Fairbanks-based troopers responded to a shot-fired call in the University Ave/Sandviks Street area at 3:30 am Sunday morning that resulted in Weapons Misconduct and Domestic Violence charges, AST reports. The caller also reported a white sedan leaving the area immediately after. Upon arrival, troopers made contact with a male and female determined to be the […]
FAIRBANKS – A North Pole, Alaska, man was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline to 15 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography after a prior conviction for sexual abuse of a minor. According to court documents, Jason Patzke, 47, downloaded, accessed, and deleted […]
The Alaska State Troopers report that they received an InReach SOS notification of a four-wheeler crash 18.5 miles northeast of Healy involving two 12-year-old boys at 3:10 pm Sunday afternoon. “AST and Tri-Valley Fire Department medics responded to the scene in a National Park Service helicopter,” troopers reported. The preliminary investigation at the scene found […]
Troopers, after being notified of a downed single-engine aircraft northwest of the Elliott Highway at 1:19 pm on Sunday, launched HELO 2 and responded to the scene. When troopers arrived 9 miles to the northwest of mile 131 of the highway they made contact with the pilot who was the only occupant and were informed […]