On June 23, it was reported to the Alaska State Troopers that an adult male had suffered severe burns at a cabin in Kasilof. A preliminary investigation determined that the man and three teenage boys were in Alaska on a fishing trip with a residential treatment program for troubled youth. During the incident, one of […]
Troopers responded to a reported disturbance on Sunday in Wasilla and spoke with multiple witnesses who said James Fuller had been involved in a heated situation with a woman. During the altercation, according to the witnesses, Fuller allegedly headbutted the woman, also threatened to stab her, then threw an object believed to be a knife […]
On Aug. 3, at approximately 3:45 a.m., Alaska State Troopers received a missing person report from the Cordova Harbor. Witnesses identified the person as 24-year-old Kaden Westcott of Arizona, they reported hearing a splash in an area where several of Westcott’s personal belongings were later found floating in the water. Troopers, along with officers from the […]
(Bethel, AK) –At the end of last month, Superior Court Judge William Montgomery sentenced 40-year-old Byron Demantle, to 33 years for sexual assault in the first degree. Demantle pled guilty to sexually assaulting three women in Kwethluk between 2020 and 2022. He pled guilty in April 2025, on the first day of trial. Demantle was charged […]