On September 14, 2016, Investigators from the Alaska State Troopers, Bureau of Investigations, Financial Crimes Units appeared before the Anchorage Grand Jury and presented a complex check fraud, theft, and identify theft investigation. This investigation discovered four individual victims, five financial institutions, and numerous local businesses accrued a financial loss. The estimated financial loss exceeds […]
Santa Claus is back on Facebook after his account was suspended on Christmas Day. A city councilman from North Pole, Alaska, whose name is legally Santa Claus, had his account suspended after the social media company asked for proof of identity. Claus has had the account for eight years and has over 300,000 followers. He […]
Alaska State Troopers report that, thus far, they have not been able to identify the driver of a vehicle found crashed and burned on the Steese Highway on Wednesday. According to troopers, they received a report of an apparent single vehicle accident at mile 155 of the Steese Highway, after a passerby came upon the […]
The Anchorage police officer that was ambushed in his patrol car as he attempted to make contact and identify a theft suspect on Saturday morning, is recovering in an Anchorage hospital after multiple surgeries for his gunshot wounds, Anchorage Police say. According to APD, the patrol officer responded to a call reporting a theft and […]