An elderly Wasilla homeowner opened fire on would be burglars in the early morning hours of Tuesday, according to the trooper dispatch. The unidentified victim of a break-in phoned MATCOM dispatch early this morning at 3:06 am to report that there was a burglary in progress at a residence on Limberlost Avenue in Wasilla. During […]
It was on Sunday evening at 6:28 pm that a call from two men in the water after their boat capsized to Petersburg Police Department alerted authorities to their marine accident. The call came from 58-year-old Kenneth Rupprecht and 45-year-old Jonathan Comfort, from South Carolina and Delaware respectively, who were in Alaska on a week-long self […]
At approximately 4:23 pm on Sunday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers observed and attempted to pull over a tan Dodge SUV for driving 89 mph in a 55 mph highway Safety Corridor at Mile 8 of the Knik-Goose Bay Road. The driver failed to stop for the officers. The driver, who was later identified as 27-year-old […]
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 […]