An Aniak man is in jail on Murder and Attempted Murder charges after an extended shooting incident in that village early Sunday morning. Aniak-based Troopers were notified of a shooting in the community at 2:19 am on Sunday morning. Troopers took 29-year-old Joseph Patrick Yaska into custody. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation and the Bethel […]
A Nenana man was indicted on a half a dozen charges and charged with additional misdemeanors following a Tuesday incident where he violated a Domestic Violence Protective Order and was shot in the process, troopers reported on Sunday. According to the report, 41-year-old Charles Scott Stevens of Nenana trespassed on property that he was prohibited […]
AST says that alcohol played a factor in the assault and destruction that a Port Heiden woman carried out in that village on Saturday. Troopers received an assault and dmage call at 12:02 pm on Saturday. Their investigation found that 34-year-old Melissa Lena Odomin got into a fight with her roommate and damaged items in […]
An early Monday morning report of a floating body on Aleknagik Lake spurred an investigation by Alaska State Troopers on Monday. According to the trooper dispatch, at 39 minutes past midnight, AST received a call reporting a possible drowning death on the west shore of Aleknagik Lake in southwest Alaska. As the investigation unfolded, it […]