A Fairbanks man was arrested on the charge of Murder I after a welfare check at his mother’s house on Sunday, after she hadn’t been heard from since the Friday before. Troopers went to the residence, after the welfare request by one of the woman’s sons that stated that 59-year-old Vivian Osborne had not been […]
The Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit in Ketchikan, a unit of the Alaska State Troopers, arrested two Washington men late last week after they were busted for possession approximately six ounces of methamphetamine. The two Washington men, 26-year-old Steven Wiggins Jr. and Montoya Herron, were charged with Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance after an investigation by […]
November 7, 2017 (Anchorage, AK) — In the midst of a nationwide opioid epidemic, Alaska is one of several states seeing a surge in methamphetamine use and methamphetamine-related deaths. The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ Section of Epidemiology released a report today on the health impacts of methamphetamine use in Alaska. Alaska experienced a fourfold increase […]
An Anchorage man was charged on Tuesday on trafficking charges after a large quantity of methamphetamine and heroin were seized , the Department of Justice announced today. 28-year-old Cheng Chiew Saechao was arrested on Sunday after the United States Postal Inspection Service seized approximately 10 pounds of Methamphetamine that was being shipped in the mail from […]