Anchorage police say that they successfully took a suspect into custody after an almost 4-hour standoff that occurred in a hotel room at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage’s downtown district on Friday. 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue between K Street and I Street was closed down after APD was notified and responded to the […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A U.S. Army Alaska soldier was found dead in Anchorage Saturday, April 9, 2022. The death is under investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Division and Anchorage Police Department as a homicide. Sgt. Julian Christopher Francis, 30, was an Army automated logistical specialist with the 725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th […]
UPDATE: APD reported this weekend that Brent Smith had been redesignated as a suspect and had been taken into custody. On Monday, authorities announced that Smith had been charged with one count each of Murder I and Murder II in the death of the 30-year-old victim, now identified as Julian Francis JR. ORIGINAL: Anchorage police […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On March 31, 2022, an Anchorage grand jury indicted 39 year-old Adam Pringle and 45 year-old Daniel Rocero on two counts of second-degree murder, one count of manslaughter, and one count of evidence tampering. Pringle and Rocero are alleged to have killed Keenan Wegener on March 18, 2022. Wegener’s body was discovered by […]