A standard stop for a vehicle blocking traffic on Sylvan Lane in Wasilla resulted in the arrest of a passenger in the vehicle on several charges on Saturday afternoon. Troopers contacted the occupants of a vehicle blocking traffic at 2 pm on Saturday and identified one of the passengers as 40-year-old Jason Campbell who […]
The Department of Public Safety identified the troopers involved in the trooper-involved-shooting that occurred on Saturday morning in Fairbanks after the mandatory 72-hour waiting period on Tuesday. The trooper who discharged his weapon after AST responded to North Fairbanks to execute a warrant on 48-year-old Shawn Wilson has been identified as 8-year-veteran Trooper Brian […]
Unalakleet-based troopers motored up the Unalakleet River to a cabin located there to arrest a 60-year-old man on a 13-count warrant for various sex crimes on Friday afternoon, troopers report. When AST arrived 16 miles upriver, they took 60-year-old Henry Johnson into custody on the warrant that consisted of five counts of Sexual Assault […]
Alaska State Troopers are reporting an officer-involved-shooting in North Fairbanks early on Saturday morning. AST says that officers were serving a warrant at a north Fairbanks address at approximately 4 am when the shooting occurred. They report that an officer was injured while the suspect is deceased. The identity of the suspect has yet […]