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 […]
A shoplifter at Carrs Aurora Village on West Northern Lights was charged with robbery after brandishing a firearm at a Loss Prevention Officer on Saturday, APD reported. According to the report, 31-year-old Donald Maki went into the Carrs store at 1650 West Northern Lights on Saturday afternoon and grabbed items from the shelves and […]