An Allakaket man was arrested on Tuesday following an investigation into an incident that occurred in that rural community last Thursday, troopers report. According to AST, they were contacted at 8:19 pm on August 12th reporting an assault with a firearm involved. The caller reported, “Joseph Semaken, 38 years old of Allakaket, was being assaultive […]
On Monday morning the Alaska State Troopers received notification of a disturbance involving a firearm at the Tok Chevron gas station and responded to the scene. Troopers got to the scene at just after 6 am on Monday to investigate the incident and identified the suspect. When they made contact with 53-year-old Norman Egolf of […]
Three people died in a fiery crash at mile 87 of the Parks Highway on Sunday afternoon according to an AST report. Troopers were notified of a fatal head-on collision at 2:58pm on Sunday afternoon and they, as well as first responders rushed to the scene. Upon arrival at the scene, troopers would find two […]
Alaska State Troopers report that a three-vehicle collision on the Parks Highway near Willow resulted in seven injuries and one fatality on Saturday evening. Troopers responded to the accident location on Ship Creek Bridge at mile 88 of the Parks Highway at 6:07 pm and opened an investigation. That investigation revealed that a red 2010 […]
FAIRBANKS – A federal jury Friday convicted a Fairbanks man for stalking and attempting to arrange a murder for hire. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Roger Keeling, 55, devised and solicited a murder for hire plot targeting his former girlfriend while he was in custody on stalking charges. In October 2020 […]
FAIRBANKS – A Fairbanks man was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to more than eight years (97 months) in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release for the possession of heroin and fentanyl with the intent distribute those drugs. According to court documents, Michael Miller, 35, aka “Smiles,” and […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they are continuing the investigation into the death of an Anchorage man whose remains were found in a partially buried freezer on April 26th of this year. Fairbanks GIU, Helo 2, Glennallen AST, and Tok DOT had initially responded to the scene. Troopers report that the State Medical examiner’s office […]
Alaska State responded to the Tonsina River approximately two miles from the Richardson Highway on Monday afternoon after receiving a report of a drowning on the river via HELO 3 at about 1:30 pm. 36-year-old Reese Doyle flipped his kayak on the river while kayaking and would sink below the surface for ten minutes before […]
At about 4:13 pm on Wednesday, an Alaska State Trooper based in Fairbanks attempted a traffic stop on a speeding BMW SUV on the Steese Highway and found that it was also called in as a REDDI vehicle an hour before. The speeding BMW failed to pull over for the stop and instead sped away […]