Two Southwestern Alaska Suspects Arrested for Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Both Held on $100,000 Bail

Two men were arrested on warrants after what the troopers call “a lengthy investigation,” it was reported on Sunday. Both arrests were carried out by troopers on Sunday after indictments were filed in Bethel District Court on Friday. 22-year-old Olie Olrun III was arrested in the village of Atmautluak on a $100,000 warrant, and Christopher […]

Two Young Children Start Grayling School on Fire

Two Young Children Start Grayling School on Fire

Criminal charges of arson were referred to the Bethel Department of Juvenile Justice against two children, a six-year-old male, and a seven-year-old female, on Monday. The charges stemmed from an incident in Grayling that occurred on Monday evening. The two children had set the David Louis Memorial School in Grayling on fire. City officials and community residents […]

Armed Suspect Taken Down with Taser by Kiana VPSO

Armed  Suspect Taken Down with Taser by Kiana VPSO

Alaska state troopers on Tuesday, reported that at 10:30 pm on Thursday, May 28, the Northwest Arctic Borough Village Public Safety Officer in Kiana, responded to a call requesting that 40-year-old Godfrey Tuckfield be removed from a residence. While at the scene, the VPSO observed that a family member had a bloodied shirt from being struck […]