The trooper dispatch reported on Thursday afternoon that they had responded to the remote island of Shuyak, 50 air-miles north of the city of Kodiak, to conduct a welfare check on a man there after receiving a request to do so on Tuesday, only to find that the man was a victim of homicide. Kodiak-based […]
A 27-year-old North Pole man was arrested on charges of Murder I-Repeat Physical Injury after a 3.5 month investigation into the death a of a North Pole four-year-old, troopers reported on Thursday. 27-year-old Christopher Sadowski was arrested in North Pole on Thursday as the result of the State Medical Examiner’s offices determination on August 5th that the […]
Alaska State Troopers say that they are following leads in the Denali Highway case where two campers were found dead. Troopers have also identified the two campers and they also report that they are treating the case as a double homicide. After an autopsy conducted by the State Medical Examiner’s office, they report that the […]
Alaska State Troopers are at the scene near the Denali Highway, conducting an extensive investigation where they had discovered two adults deceased in a dilapidated trailer over the Fourth of July weekend. It was on Friday that a caller reported to troopers that a man and woman were missing from a campsite located near mile […]
The discovery of four bodies in a south Anchorage four-plex has Anchorage Police investigating the “suspicious” deaths and are working to determine if the deaths were an “isolated event in the house,” or if there is an unidentified suspect still at large. Approximately 10 patrol cars including burglary and homicide units converged on the gray […]
Anchorage police are seeking information from the public as to the whereabouts of 40-year-old Alvin Rodriguez-Moya, who they are calling a “person of interest” in a homicide that took place in East Anchorage on Sunday morning. Police responded to the 3000 block of Penland Parkway at just after 3:30 am on Sunday. When they arrived, […]
In a report released by the Violence Policy Center, statistics showing the death rate per capita of gun related deaths versus motor vehicle deaths, Alaska gained the dubious distinction as the state with the highest gun death rate vs motor vehicle death in the country. The report, the fourth annual report to be released by VPC, showed […]
Alaska State Troopers with the assistance of K-9 “Helo,” took down an Anchorage man who was wanted on warrants for parole/probation violations on the original charges of Homicide and Murder II on Saturday night according to trooper dispatch. At 9:59 pm on Saturday night, Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a 2000 Chevy […]
Early Sunday morning at 1:30 am, Soldotna Dispatch was notified by officials at the Spring Creek Correctional Facility in Seward of an assault that occurred between two inmates there. The man, identified as 29-year-old Elihu Gillespie, was found unresponsive in his cell in the high security area of the prison. Gillespie was transported from the […]