After receiving a tip from Nome-based AST, the State-Wide Drug Enforcement Unit’s Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team (AAIT) made contact with two Nome-bound travelers troopers said were suspected of transporting drugs to that city on Thursday. AST said on Monday that after that contact with 33-year-old Frederick Larsen and 29-year-old Kaitlyn Priester, both of Nome, […]
An Alaska State Trooper on patrol on Tustumena Lake Road pulled over a motorist that was headed straight at him in his lane of travel early Thursday morning. The motorist, identified as 62-year-old Carl Bowman, was found to be driving under the influence and so, charged with DUI. It would also be found that […]
Photo: Location of commercial tanker accident on Dalton Highway. Image-ADEC A commercial driver of a tanker truck at mile 36 of the Dalton Highway 40 miles north of Livengood was killed in a rollover on Monday and his passenger was injured according to AST. Troopers responded to the crash site via Helo-5 at approximately 3:30 […]
An announcement by U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder on Friday revealed that North Pole man 40-year-old Cecil John Zak has been indicted on charges of Possession and Attempted Possession with Intention to Distribute a Controlled Substance after an investigation that included a controlled delivery. The investigation on Zak began on May 19th, when the U.S. […]