On Tuesday morning Alaska State Troopers received a call reporting an unoccupied skiff going in circles in the Nushagak River downstream from Ekwok at 10:25 am. An investigation was opened that revealed that Michael Gust, age 42 and Joseph Gust, age 33 both of New Stuyahok, had gone out on the river to sport fish […]
(Dillingham, AK) – An Ekwok man was convicted at trial this week of sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor. A jury in Dillingham Superior Court deliberated approximately five hours before finding Constantine Akelkok, 37, guilty of sexual assault in the second degree and sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. In July […]
AST reports that two Ekwok men were arrested on existing warrants as troopers investigated a shots-fired incident that occurred in that village late in the evening on Wednesday. Troopers received the report at 10:34 pm on Wednesday of a disturbance where a gun had been discharged with no injuries. When troopers arrived in Ekwok […]
Troopers report that alcohol was a factor in a domestic violence assault in the southwest community of Ekwok on Friday. A call went in to troopers at 5:15 pm from the community to report that 34-year-old Steven Hopson had assaulted his girlfriend. It was also reported that Hopson also threatened to shoot a witness to […]