At 7:57 am on Thursday morning Alaska State Troopers were notified of an assault involving a knife at a Togiak residence. The investigation in the Bristol Bay village would reveal that 20-year-old Tristen Coopchiak, while drinking, stabbed a household member in the stomach with a knife. Tristen Coopchiak was taken into custody without incident. Tristen’s […]
Alaska State Troopers, this week revealed the names of the victim and suspect in the deadly shooting incident in Scammon Bay that occurred on October 20th. It was at approximately 8 pm on the 20th that troopers were informed of a shooting incident involving two brothers in that occurred in the community. Weather prohibited a […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In her continued effort to address the public safety crisis in rural Alaska, U.S Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Alaska Tribal Public Safety Empowerment Act, legislation to empower tribes in Alaska to exercise the special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction on a pilot basis. Among domestic violence victims in Alaska, Native women […]
Alaska State Troopers report a fatal two-ATV accident that occurred in the Community of Larsen Bay early on Wednesday morning. According to the report, AST was notified of a two-ATV accident at 3:32 am on Wednesday.It was reported that one of the ATV drivers suffered serious life-threatening injuries and despite CPR efforts by other persons […]