Alaska State Troopers made a fugitive from justice arrest as a result of a traffic stop in Southeast Alaska on Thursday according to the trooper dispatch. At 7:18 om on Thursday, troopers conducted a traffic stop on a silver Dodge pickup at approximately mile 7 of the North Tongass Highway. When they did so, they […]
U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced on Tuesday that a Ketchikan man was sentenced in Ketchikan Federal Court for receiving and possessing explosive materials by a convicted felon. According to the release, Joseph Duane Brown of Ketchikan was sentenced to five years probation, 30 days in a halfway house and 300 hours of community work […]
On the first of March, Troopers received a report of a vehicle smashing into a deer on the Third Avenue Bypass in Ketchikan. The caller reported that the occupants of the vehicle, “a small red Toyota truck” with California plates, exited the truck, loaded the deer and left the scene at approximately 6 pm. Later […]
The Ketchikan Volunteer Rescue Squad notified the Alaska State Troopers of a spot beacon activation on Sunday afternoon at 1:17 pm from the Fish Creek camping area. According to the trooper dispatch on Monday, the beacon activation originated at the camping area in Thorne Bay approximately 18 miles to the east of Ketchikan. The rescue […]