Bethel-based troopers report that they have made an arrest after a month-long investigation in a reported sexual abuse case. At 2 pm on May 1st, Bethel troopers received a report of sexual abuse in the village of Kongiganak. Investigators with the Bethel Violent Offenders Unit responded to the community to initiate an investigation. On June […]
Alaska State Troopers report that a man who was indicted on March 30th of this year on 76 counts of sex crimes in Alaska was arrested in White County Arkansas on Monday. U.S. Marshals in the eastern district of Arkansas, after being notified by AST that 51-year-old Jeffery Jackson, of Nightmute, was wanted on over six […]
Juneau – Monday, the Alaska House of Representatives unanimously approved Senate Bill 91 to extend the current disaster declaration for the opioid epidemic in Alaska. The bill gives Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer needed statutory authority to proceed with the planned statewide response to the opioid epidemic. “Opioid abuse is tearing apart families and endangering public […]
Following an investigation in Akiak, a man from that community was arrested on Assault III charges following a report on Monday, troopers reported on Wednesday. According to the report, AST received a call that 32-year-old Kevin Gilila “had assaulted his wife at their residence in Akiak after drinking together.” The resulting investigation found that Gilila had […]