Alaska State Troopers arrested a Palmer man on several charges after responding to mile 12 of the Palmer Fishhook Road near Hatcher Pass following a suspicious vehicle report. When they traveled at that location at approximately 2 am on Thursday morning they located the reported vehicle at mile 11.5 speeding and driving erratically and attempted to […]
Alaska State Troopers reported that two individuals, a woman, and a small child went missing after being swept down the Matanuska River late Tuesday night. The call reporting the incident said that five-year-old child, identified as Gabriel Lange, was playing in the water and inadvertently ventured into a deeper area of the river near an old bridge […]
Following the decision and directive by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska has filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against 32-year-old John Pearl Smith II of Palmer for the murders of Ben Gross and Crystal Denardi. According to the press release issued […]
Alaska State Troopers opened an investigation after responding to a fight with injuries at Jim Creek in Palmer early Sunday morning. When troopers arrived at the location at 2:30 am, they found one female with a knife wound and a male suffering from blunt force injuries. Both were transported to the hospital to be treated […]