JUNEAU – A Juneau man was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to six and a half years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing firearms. According to court documents, Clyde Edward Pasterski, Jr., 42, possessed 13 firearms, one of them being stolen, and eight seal […]
Alaska State Troopers report that a Glennallen traffic stop turned up a cache of drugs on the afternoon of April 29th. An AST officer pulled over a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Glennallen resident Alece Miller at 1:45 that day, one month after being pulled over in a previous traffic stop and found to have no […]
April 8, 2022 ANCHORAGE – Similar to sharp surges in drug overdose deaths reported nationwide, Alaska has experienced a 68% increase in the number of drug overdose deaths between 2020 and 2021 – from 146 drug overdose deaths in 2020 to 245 in 2021, according to preliminary mortality data from the Alaska Department of Health […]
JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate today unanimously passed Senate Bill 132, which provides needed exemption for veterinarians from mandatory participation in the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program for their non-human patients. “This has been years in the making through a deliberative process which has involved hundreds of stakeholders throughout the medical community,” said Senator Roger Holland, […]
ANCHORAGE – Following a three-week trial in U.S. District Court, a federal jury convicted an Anchorage man on charges of murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise, using a firearm to commit murder in a drug trafficking crime, drug conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Matthew […]
(Anchorage, AK) – An Anchorage grand jury has indicted 55-year-old Mi Jung Sherrod on one count of manslaughter in connection with a June 24, 2021, vehicle crash in Anchorage. She is also charged with driving under the influence. Sherrod is alleged to have run a red light at the intersection of Arctic Boulevard and International Airport […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joshua M. Kindred to 285 months in federal prison followed by 20 years of supervised release for sex trafficking and drug offenses. Davon Smith, 29, was found guilty by a federal jury in August this year on three counts of sex trafficking and one […]
APD received a call at 9:52 am on Tuesday reporting that a driver was passed out behind the wheel of a gray Honda Odyssey at West 25th and Spenard and police responded to the location. When officers arrived, they located and blocked in the van that was parked but running. When they approached the van […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On August 31, 2021, Anchorage Correctional Officer Joseph Tavai was charged with one count of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree and one count of promoting contraband in the first degree. These charges stem from an investigation based on a tip from an inmate at the Anchorage Correctional Complex – […]