An Anchorage man was arrested and charged with robbery following a shoplifting incident where he pulled a pocket knife on a Walmart employee on Monday night, APD reports. APD responded to the Walmart on DeBarr Road at 10:36 pm on Monday night and opened their investigation. They spoke to the witness who had the knife […]
The Department of Justice announced on Monday that a Wasilla man was sentenced to eight months in prison and three years of supervised release and must pay back $80,990.61 for embezzling from a local labor union. Court documents revealed that 49-year-old Timothy Carrol Smith was sentenced for crimes he carried out while a volunteer secretary […]
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday that dangerous armed carjacker, Cordy Mai Martin, of the South Pacific country of Palau was sentenced to 11 years in prison for a May 2018 carjacking that occurred at the Alaska Native Medical Center. Martin pleaded guilty to Carjacking as well as “using a firearm during and in relation to a crime […]
After receiving a report of a body in the area of the Eklutna power plant northeast of Anchorage on Wednesday, Alaska State Troopers responded to the location to investigate but soon determined that victim had been transported to the location and his death likely occurred within APD’s jurisdiction. APD investigators arrived and took over case […]