The Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit with the Alaska State Troopers announced a drug/alcohol seizure made at an airlines bound for Utqiagvik (Barrow) with the assistance of the North Slope Borough Police Department on Thursday. According to the announcement, SDEU and detectives with the NSBPD seized 113 750ml bottles of alcohol being shipped from Las Vegas […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they are searching for an escaped suspect in the community of Emmonak following an assault incident on Saturday. At approximately 8:50 pm on Saturday night, AST received an assault report in that community, and the investigation revealed that 27-year-old Michael Redfox had attacked his girlfriend, hitting and strangling her. When the […]
St. Mary’s-based Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a St. Mary’s man splashing gasoline onto his residence and saying he was going to bun it down, AST reported on Saturday. According to the report, three of 24-year-old Zachariah Paukan’s family members and a friend “subsequently fled the residence in fear of a fire being started,” […]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that Palmer man, 26-year-old Almando Abarca, who is awaiting sentencing in state court on attempted murder, felony destruction of a police dog and other crimes, was sentenced in federal court for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. The conviction stems from a serious incident in […]