having methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possessing...
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Anchorage man found guilty of murder
ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage man charged with stabbing his neighbor to death in 2011 was found guilty of murder Wednesday. According to the district attorney’s office, Joshua Wagner was found guilty of...
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APD seizes thousands of dollars worth of cocaine, heroin
Courtesy: DEA ANCHORAGE – A “suspicious package” for a motel guest resulted in the seizure of a kilogram of cocaine and half a kilo of heroin Wednesday, authorities said. Special Assignment Unit...
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Palmer man arrested after ‘obscene and harassing’ 911 calls
ANCHORAGE – A Palmer man was arrested after making “obscene and harassing” 911 calls that delayed legitimate emergency calls, authorities said. Wednesday at about 10:30 p.m., Alaska State Troopers...
View ArticleTroopers: Correctional officer assaulted by inmate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska State Troopers say an inmate in Anchorage stabbed a correctional officer with a pencil during a jailhouse assault. Troopers say the injured officer was treated at a...
View ArticleMotel drug bust highlights Anchorage drug problem
ANCHORAGE - A drug bust this week in Anchorage underscores a major area drug problem, authorities say. Officer Mark Laport with the Anchorage Police Department’s Special Assignment Unit says heroin...
View ArticleTrafficked and Trapped: Part 2
ANCHORAGE - The abuse that young girls trafficked into the sex trade suffer causes severe, long-term damage on several fronts. “The mental abuse, the emotional abuse, the physical abuse, it changes...
View ArticleFairbanks rapper gets 18 years on drug charges
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – A 31-year-old Fairbanks rapper will spend 18 years in a federal prison for trafficking drugs. The U.S. attorney’s office says in a release that Donnell Johnson, also known as...
View ArticleNorth Pole man charged with child sexual abuse
ANCHORAGE – A 75-year-old North Pole man was arrested Friday for multiple charges of child sex abuse, Alaska State Troopers said. According to trooper dispatch, Warren Tanner faces six counts of...
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U.S. to seek Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s extradition
Courtesy Mexican Law Enforcement / Police Handout NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors announced Sunday their intention to seek the extradition of the world’s most wanted drug kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo”...
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Man critically injured after shooting at local VFW
ANCHORAGE – A man was taken to an area hospital with severe injuries after a shooting outside a local VFW post early Sunday, authorities said. Around 2:45 a.m., Anchorage police received a call that...
View ArticleTrafficked and trapped: Part 1
ANCHORAGE - Tales of shady business, crime and prostitution from as far back as the early trans-Alaska pipeline days have made the city-turned-neighborhood of Spenard infamous. But lately, the streets...
View ArticleBoy arrested after BB gun shot at Ambler school
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaska State Troopers say a 12-year-old boy has been arrested after he shot at a 13-year-old girl with a BB gun at a school gymnasium in the northern Alaska village of Ambler....
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Police seek public’s aid identifying fraud ring suspects
Photo courtesy APD ANCHORAGE – Police said they would like the public’s help in nabbing five people believed to be part of a vehicle theft and credit card fraud ring. According to police, a Joint Base...
View ArticleTroopers captain accused of child sex abuse
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) – The former commander of a Fairbanks-based Alaska State Troopers detachment faces charges of sexually abusing a minor. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports...
View ArticleWasilla man charged with advertising, distributing child porn
ANCHORAGE – A 33-year-old Matanuska Valley resident has been indicted in two counts of child sexual exploitation, prosecutors said. In a written statement released Monday, the U.S. district attorney’s...
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