On Saturday the Department of Public Safety revealed the names of the three troopers and the North Star Borough police officer who discharged their firearms in the Parks Highway incident that took the life of 45-year-old Michael Grimes of Fairbanks. Those enforcement personnel are as follows: Alaska State Trooper Sergeant Aaron Mobley, a 20-year veteran […]
(Homer, AK) – On Nov. 1, 2023, Superior Court Judge Bride Seifert sentenced 62-year-old Bret Herrick to a composite sentence of 74 years with 15 years suspended for the attempted murder of Alaska State Trooper Bruce Brueggeman and related crimes. On Aug. 23, 2021, Trooper Brueggeman tried to arrest Herrick for outstanding misdemeanor warrants on several […]
UPDATE: Alaska State Troopers have identified the driver as 45-year-old Michael Grimes of Fairbanks and his next of kin have been notified. The passenger in the vehicle has been identified as 42-year-old North Pole resident Melody Perry, following a preliminary investigation, she has been charged with Misconduct Involving a Weapon III and remanded to the […]
Alaska State Troopers report that a Northway man was shot and killed in a trooper-involved shooting early morning on Monday. Troopers received a 911 call at 2:35 am on Monday morning from motel room occupants in Tok alerting them that a man armed with an AK47-style carbine was attempting to break into their motel […]