[dropcap]A[/dropcap]laska is by far the most dangerous state in the nation, according to the business website 24/7 Wall Street. The most sparsely populated of all U.S. states, Alaska has the highest rates of rape and aggravated assault in the nation. In 2017, there were 117 rapes and 575 aggravated assaults for every 100,000 residents. Both of […]
APD reports that a Thursday night assault case has been elevated to a homicide with the death of the victim, identified as 40-year-old Tupou Satini Jr. On Thursday night, at 11:20 pm, Anchorage Patrol officers responded to the 3900-block of East 8th Avenue after receiving a report of a man lying in the street. When officers […]
A Nikiski man was apprehended and charged with eight counts following a chase and search after troopers were notified of a burglary in progress at a Nikiski residence on Thursday morning, AST reported. Troopers responded to a residence on Two Junes Avenue in Nikiski after receiving a report of a burglary taking place at that address […]
A Gas-n-Dash motorist was apprehended on the Kenai Peninsula on Tuesday and now faces several charges as a result of his arrest, AST says. Just before 10 pm on Tuesday night, an Alaska State Trooper on patrol was waved down by a Holiday Gas Station employee in Kenai who reported that a white four-door sedan […]