Crime & Courts

Troopers: Pot pipe becomes weapon in North Pole assault

A Fairbanks woman has been charged with two counts of assault after Alaska State Troopers said she used a piece of pot paraphernalia during an assault early Sunday.

Troopers said in a dispatch they were called to a North Pole home just before 2 a.m. Sunday in response to the assault. They subsequently arrested 47-year-old Tammy Keturi on one count each of felony third-degree and misdemeanor fourth-degree assault.

"Investigation revealed (Keturi) assaulted an associate with a large glass marijuana pipe and assaulted another with her fists," troopers wrote.

Keturi was remanded to the Fairbanks Correctional Center without bail, troopers said.

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