Alaska State Troopers say they are seeking a Soldotna man that they attempted to pull over in a traffic stop late Wednesday evening but lost as he evaded them through a Soldotna neighborhood causing damage along the way. AST attempted a traffic stop on 29-year-old Luke Lester at 9:38pm, but the suspect sped away instead, […]
Alaska law enforcement agencies conducted a high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative focusing on the state’s most violent offenders. This two-week initiative, called Operation Sockeye, resulted in the arrest of 119 fugitives living in South-central Alaska. To have the greatest impact on violent crime, Operation Sockeye utilized the expertise of law enforcement partners to significantly impact our […]
Soldotna-based troopers were notified of a possible crash of a Piper J3C-65 approximately 26 miles northeast of Kenai at 4:13 pm on Monday afternoon and HELO3 launched from Anchorage in response. HELO3 located the crash site near Rabbit Foot Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. At the crash site were two survivors, an adult […]
Anchorage police responded to reports of threats made by a man later identified as 35-year-old Tyler P. Merritt at 9:28 pm Sunday night on Campbell Airstrip Road off of Tudor. Merritt was located shortly after 11 pm barricaded in a vehicle a couple miles up Campbell Airstrip Road. This resulted in a large police presence […]