ANCHORAGE – Following a three-week trial in U.S. District Court, a federal jury convicted an Anchorage man on charges of murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise, using a firearm to commit murder in a drug trafficking crime, drug conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Matthew […]
Troopers reported on Monday that Kotlik woman, 37-year-old Marie Unok, suffered death by strangulation after they were contacted by her at approximately 1:02 am on Thursday morning. After the early morning disturbance call, troopers were unable to make further contact with Unok and also found that no local village officer was available. AST continued attempting […]
(Anchorage, AK) A man wanted in connection with the 1995 death of David Burdette of Anchorage has been arrested in the Dominican Republic and extradited to Anchorage to face trial. Ruben Fernandez, 47, was arrested by agents of the U.S. Marshals Service on Feb. 24. He was arraigned last week in Anchorage Superior Court. He is […]
(Juneau, AK) – A Juneau grand jury on Friday indicted Tommy Bowers for murder in the second degree in the death of 54-year-old Earl McKinley of Juneau. Bowers, 59, is accused of pushing McKinley out of a second-floor window at a Juneau emergency shelter and soup kitchen on Feb. 25. McKinley later died of his injuries […]