After receiving a report of a sexual assault in the community of Newtok, Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation into the incident. The investigation would learn that 41-year-old Newtok resident Jonathan Usugan, while drinking, had entered a home in that village and had sexually assaulted a woman there. AST would also find that Usugan […]
Alaska State Troopers believe they have recovered the remains of a Chevak woman who has been missing since mid-March and was last seen by family on March 18th after which she disappeared from the village without a trace. Late Sunday, at 9:45 pm, AST was notified by Chevak Search and Rescue that they had […]
Troopers patrolling the Parks Highway were informed by employees in the city of Anderson at 10 am that a D3 bulldozer had been stolen from the city. Troopers performed an investigation at the scene and spoke with employees before traveling north along the Parks Highway to speak with a former employee who also had […]
AST in Bethel revealed that a person in custody at the village jail in Akiachak died while being held in protective custody on Friday night. Tribal police reported that they had taken 54-year-old Robert Nick into protective custody because of his level of intoxication. When the tribal jail guard later checked on him, he […]