AST in Bethel revealed that a person in custody at the village jail in Akiachak died while being held in protective custody on Friday night. Tribal police reported that they had taken 54-year-old Robert Nick into protective custody because of his level of intoxication. When the tribal jail guard later checked on him, he […]
Alaska State Troopers reported on Tuesday that after several months of investigations by multiple law enforcement units, a Palmer Grand Jury handed down a five-count indictment against a Big Lake man for the homicide of Dolly Hampton. 24-year-old Big Lake resident Adam Drew was indicted on charges of Murder I, Murder II x2, Kidnapping, […]
UPDATE: AST has tentatively identified the identities of the two victims of the fatal Napakiak jail fire as Becca White, age 24, and Isaiah Parka, age 22, both of Napakiak. They also revealed that the guard who suffered injuries attempting to rescue them from their jail cells has been medevaced out of state for further […]
According to Alaska State Troopers, They traveled to the community of Newtok on Sunday and took a resident there into custody for an April 15th Assault where a juvenile was injured. AST revealed that they received a call reporting that “informing authorities that Charles Alexie threw a small television and hit a juvenile family […]