JUNEAU – Wednesday, the Alaska State Legislature passed Senate Bill 76 by Senator Jesse Kiehl (D-Juneau), which shortens the wait for private property owners to dispose of abandoned vehicles. Current law requires a person to live with an abandoned car in their driveway or on their lot for six months before starting the legal process […]
It was early this month that the Trooper’s Palmer Criminal Suppression Unit began a full-time investigation into the rash of thefts from vehicles at trailheads in the Mat-Su Valley. Then, on January 29th, troopers on patrol observed a woman near the Crevasse Moraine parking lot looking into vehicles. AST made contact with the female, who […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they took a Wasilla man into custody on several charges after responding to Pittman Road for a report of a “male waving down traffic and pointing a firearm at drivers.” Troopers performed an investigation at the scene and found that 42-year-old Diego Lightfoot “was pointing a handgun at drivers he […]
An Impaired Driving Enforcement officer on patrol on the 900-block of 6th Avenue, at 2:57 am on Sunday morning heard shots-fired then immediately observed a vehicle leaving the area and initiated a traffic stop APD reported. The officer pulled over the SUV described as a gray Dodge at 9th and G Street and made contact […]