Alaska State Troopers revealed on Thursday morning that an Assault-DV carried out by a Wasilla teen resulted in multiple arrests at a residence off of Grumman Street on Wednesday evening. Troopers responded to the Grumman Street residence following a report of an Assault taking place there at 7:30 pm Wednesday. Upon their arrival, they […]
AST says that after several months of investigations and multiple search warrants, a Kodiak grand jury handed down indictments and a warrant was issued for a 56-year-old Kodiak man on charges that include Attempted Murder and Sexual Assault. The investigation into Thomas Wolkoff was opened following a report of domestic violence in Kodiak on August […]
We are near the end of October, and as each day passes, I see the snow progressing down the mountains. As I watch the leaves change from green to vibrant yellow, I also know that October represents something other than the changing of the seasons. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Alaska has many secrets […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In her continued effort to address the public safety crisis in rural Alaska, U.S Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the Alaska Tribal Public Safety Empowerment Act, legislation to empower tribes in Alaska to exercise the special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction on a pilot basis. Among domestic violence victims in Alaska, Native women […]