At 11:43 pm on Friday night, Alaska State Troopers conducted a routine traffic stop on a gray 1997 Jeep Cherokee for numerous equipment violations trooper dispatch reported this morning. Once stopped and contacted, troopers would find that the driver of the vehicle, 22-year-old Justin Sims, did not have a valid driver’s license. A further investigation […]
A Florida man who has been a long-time fugitive from that state, since 1991, was apprehended in Alaska during the early morning hours of Friday according to the Department of Justice. Houston/Eagle River man, going under the name Michael Camp was arrested by an FBI tactical team at the suspect’s residence in Eagle River […]
State and Federal authorities announced at a press conference on Friday morning that convicted killer Joshua Wade has admitted to three additional murders in the state of Alaska besides the two murders he admitted to in court as part of a plea deal to escape the death penalty in 2010. In addition to those two murders, […]
In an analysis derived from data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Violence Policy Center issued a release that included a listing of the top five states with the highest death rates in the nation. Alaska is ranked third in the list of five. With a gun death rate of 17.41 per […]