Kevin Tuckfield, doing 99 years in a previous case involving rape, was found guilty of Robbery I, Attempted Kidnapping, and two counts of Assault IV in connection with a March 2015 escape from a mental health unit at the Anchorage Correctional Center by a trial jury on Friday. At the beginning of his trial TuckField […]
Alaska State Troopers and Palmer police took two suspects in custody on Saturday night on charges that included armed robbery and kidnapping after an incident that ended at the Sutton General Store, troopers report. A caller contacted troopers at 8:50 pm on Saturday night to report that two men forced a female into a vehicle […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason to 50 years in prison for kidnapping and drug trafficking. According to court documents, Macauther Christmas Vaifanua, 35, aka “Mac” and his brother, Faamanu Vaifanua, 31, aka “Junior” distributed heroin in the Anchorage area through the kidnapped victim between January 2015 […]
A Wasilla woman fell victim to kidnapping and robbery and other offenses on Tuesday morning when she was taken against her will at her Mayflower Lane business in Wasilla. At 10:03 am, troopers responded to the report of a woman who had been restrained, assaulted and robbed at a Wasilla business. According to the report, […]