Alaska State Troopers report that an investigation initiated in September in cooperation with ATF resulted in several sizable heroin busts in the last three months. The investigation also culminated in two indictments for distribution and conspiracy. Within a month of the onset of the investigation, troopers seized 48 grams of heroin it, as reported in the trooper dispatch. […]
Monday saw 59-year-old Arvin Kangas in Fairbanks court to answer to the charge of Assault IV in the incident that lead up to the deaths of two Fairbanks -based Alaska State Troopers in Tanana earlier this year on May 1st. In court, Kangas pleaded “Guilty” to a consolidated charge of Assault IV, and in exchange, […]
Troopers are seeking the whereabouts of a Fairbanks man after witnessing a drug transaction on Maryleigh Avenue in Fairbanks on Sunday afternoon. Troopers with the Bureau of Highway Patrol saw a drug deal going down at Maryleigh Avenue at approximately 2:48 pm on Sunday. Troopers contacted 24-year-old Gabriel Cotton of Fairbanks, but Cotton would flee […]
A father and son teamed up to apprehend a man suspected of stealing the son’s truck on Holt Road in Fairbanks on Monday afternoon. According to statements, the son, who was woring in his dad’s shop Monday afternoon, was alerted when he heard his vehicle start up and begin driving away. The car theft victim gave […]