AST reports that on Monday afternoon, troopers received a request for a welfare check in the Kenai Peninsula community of Nikoleavsk and initiated a response. As troopers were en route to the community north of Homer, they observed a vehicle traveling toward the Sterling Highway with persons pertaining to the welfare check aboard. Troopers […]
Alaska State Troopers initiated a welfare check on a couple in a vehicle on Bernice Lake Road and Forest in Nikiski which resulted in both being arrested on Sunday evening, troopers reported. When the duo was contacted at 6:15 pm, it resulted in the driver, Joshua Clifford Crouse, age 21 being taken into custody […]
Alaska State Troopers report that they arrested a Wasilla man on charges of Murder II on Sunday night after responding to a Wasilla address to perform a welfare check on a family member of a caller, AST reported on Monday. Troopers traveled to the address after receiving a call requesting a welfare check at […]
Portland, Ore-In reply briefs filed Tuesday with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case Brackeen v. Bernhardt, the United States and defendant tribal nations reaffirm the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The briefs also underscore why ICWA’s protections continue to be vital for Native children and […]