The Anchorage Crime Scene Unit is conducting an investigation on the Alaska Medical Campus at 4501 Diplomacy Drive following a violent incident at that location around 7 am this morning, APD reports. The department received a report of two injured men that had apparently gotten into a fight in the stairwell of the parking garage at […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Anchorage accountant who was indicted along with her husband to 39 counts that included bank fraud, wire fraud, fraudulent transactions with an access device, and aggravated identity theft in September of 2017 has pleaded guilty in a plea agreement according to the Department of Justice on Tuesday. 53-year-old Jill Diane Applebury, aka: “Jill Wetzsteon who was the […]
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday that dangerous armed carjacker, Cordy Mai Martin, of the South Pacific country of Palau was sentenced to 11 years in prison for a May 2018 carjacking that occurred at the Alaska Native Medical Center. Martin pleaded guilty to Carjacking as well as “using a firearm during and in relation to a crime […]
Newborn bloodspot screening is a successful public health tool that improves outcomes for children born with congenital health threats and has saved thousands of lives. Most disorders are not apparent at birth or in the first few days of life. But without early treatment, they can rapidly progress, leading to death or life-long disability. Therefore, […]