O n June 18th, the Anchorage Police Department (APD) kicked off Operation Midnight Sun with its federal, state and local partners focused on a crime suppression sweep of violent offenders. Those partners include Alaska State Troopers (AST), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Marshals, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Drug Enforcement […]
A Florida man was arrested at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday after being invited down following a call the man made about the quality of his drugs on Tuesday it was reported. The man, 49-year-old Douglas Peter Kelly of Hawthorne, called in to the Sheriff’s Office in Putnam County early Tuesday and complained […]
It was announced by the Justice Department’s U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder on Wednesday that Anchorage man Kao Ching Saelee, age 51, was sentenced for his part in a drug conspiracy uncovered in 2016. According to the announcement, Saelee was sentenced to 50 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute opium and possession of methamphetamine on Monday. He […]
A call to APD reporting a man passed out behind the wheel of a running vehicle at the 5300-block of east 26th Avenue on Friday prompted patrol officers to the scene at 8:50 am. When officers arrived at the scene, they ran the plates on the vehicle and found that it was attached to 31-year-old […]