On Wednesday after being contacted by the Imperial County Sheriff’s office in California informing troopers that 21-year-old Joseph Romero of Ketchikan had an $50,000 extraditable warrant for probation violation in a Carjacking case, troopers made contact with Romero at his status hearing. A little over a year ago Romero was arrested for felony theft and […]
Risks escalating due to more frequent catastrophic weather events related to climate change SEATTLE – British Columbia’s rapidly accelerating mining boom – and the dangerous waste that accompanies it – threaten communities and watersheds in neighboring states, including Washington, Alaska, Idaho and Montana according to a new report. Climate-fueled floods and disasters are exacerbating the […]
On the night of July 4th, the Gustavus Fire Department contacted the Alaska State Troopers and notified them that a teen had died in a fireworks incident in that community. The call went in at 11:36 pm that 19-year-old Benjamin Jorgenson of Green River, Wyoming had attempted to light mortar-style fireworks and it had struck […]
(Juneau, AK) – A Juneau jury found 43-year-old Fenton L. Jacobs guilty of murder in the second degree, two counts of assault in the third degree, and harassment in the first degree. The jury found the defendant not guilty of murder in the first degree. At trial, the evidence showed that at approximately 10 p.m. on […]