On Wednesday, Bethel-based troopers announced the arrest of Napakiak man, Melvin T. Andrew, age 42 on multiple charges of Sexual Abuse of a Minor II. He was arrested on Monday. Troopers opened an investigation into Andrew after receiving a tip from a Napakiak resident and found that Andrew had sexually abused a teen in that […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — The Alaska National Guard has a tradition of serving communities throughout Alaska during the holidays, delivering Christmas gifts and a variety of delights to children during Operation Santa Claus. In its 63rd year, two small Native villages along the Kuskokwim River in Western Alaska were selected for a visit this […]
On Tuesday, US Marshals with the Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force, Alaska State Troopers and Palmer Police took Alexie Michael, age 65, into custody on a five-count warrant issued for Sexual Assault-Penetrate Without Consent. Troopers began looking for Michael on November 6th, when a $50,000 warrant was issued for his arrest. He had fled […]
Image-Napakiak Man, Alexie Michael. Photo-AST Following a seven-count indictment on Sexual Assault charges Alaska State Troopers are seeking the whereabouts of the Napakiak man named in the indictments. Troopers are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 65-year-old Alexie Michael, who is thought to be in the Anchorage area, in order to take him into custody […]
Alaska State Troopers say that a 21-year-old Napakiak man has been jailed on Sexual Assault I and Assault IV charges after an incident in that community on Wednesday. According to the trooper report, 21-year-old Daniel Andrew sexually assaulted a “female after she attempted to purchase a bottle of alcohol from him.” Troopers went on to […]
Photo: The Napakiak School fuel storage facility sits 76 feet from the riverbank’s erosion point, along the Kuskokwim River. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard issued Administrative Order to the Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD), Friday, to remove all fuel oils from the Napakiak School fuel storage facility by Aug. […]
AST revealed that they have made an arrest in the Napakiak City burglary that took place in mid-November of 2018 in that community. The investigation following the burglary found that Alfred Evan, age 52 of Napakiak has gained entry into the building using a crowbar and once inside broke free a bolted down safe […]
UPDATE: AST has tentatively identified the identities of the two victims of the fatal Napakiak jail fire as Becca White, age 24, and Isaiah Parka, age 22, both of Napakiak. They also revealed that the guard who suffered injuries attempting to rescue them from their jail cells has been medevaced out of state for further […]
On Wednesday night, Alaska State Troopers were notified that a juvenile in the village of Nunapichuk had left the community on foot at approximately noon that day. The report stated that his whereabouts or his destination was unknown. Search and rescue teams from that village, and the nearby villages of Kasigluk and Atmautluak began searching […]