On Friday morning Fairbanks-based troopers, with the assistance of K9 Kenny, apprehended a car thief with warrants according to the trooper dispatch. On Friday morning the Fairbanks Criminal Suppression Unit, along with K9 Kenny began tracking 36-year-old Fairbanks resident Robert Douglas. Douglas was the subject of three outstanding arrest warrants for failure to appear on […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Juneau man was sentenced yesterday to two and a half years in prison and five years’ supervised release for stealing over $579,000 from three banks and two federal credit unions while serving as an armed transport guard. According to court documents, Austin Nolan Dwight Rutherford, 29, was an armed transport guard […]
On Saturday, at `12:25 pm, troopers were notified that a property in Saxman had fallen victim to theft and $10,040 was stolen. AST responded and opened an investigation that quickly identified a suspect. Troopers found that 39-year-old Robert Strong had fled the area on foot following the theft. Troopers searched the area but were unable […]
On Saturday night, according to AST, troopers were conducting a DUI investigation on Trunk Road near College Road when the stop escalated into a brief car chase at just after 9:30 pm. Troopers were wrapping up the investigation and had arrested the driver for DUI and had called for a tow truck as it was […]