(Anchorage, AK) – The U.S. Marshals Service and the Alaska State Troopers are warning the public today of a telephone scam involving a fraudulent caller contacting convicted sex offenders and alleging they are in violation of their sex offender registration requirements and demanding payment to avoid being arrested. Recently, there were reported attempts of a […]
Just after 11 am on Saturday morning, Alaska Wildlife Troopers were alerted that a man was clinging to a large chunk of sea ice in Cook Inlet near the Anchor Point tractor launch and at11:47 hours AWT Trooper Baum responded to the shoreline adjacent to the scene. Trooper Baum, from his viewpoint at the tractor […]
A call reporting shots fired in the Overlook Drive area at just before midnight on Tuesday prompted troopers to respond to the location to investigate. Troopers, upon arrival, would find that 24-year-old Isaac Barnes, who was upset with people in a residence, had discharged rounds through the door. Fortunately, those shots missed any of the […]
Alaska State Troopers were notified on Sunday of an ELT activation from an aircraft located east of the Parks Highway near Willow and Talkeetna. The aircraft that emitted the signal would not be located until Thursday. Investigators could not locate any distress calls or reports of overdue aircraft AST said. Beginning Sunday, the day the […]