(PALMER) – A Wasilla couple wanted on charges related to a large-scale mail theft investigation turned themselves in Monday evening to Alaska State Troopers in Palmer. Brittany and Jacob Melton, both 34, entered the lobby of the Trooper post in Palmer shortly after 7:00 p.m. and were taken into custody. The Meltons had warrants for […]
Alaska State Troopers said that they were informed of the arrest of a burglar taken into custody during a burglary at the Kipnuk Post Office by tribal police in that community at approximately 2;30 am on Monday morning. Tribal officers report that they were on patrol in Kipnuk when they observed lights coming from the […]
The Wasilla postal carrier who was accused of mail dumping and convicted of Desertion of Mail in April has been sentenced by Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Smith on Monday. 48-year-old Thomas Gerald Hilty, who worked as a postal carrier had, according to the Department of Justice, abandoned mail along his route, putting […]
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that three Anchorage residents have been sentenced for their roles in an Anchorage mail theft scheme, which involved obtaining checks from the mail, and then negotiating the stolen checks at different banks using stolen identities and bank accounts. The last of three defendants in this […]