SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 ANCHORAGE – The recent sentencing of Justin Schneider highlighted a loophole in Alaska’s longstanding sex offense laws. Schneider entered a plea agreement for felony assault after he strangled and masturbated on an unconscious woman. For at least a decade, causing unwanted contact with semen has not been considered a sex offense under […]
Anchorage police are investigating a shooting incident where a robbery suspect was shot during the robbery of a business on West Dimond Blvd that occurred on Friday afternoon. APD responded to the Sunsation Tanning Salon at just after noon on Friday and opened an investigation. During the investigation, officers found that the robbery suspect, whose identity […]
Alaska State Troopers are investigating a serious vandalism at the community of Kasigluk airstrip that occurred between Tuesday night and Wednesday night. It was discovered on Wednesday night that 43 runway lights had been destroyed. The discovery came as a medevac aircraft attempted to land on the runway but was unable to because of the […]
U.S. President Donald Trump questioned the integrity of the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault years ago, posting Friday on Twitter that “if the attack … was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed” with police. Trump also accused “radical left wing politicians” of attacking Kavanaugh, […]