Anchorage patrol officers responded to the scene at 6th Avenue and F Street during the early morning hours on Sunday after a report of an attempted armed robbery. When they arrived in the area, they were flagged down by several individuals who reported a male suspect discharging a weapon nearby. The initial callers reported that […]
A local Fairbanks power tool store was the scene of an attempted robbery on Friday afternoon troopers report. AST says that a man at the store attempted to leave with a stolen bandsaw kit and employees attempted to stop him. But, the thief, determined to get away, produced a holstered handgun from his backpack. Unfortunately […]
The U.S. firearm homicide rate spiked 35% in 2020, the first full year of the coronavirus pandemic, rising to the highest level in almost three decades of record-keeping, according to data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reported 19,350 firearm homicides in the U.S. in 2020, compared with […]
On Thursday night, an accident on the Seward Highway would reveal a large stash of drugs being transported in the vehicle. Troopers responded to a vehicle in the ditch at mile 48 of the Seward Highway at 8:10 pm on Thursday night and made contact with the occupants of the car. Contact was made with […]