This Day in Alaska History-January 30th, 1901
AST K9 Kenny Nabs Fairbanks Car Thief Suspect with Warrants
On Friday morning Fairbanks-based troopers, with the assistance of K9 Kenny, apprehended a car thief with warrants according to the trooper dispatch. On Friday morning the Fairbanks Criminal Suppression Unit, along with K9 Kenny began tracking 36-year-old Fairbanks resident Robert Douglas. Douglas was the subject of three outstanding arrest warrants for failure to appear on […]
Three Found Dead Aboard Vessel in as Many Days on Outskirts of Douglas Last Week
Lieutenant Krag Campbell of the Juneau Police Department announced on Saturday that over the course of three days spanning Wednesday through Friday three people were found dead on the same vessel at Sandy Beach on the outskirts of Douglas on Douglas Island across the channel from Juneau. On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 2:23 pm the […]
Anchorage Man Sentenced for Attempted Sexual Assault in The First Degree
(Anchorage, AK) – On December 22, 2022, Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth sentenced Douglas Sheldon to 25 years with 9 years suspended, 16 years to serve for the crime of attempted sexual assault in the first degree. Evidence at trial established that Sheldon tried to force his girlfriend to perform fellatio. When his girlfriend tried to […]