On Monday April 24, HB 68, Governor Dunleavy’s sex trafficking bill, was moved out of the House Judiciary Committee. If passed, HB 68 will make ordinary prostitution a class B felony for sex workers and sex trafficking survivors. House Bill 68 initially criminalized common safety measures taken by sex workers and sex trafficking survivors alike […]
Alaska State Troopers say that on Thursday morning a trooper was at the Soldotna Holiday Service Station when 41-year-old David Darden entered the store and “began to yell and make unprompted threats directed toward the trooper.” The trooper ignored Darden and after completing his purchase, left the store. But, Darden continued his disturbance inside the […]
Alaska State Troopers on patrol on College Road spotted a vehicle known to be stolen traveling eastbound and attempted a traffic stop. Instead of pulling over, the driver in the stolen vehicle elected to take troopers on a pursuit that lasted 17.5 miles. Eventually, troopers were able to take the suspect into custody and identified […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, 32-year-old Alex Bender was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth for stabbing a man at the Executive Suites in Anchorage on Nov. 9, 2017. In May 2022, an Anchorage jury convicted Bender of first-degree assault, a class A felony, for stabbing a 42-year-old man from […]