Two Cessnas Collide Mid-Air over Talkeetna Runway

Two Cessnas Collide Mid-Air over Talkeetna Runway

One man was injured after two aircraft collided in mid-air over the airstrip in Talkeetna on Sunday evening, troopers report. The two aircraft, a Cessna 185, piloted by 32-year-old Antonio Benavides, with four passengers, and a Cessna 172, piloted by 27-year-old Cole Hagge of Eagle River were both attempting to land at the Talkeetna Airport […]

Parks Highway Road Rage Causes Rollover

Troopers and the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol responded to a two-car collision at mile 50.5 on the Parks Highway at 6:08 pm on Saturday inside of the Traffic Safety Corridor and conducted an investigation, the trooper dispatch reports. When the units arrived at the scene and began their investigation, they found that the crash […]

One Attempts Escape During Drug Investigation

One Attempts Escape During Drug Investigation

Despite an escape attempt by an Anchorage man arrested during a drug sweep, both subjects of the drug arrest were taken into custody on Monday. State-Wide Drug Enforcement-Mat-Su Unit, along with Anchorage SCIU and Anchorage WAANT concluded an investigation into the importation of heroin into Anchorage from California came to a conclusion at 9:45 pm […]

Months-Long SDEU Drug Investigation Nets Two Anchorage Residents

Months-Long SDEU Drug Investigation Nets Two Anchorage Residents

Alaska State Troopers announced the arrest of two Anchorage residents after an extended investigation by Statewide Drug Enforcement-Mat-Su Unit into heroin distribution in the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage area. Alaska State Troopers arrested 21-year-old Vincenzo “Vinnie” Yacovelli and his girlfriend 19-year-old Caitlynn Horton at a Swanson Street address in Wasilla on Monday afternoon. They were arrested […]