A Wasilla woman spent Thanksgiving night in jail after a traffic stop near West Gail Drive in Wasilla according to the trooper dispatch. Troopers reported that at 11:05 pm on Thursday night, they observed a “2009 GMC pickup engaged in reckless driving,” and subsequently performed a traffic stop on the vehicle. After stopping the pickup, […]
Early on Friday morning, the Tununak Tribal Police Officer called in to the Alaska State Troopers in Bethel and reported a structure fire with a possible fatality. The call initiated by the Tununak Tribal Police Officer to troopers at 1:21 am on Friday, reported a residential fire in the small community. Troopers were informed that […]
On Wednesday, an Anchorage Grand Jury indicted a Bethel man with 76 counts of distribution and possession of child pornography it was reported by the trooper dispatch. The indictments against 37-year-old Bethel man, Gene Geisler, were the result of a year-long investigation carried out by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation’s Technical Crimes Unit. It was […]
The Department of Justice announced today, that after a 6-day trial, Wrangell physician, 54-year-old Greg Alan Salard, was convicted of distributing and receiving child pornography. U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler stated in a release that as a result of his conviction, Salard faces a maximum penalty for each count of conviction of “not less than five years and […]