The conviction stems from an incident that started in April 2018 when Vance Peronto stopped a 16-year-old girl in Kenai for driving without her headlights on and ended with a police sting in an Anchorage hotel room.
The 2019 incident was captured on video as a cyclist was approached by Anchorage officer Cornelius Aaron Pettus, who allegedly assaulted the biker after attempting to serve him a citation.
Police said Matthew Phillips stole merchandise from the Sunglass Hut inside the mall, then later pulled a gun on three security officers when told he was being detained.
A Palmer jury convicted Gavin Christiansen on murder charges in connection to an Oct. 2020 hit-and-run that resulted in a chase and shooting on Willow-Fishhook Road.
Two Juneau residents were arrested at the Juneau International Airport on Thursday after authorities seized thousands of counterfeit pills from their luggage.
By Ariane Aramburo, Nolin Ainsworth and Paul Choate
A suspect in a North Star neighborhood homicide has been indicted on one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and one count of third-degree misconduct involving weapons.
The judge gave consecutive life sentences to 36-year-old John Pearl Smith II, who is responsible for the shooting deaths of Ben Gross and Crystal Denardi.
Brehmer, now convicted of first-degree murder with her guilty plea, is set to go before a judge for sentencing on Aug. 22. She faces a minimum of 30 years in prison.
Two women from Anchorage have been indicted on charges related to identity theft and fraud, including the theft of over 200 identities, according to a release from the Department of Justice.
Alaska Public Defender Samantha Cherot said that staffing shortages in Nome and Bethel could leave some Alaskans without state-appointed attorneys in Class A felony and unclassified felony cases.
The report shows the total number of homicide victims in 2022 rising to 30 total, one year after 19 were reported. The largest jump came in the second quarter of 2022, when 11 homicides occurred.
Police said they found a man in an alleyway with a “gunshot wound in his lower body.” Police said he was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.
The man used a stolen handgun to fire at a police officer after being pinned in his Jeep against a snowbank in a Klatt neighborhood, according to police. The officer did not fire back and was not injured.
A Halibut Cove restaurant owner has been indicted on federal charges after a video went viral on social media showing the restaurant owner circling a float plane in a boat at dangerously close proximity.
Troopers found the remains of two individuals in a house burned the day before New Year's Eve, which they reported as being a total loss. Two people were arrested with one of them receiving nine felony counts.
Seward police arrested a man after he drove his Chevrolet pickup truck into Resurrection Bay while his three daughters and a loaded rifle were in the vehicle.
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