A call went in to Fairbanks dispatch on Thursday night at 10:30 pm reporting that a vehicle that had been stolen at gunpoint in the days prior had been seen near Davis Road in Fairbanks. Troopers immediately responded to the location, spotted the vehicle, and attempted to pull it over. Instead of pulling over, the […]
At 1 pm on Thursday afternoon, Bethel-based troopers were alerted to a stolen white pickup truck driving erratically and headed to Bethel from Akiachak and troopers responded to locate the vehicle in Bethel, troopers reported. Troopers would successfully locate the vehicle in Bethel and attempted to initiate a traffic stop. The driver of the purloined […]
Anchorage police were alerted of a prowler by a caller on Brentwood Drive at 1:07 am on Monday morning and responded to the 7900-block of that location to investigate, AAPD says. The caller told police that they saw the suspect looking into several homes in the area and provided a description of the suspect’s vehicle. […]
After observing a vehicle with no plates affixed to it, a trooper on patrol in Wasilla attempted a traffic stop that turned into a car chase on Thursday evening. The driver, later identified as 39-year-old Joseph Franks of Wasilla, attempted to flee the Pittman Road area, but spike strips were deployed disabling the suspect vehicle. […]
Soldotna-based troopers report that an attempted traffic stop ended in a vehicle chase and eventual apprehension of an Anchorage man in Nikiski who was actively violating his probation out of Anchorage on Sunday afternoon. AST attempted to pull over a white 2013 BMW along the Kenai Spur Highway for speeding at just before 2 pm […]
A Soldotna man barely escaped death at the hands of the elements after fleeing Alaska State Troopers who had attempted to pull him over on a traffic stop on the Kenai Spur Highway late Thursday night. Troopers attempted to pull over a driver for moving violations on the Kenai Spur Highway near Beaver Loop at […]
Alaska State Troopers, on Tuesday released the identities of the troopers who returned fire on a fleeing motorist who opened fire on them on Friday near the Tok Cut-Off on the RichardsonHighway. Those troopers were identified as Trooper Jason Somerville, a five-year veteran and Trooper Abraham Garcia, a 12-year veteran, both of the Glennallen […]
Three patrol vehicles sustained considerable damage after a failed traffic stop at O’Malley and Independence in south Anchorage on the afternoon of Monday, APD reported. At 4:30 pm on Monday afternoon, an officer responding to an incident in the area observed a vehicle failing to use his turn signal and proceeded to attempt to […]
Alaska State Trooper gave chase to a speeding vehicle early Tuesday morning after observing a white Ford truck doing 92 in the 55 mph zone on the Kenai Spur Highway near South Miller Loop. As AST pursued the suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Michale Meyers, he sped off down the Spur Highway, the Island […]