A Palmer jury on Monday convicted former Libertarian state Senate candidate of second-degree murder and other crimes associated with a fatal shooting one month before the 2020 general election. Gavin Christiansen murdered 35-year-old Devin Moorhouse of Anchorage after a road rage incident, jurors concluded after a weeklong criminal trial in Palmer. Christiansen was a candidate […]
Alaska State troopers report that a 19-year-old teen has been taken into custody on murder and arson charges on Friday following a fatal fire in that community on Friday afternoon. AST was notified of the fire trooper Bay at 4:52 PM on Friday and responded to the scene. They found that 43-year-old Hooper Bay resident Victor Smith had been rescued […]
Homicide suspect 23-year-old Eric D. Chaney JR, was taken into custody on Saturday after a Saturday evening standoff with APD Special Operations that includes the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (SWAT), the Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), and the Tactical Support Unit (TSU), APD announced. Anchorage police responded to an address on the 6000-block of East […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, 24-year-old Yurel Nichols was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna to serve 35 years in prison for the first-degree murder of Paula Zorawski. Nichols pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Oct. 19, 2022. On Sept. 22, 2016, Nichols and his co-defendants Savon Berry, Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Higgs III, and Alonzo […]