On Thursday APD was notified of a robbery from the 10th Avenue/Hyder Street area and mid-shift officers and a K9 unit responded to the location to investigate. After making contact with the adult male victim, who had been assaulted, robbed, and had his vehicle stolen, police began looking for the suspects and the purloined vehicle. […]
FBI seeking to identify other potential victims, specifically in Alaska and Indiana ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man was arrested by the FBI Wednesday on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of child pornography and attempted coercion of a minor. According to court documents, Michael Koetter, 28, possessed child pornography depicting minors as […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Thursday, 25-year-old Darin Mitchell Schilmiller of New Salisbury, Indiana, was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson for the murder of 19-year-old Cynthia Hoffman near Thunderbird Falls in Chugiak. Schilmiller previously pleaded guilty to one count of Solicitation to Commit Murder in the First Degree. Evidence presented at sentencing shows […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced to over six years in prison for possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Jose Galvan Jr., 49, was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a traffic stop on Feb. 12, […]