ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker announced Tuesday that Alaska will receive a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to process over 1,000 sexual assault kits in possession of the Alaska State Troopers (AST). This follows an inventory review conducted by the Governor’s Office and Troopers, which determined there are more than 3,000 […]
On August 15th, 2016, Bethel-based Alaska State Troopers received a report of a burglary and assault with a knife in the small community of Napaskiak and at once opened an investigation into the incident. The AST investigation revealed that 42-year-old Wilson Beaver of that community entered a residence there and put a knife to the […]
A former San Mateo police officer has been arrested and jailed with his bail set at $3.1 million after an investigation into allegations that he kidnapped, raped and threatened women while he was on duty as a police officer. The investigation yielded 22 counts against the officer. 31-year-old Noah W. Winchester, it is alleged, would, […]
At 2:01 pm on December 8th, the newly-formed trooper-based Violent Offender’s Unit received a call from Kasigluk reporting a sexual assault. Troopers traveled to the community to investigate. Troopers stated that the initial report that they received was that 19-year-old Nicholas Brink of Nunapitchuk was driving his snow-machine around the village of Kasigluk trying to […]