Alaska State Troopers report that approximately an hour after receiving a stolen vehicle report, the thief took them on a long car chase along the Sterling Highway on Friday night. Troopers located the stolen vehicle at approximately 11:32 pm on Friday night traveling on the Sterling Highway. The vehicle was stolen from the Walmart store […]
At about 4:13 pm on Wednesday, an Alaska State Trooper based in Fairbanks attempted a traffic stop on a speeding BMW SUV on the Steese Highway and found that it was also called in as a REDDI vehicle an hour before. The speeding BMW failed to pull over for the stop and instead sped away […]
Alaska State Troopers reported on Tuesday that an Anchorage man was arrested on charges that included Felony Failure to Stop on Monday night on the Parks Highway. Troopers attempted to stop 34-year-old Billy Hunter-Teegarden at 8:30 pm on Monday after he was observed speeding in a blue 2001 Subaru Impreza on the Parks Highway near […]
Alaska State Troopers say they are seeking a Soldotna man that they attempted to pull over in a traffic stop late Wednesday evening but lost as he evaded them through a Soldotna neighborhood causing damage along the way. AST attempted a traffic stop on 29-year-old Luke Lester at 9:38pm, but the suspect sped away instead, […]
Alaska State Troopers based in the Mat-Su Valley report that after multiple extensive vehicle chases and a foot chase, a 48-year-old Wasilla man was apprehended with the aid of K9 “Echo” on Wednesday morning. At 9:18 am on Wednesday, AST was alerted to a domestic disturbance at the Jim Creek Recreational area. Troopers responded to […]
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. […]