Court documents in the murder/manslaughter case engulfing 24-year-old William Christopher Allen have revealed the state’s grounds for the charges. Allen, who is facing two counts of Murder II, two counts of Manslaughter, and a count of Assault, had an additional count of Misdemeanor Unsworn Falsification leveled against him on July 2oth, the day of his […]
On Tuesday, July 5th, the Petersburg Police Department contacted Alaska State Troopers and requested that troopers take over the investigation of a fatal vehicle accident that occurred on Monday morning. Troopers arrived in Petersburg on Wednesday and began their investigation of the cause and circumstances of the crash that occurred at approximately 7:25 am on […]
It was on Sunday evening at 6:28 pm that a call from two men in the water after their boat capsized to Petersburg Police Department alerted authorities to their marine accident. The call came from 58-year-old Kenneth Rupprecht and 45-year-old Jonathan Comfort, from South Carolina and Delaware respectively, who were in Alaska on a week-long self […]
It was announced today by the Department of Justice, that Peterburg man, 46-year-old Tye Leif Petersen pled guilty to charges for the distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The Federal Bureau of investigation carried out the investigation that resulted in charges being leveled at Petersen. the FBI, following a lead from a related federal investigation […]