Following a two-week investigation by Soldotna-based Alaska State Troopers into allegations of sexual abuse of a minor, troopers, in conjunction with Anchorage police, arrested 30-year-old Keith Roscoe Bartman and remanded him to the Anchorage Correctional Complex on Monday. According to court documents, Bartman is being held on charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor under […]
Just before 8:30 am on Wednesday morning, Fire and Police Departments in Anchorage were notified and responded to a fatal aircraft crash that occurred on Merrill Field in the heart of Anchorage. One person is confirmed dead in the crash that occurred as the aircraft, a 1947 Piper PA-12, was departing the airport. Killed in the […]
Early Sunday morning at 1:30 am, Soldotna Dispatch was notified by officials at the Spring Creek Correctional Facility in Seward of an assault that occurred between two inmates there. The man, identified as 29-year-old Elihu Gillespie, was found unresponsive in his cell in the high security area of the prison. Gillespie was transported from the […]
A 911 call went in to authorities on early Saturday morning at 12:43 am reporting a possible assault involving a firearm with an ongoing disturbance at the Icy Bay Lodge approximately 65 to the west of Yakutat. Wildlife Troopers and Yakutat Police departed Yakutat via aircraft at first light and arrived at the lodge at […]