Four hours after the SS Admiral Evans left the port in Ketchikan and headed to Seattle on March 10th, a Greek man, Nick Demmar, while on Deck, fired eight rounds into the smoking room, wounding six. According to the reports at the time, Demmar had been going home after years in Alaska. The smokers in […]
On Monday the Alaska Bureau of Investigation was contacted by the North Slope Borough Police Department. The NSBPD reported that officers, while on a Domestic Disturbance call in Utqiagvik, shot and killed a suspect in that case. Police responded to a residence in that community on Monday morning and made contacted the suspect, 41-year-old Akugaq […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer-involved shooting from Dec. 25, 2024, involving Ashley Rae Johnston and Juneau Police Department (JPD) Officer Jonah Hennings-Booth. The review determined that Officer Hennings-Booth was legally justified in his use of deadly force against Ms. Johnston. The incident occurred after JPD received a […]
