Tuesday saw the accused shooter of the two responding troopers to Tanana who were later shot during the attempted arrest of Arvin Kangas in court to answer charges of Murder I and II, Assault and Evidence Tampering. 20-year-old Nathanial Kangas was arraigned in Fairbanks court on Tuesday, where his public defender, Jesse Mickels, entered a […]
A Fairbanks man is in jail and charged with Murder I after an incident off of the Old Steese Highway on Thursday night. Trooper dispatch reports that a 911 call came in at 10:25 pm on Thursday night reporting that a man had been shot in the head by an acquaintance at an residence on Gold […]
20-year-old Tanana resident, the accused killer of two Alaska State Troopers, Nathanial Kangas was arraigned in Fairbanks on Saturday afternoon. He was arraigned in a courtroom filled with law enforcement. At arraignment, N. Kangas pled “Not Guilty,” to two counts of Murder I, and one count of Assault III. He was appointed a Public Defender, and his […]
62-year-old James Wells, the man charged with the killings of 41-year-old Coast Guard Electrician’s Mate First Class James Hopkins and 51-year-old retired Boatswain’s Mate Richard Belisle while they worked at the Coast Guard Communication Station on the Coast Guard base in Kodiak on April 12, 2012, was found guilty of Murder on Friday. The verdict […]