At 10:54 pm on Tuesday, Anchorage police were alerted by security officers at the Alaska Native Medical center that they had encountered a vehicle prowler in the hospital’s parking garage. They informed police that when they made contact with the prowler, later identified as 23-year-old Matthew Johnston, he pulled a handgun from his waistband. […]
A call-in to APD dispatch at 12:31 am on Wednesday morning reporting a burglary in progress at Central recycling on Sitka Street in Anchorage prompted a response by APD officers, police report. The owner of the business told police that they could, via their surveillance system, see someone inside the interior of their business. […]
Alaska State Troopers reported on Wednesday that after receiving a request from Anchorage police for a welfare check on a distraught 27-year-old, whose vehicle was located at the McHugh Creek Trailhead, they located and retrieved the remains of Cody McFarland from a mountainside on Saturday. “Information received by AST indicated the male was contemplating […]
Following the mandatory period in an officer-involved shooting, Chief Justin Doll released the name of the officer and released images of the bullet damage to an officer on Wednesday. Chief Doll identified the officer involved in the fatal shooting as Officer Jason Cusak, a five year veteran of the department. The deceased suspect’s identity […]