Alaska State Troopers reported via the trooper dispatch that they have made an arrest in a North Pole jewelry theft that was reported on January 5th, 2016. According to the report, troopers with the Special Project Unit, arrested 32-year-old Jaylene Davis of North Pole on three counts of Theft II, a single charge of Theft […]
An elderly interior woman was walking along the Steese Highway when she was struck by a vehicle on the highway, she died as a result. 84-year-old Leila Peterman, of Fox, Alaska, 10 miles to the northeast of Fairbanks, was struck and killed by a 2013 Subuaru, driven by 25-year-old Tyrel Christiansen of Fairbanks. Troopers say they […]
At just after 5 pm on Thursday, the Fairbanks Four, four men convicted of the beating death of 15-year-old John Hartman in 1997, had their murder convictions erased after 18 years. Of the four, only one has been out of prison since 1997, Marvin Roberts was released on parole earlier in 2015. The other three […]
The State Medical Examiner in Anchorage advised Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks that the death of Ronald McKnight has been deemed a homicide by their office on Wednesday. McKnight, who was discovered deceased at a residence on Ronald Road on Thursday of last week, resulted in a death investigation by Fairbanks-based troopers and his remains were […]