ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment Tuesday charging a Wasilla man with distributing carfentanil to two individuals, resulting in the non-fatal overdose of an adult victim and the fatal overdose of a minor. Per court documents, the Alaska Bureau of Investigations (ABI) discovered that between Nov. 14 and 15, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last month charging a Washington man with distributing and conspiring to distribute controlled substances that resulted in the fatal overdoses of two people in Skagway in 2023. According to court documents, from Jan. 1 to Jan. 13, 2023, Jacob Cotton, 33, allegedly conspired […]
(ANCHORAGE, AK) – Alaska law enforcement agencies, as part of the state’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Initiative, increased their enforcement efforts in response to an increase in the deaths of Alaskans due to drug overdoses statewide in 2024. Recognizing that no single agency can fight this battle alone, 22 local, state, and federal […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they received a call at just after midnight on Friday stating there were “multiple deceased individuals” at a Wasilla residence and AST immediately responded to the scene. When they arrived at the location, they found two individuals had died of fatal doses and a third, a female was rushed to […]