Kenneth Manzanares’ attorneys say they plan to seek a 7 1/2 year prison sentence, while prosecutors say they will recommend a life sentence, calling the killing brutal and violent. Sentencing is set for next month.
In the days after her disappearance, missing persons flyers with photos of Nicholson were posted on windows and buildings around Eagle River and shared on social media.
An Alaska State Trooper dispatch said Jason Fitch, 49, was indicted Thursday for the charges of first-degree attempted murder and third-degree assault.
An Anchorage grand jury indicted the man who was charged with his daughter’s murder and animal cruelty in connection with a homicide case in Fairview on April 23.
Policy governing the use of the cameras and the public’s access to the video they capture is not yet in place, and various community organizations and groups are interested in making sure members of the public have a voice in the process.
An Anchorage man arrested for committing two separate armed robberies of Craiglist sellers was sentenced to nine years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Sentencing has been set for June for a man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the beating death of his wife during a 2017 family cruise to Alaska.
The Anchorage Police Department recently released several sets of data detailing crime rates across the whole of the municipality and showing numbers trending down across several categories.
A former Department of Homeland Security officer has been charged with seven counts of sex assault -- five of which prosecutors say occurred "during his employment" with DHS's Federal Protective Service.
The Anchorage Police Department explained its decision to retire a long-running social media campaign in a lengthy Facebook post Wednesday morning, claiming the events described in the posts were all real, despite releasing previous statements this month suggesting otherwise.
Multiple law enforcement agencies are responding to the scene of an officer-involved shooting as authorities work to communicate with a driver who is believed to be armed in Dillingham.
In Anchorage, 2017 is known to be the city’s deadliest year on record. While that hasn’t changed, the Anchorage Police Department previously reported 37 people died in homicides that year — then earlier this month, the department presented a different number during a public meeting.
In a community alert, police said circumstances around the death required further investigation, but APD has not disclosed what those circumstances are.
Ligons was charged with the murders of 60-year-old Marie Guy Riley and 63-year-old George Tretikoff, who were found dead in their Fairview home on Oct. 31, 2020.
