Crime
Candlelight vigils planned for slain Kake girl
Candlelight vigils are being planned to commemorate Mackenzie H. Howard's life. The seventh-grader was found dead in a Kake church on Tuesday night, the victim of homicide.
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Luch guilty of first-degree murder
An Anchorage jury has convicted Robert Luch of first-degree murder for shooting his wife to death in 2010. Luch, 64, faces 20 to 99 years in prison at a sentencing hearing currently set for June.
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Troopers: Kake girl's death a homicide
Mackenzie Howard, 13, was found dead in a Kake church late Tuesday. Alaska State Troopers now say she was the victim of homicide.
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Jury begins deliberations in Luch murder trial
The nine women and three men of the jury, which began deliberations Wednesday afternoon, will effectively decide whether or not Robert Luch, 64, spends the rest of his life in prison.
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Julia O'Malley: What chased Luch kids down the trail?
In hindsight, those finish-line whispers were right, something was off about the Luch family, those little kids â” as young as 8 â” who competed with adults in local running races and placed.
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Luch takes stand for second day as murder trial nears end
Animated and testy at times, Robert Luch remained on the witness stand for a second day Tuesday, telling a jury that he was mimicking his wife's prior violent behavior when he grabbed a revolver to confront her about her apparent infidelity.
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JBER gate crasher left behind a clue -- a license plate
A young man in an old pickup truck who crashed through the gate at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson early Jan. 19 and plowed past military police officers was tracked down by the vehicle license plate, which fell off at the gate, according to a charging document filed Monday in U.S. District Court.
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Charged with murder, Luch says wife's shooting death was partly her own fault
Robert Luch, charged with killing his wife in 2010, said he never intended to use his revolver as anything more than a prop as the couple were arguing. Luch took the stand in his own defense Monday, arguing that Jocelyn Luch is partially to blame for her own death because she grabbed at his wrist.
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Man sentenced in drug, tax conspiracy
A judge on Friday sentenced a Dominican man living illegally in the United States to 57 months in prison after the man admitted to drug smuggling and tax fraud.
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Agents nab meth bound for Anchorage inside papayas
The man who allegedly received the meth, 25-year-old San Saechao, is charged with possession of drugs with the intent to distribute the powerful, addictive stimulant.
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Two weeks in, few details in homicide investigation
Anchorage homicide detectives investigating the slaying of T.R.E.L. Zawko have revealed little in the two weeks since Zawko's roommates found him dead at his home.







