Selawik-based troopers report a fatality in a trooper-involved shooting on Thursday. Troopers report that AST responded to a burglary involving a firearm at 5:02 am on Thursday and searched the area before locating two suspects, one armed with a shotgun. At 5:40, the officer “perceived a threat” and discharged their service weapon at 26-year-old Douglas […]
More patrols on the roads dedicated to preventing fatal and serious injury crashes through robust DUI enforcement (STATEWIDE) – Troopers will have increased high-visibility patrols on Alaska’s highways starting this week and continuing through the Labor Day holiday to prevent fatal and serious-injury crashes. While Troopers will focus on DUI enforcement for both alcohol and drugs, […]
At 5:21 pm on Sunday evening, troopers in Wasilla received a disturbance call from a woman on West Cambridge Drive and traveled to the location to investigate. Speaking with the woman reporting the incident, they found that 30-year-old Cameron Brumaghim was yelling at neighborhood children as he was walking down the roadway. Then, according to […]
Alaska State Troopers, on Monday, released the name of the trooper involved in a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on Friday, that officer is identified as one-year Fairbanks-based trooper Garrett Stephens. At 2:41 am on Friday, troopers observed a silver jeep operating recklessly near the Gold Rush Estates trailer park according to their report. During […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On the April 20th special traffic enforcement effort, Alaska State Troopers and Wildlife Troopers issued 56 citations and investigated 3 collisions across Alaska’s roadways. The focused traffic enforcement patrols ran on April 20, 2021. Alaska State Trooper and Wildlife Trooper contacts during the enforcement period include the following: 0 misdemeanor DUI arrests, […]
Alaska State Troopers report that on Wednesday, following his release from the hospital, Dillingham man, Daniel Wahl, age 32, was arrested by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation and an Anchorage Service Unit for his part in the shootout that occurred in Dillingham on February 18th. The lead-up to the incident began at 11:36 am on […]
Troopers on Palmer responded to 5050 South Old Glenn Highway at 10:26 pm on Tuesday night after receiving a disturbance report from that address that resulted in two arrests according to the report. When they arrived they opened an investigation that determined that a 36-year-old female, identified as Autumn Ehrlinspiel, had kicked in her neighbor’s […]
Early on Saturday morning a trooper on patrol in Nikiski spotted an erratic driver and attempted to pull him over on a moving violation. But, the driver, instead of pulling over, attempted to elude the officer. Spike strips were deployed, but the driver, later identified as 62-year-old Robert Keldson, attempted to drive around the device […]
DPS Aircraft Operations Increased 42% as the Pandemic Reduced Commercial Air Options Transporting prisoners across Alaska’s vast distances is a challenge on a good day, but when you add dangerous winter storms and the COVID-19 outbreak, most would call the task near impossible. However, this challenge doesn’t stop the nearly 400 Alaska State and Wildlife […]