October 19th, 1951
Kenai Driver Takes Troopers on 16-Mile Chase before Crash and Arrest
Alaska State Troopers report that approximately an hour after receiving a stolen vehicle report, the thief took them on a long car chase along the Sterling Highway on Friday night. Troopers located the stolen vehicle at approximately 11:32 pm on Friday night traveling on the Sterling Highway. The vehicle was stolen from the Walmart store […]
Sterling Man on DUI-Drugs Conditions of Release Runs into Building and Charged again
Alaska State Troopers in Soldotna were alerted that a silver 2006 Ford Expedition had ran into a house on Fanny Mae Road in Sterling at 9:32 pm on Sunday night and responded to the area. AST located the vehicle and made contact with the driver who was identified as 30-year-old Robert Bruce Eddie Gum. During […]
Dunleavy Directs Reopening of Silvertip Maintenance Station
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy Friday directed Commissioner John MacKinnon of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOTPF) to reopen maintenance the Silvertip Maintenance Station with equipment, personnel, and resources necessary to clear and maintain the Seward and Sterling Highways for the remainder of the 2020/2021 snow season. “Public safety is and […]
Sterling Man Convicted of Sexual Assault and Kidnapping After Jury Trial
(Kenai, AK) – On Wednesday, November 4, 2020, Carmen Perzechino, Jr., 59, was convicted by a jury following a three-week trial on two counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree and one count of Kidnapping. The convictions stem from an incident that occurred along the Sterling Highway on January 20, 2001 after Perzechino met […]
Sterling Man Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries in ATV Collision Late Friday Night
Late Friday night an AST K9 team out of Soldotna responded to a serious 4-wheeler accident on Jim and Marilee streets in Sterling to find a man there with life-threatening injuries. The call, that came in at 11:08 pm last night reported that 33-year-old Mark D. Bellinger had been in a collision while driving […]
U.S. Marshals Task Force arrest Brian Tupper
Anchorage – On Monday, the U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force arrested a resident of Sterling, Alaska who was wanted on multiple outstanding state of Alaska warrants. Brian Tupper, 40, was being sought on warrants for charges including Failure to Stop at the Direction of Officer, Misconduct Involving Controlled Substance, Probation, and […]
Citizen Helps Troopers Capture Two Burglars in Sterling Wednesday
A helpful citizen in Sterling alerted troopers of suspicious individuals at a location in that community on Wednesday morning that resulted in the arrest of two suspects troopers report. The caller reported to troopers that two suspects were at a residence where the owners were out of town at 8:23 am on Wednesday. Troopers […]
AST Recovers Safe and Other Stolen Items from January 26th Sterling Burglary
31-year-old Anchorage resident Jeremy Carroll was contacted by Alaska State Troopers on January 27th after he was identified as being responsible for a January 26th burglary that took place in Sterling. It was on that date that, troopers report that they responded to an address on Cedarwood Avenue in Sterling after a report of […]