Crime

18-year-old suffers shotgun blast to his leg

Police in Kenai say an 18-year-old man is recovering from a shotgun wound to his leg.

Ketchikan police seize nearly 1 pound of heroin

Police and federal Drug Enforcement Agency agents seized nearly a pound of heroin from a Ketchikan home and arrested a resident.

Pedro Bay men charged with sex crimes

A grand jury last week indicted three men from an Iliamna Lake village for felony sex crimes against the same woman, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Kodiak remains in dark on double-homicide investigation

Officially, there are no suspects in last month's double homicide at the Coast Guard communication station in Kodiak. Unofficially, most everyone in Kodiak knows that a co-worker of the two dead men owns vehicles similar to those for which the FBI has sought information.

Keyes returns to court 2 days after apparent escape attempt

Wearing a new red jumpsuit and now labeled a dangerous prisoner after an apparent escape attempt, Israel Keyes, the man charged with abducting and killing 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, sat calmly through a federal court hearing Friday.

Fairbanks troopers exchange gunfire with 75-year-old man

A 75-year-old man living near the University of Alaska Fairbanks fired a gun repeatedly late Thursday at two Alaska state troopers investigating a disturbance, authorities say. The officers returned fire, but nobody was hurt.

Fairbanks man charged after chase that reached 140 mph

Fairbanks man charged after chase that reached 140 mph

A Fairbanks man is accused of leading law enforcement officers on a 34-mile high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle while carrying four passengers.

Fairbanks militia leaders' in-laws tell of rising paranoia

Testimony in the Fairbanks militia trial turned deeply personal and emotional Thursday with a series of witnesses who said they were helpless to stop Schaeffer Cox and Coleman Barney from slipping deeper and deeper into the ideology that has landed them in a federal courtroom.

Stolen eagle carving returned; police seek tips on suspect

Anchorage police are asking for help in the search for the thief or thieves who stole a large eagle carving and chain saw from a carver's pickup.

Informant in militia case admits running drugs for Hells Angels

The confidential informant who brought down the Fairbanks militia leadership finished his testimony in federal court Wednesday, admitting under oath that his work as a drug-hauling Alaska trucker years ago was as an initiate for the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.

Photos: Federal evidence in militia case

More coverage of the militiamen's trial

Fairbanks man to plead guilty in killing

A Fairbanks man has agreed to plead guilty to second-degree murder in a shooting outside Ivory Jack's restaurant.

Fairbanks man sentenced in ear-biting incident

A Fairbanks man has been sentenced to five months in jail for biting off a chunk of another man's ear.

Wolf Country owner pleads guilty, gets fine and probation

The owner of a Palmer-area tourist attraction known as Wolf Country USA has pleaded guilty to a single count of owning and selling wolf hybrids, troopers say.

Troopers test for wolf DNA at Valley tourist business

Anchorage cab driver charged with sexual assault of customer

Anchorage police on Tuesday arrested a Checker Cab driver accused of raping a passenger. Paul Velasco, 28, was charged with sexually assaulting a woman on May 1.

Marshals use Taser on Keyes after he leaps courtroom rail

During what was supposed to be a routine court hearing Wednesday in a notorious Anchorage murder case, defendant Israel Keyes vaulted over the courtroom railing into the spectator area and was wrestled to the ground by deputy marshals.

Listen: Keyes jumps rail at courtroom

Defense begins questioning of Fairbanks militia informant

A defense lawyer homed in today on Gerald "J.R." Olson's criminal past, including running drugs for the Hells Angels, in the federal trial of Fairbanks militia leader Schaeffer Cox and two others accused of plotting to kill officials.

Photos: Federal evidence in militia case

Fairbanks militia's '241' killing plan was secretly recorded

More coverage of the militiamen's trial

Aggressive dog released amid troopers shot but survives

One of two Alaska state troopers on the trail of a suspected drunken driver shot a dog at a Nikiski home late Monday after it was let out of a house and attacked them, they said.

Juneau man pleads guilty to drug crimes

A 32-year-old Juneau man described as a street-level drug dealer has changed his plea in a last-minute deal.

Unalaska police blotter: Restaurant critic seeks revenge on chef

"Assault – Victor T. Tamasoaalii, 54 yoa, of Oregon, was arrested for Assault IV after he stormed into the Harborview Bar kitchen, grabbed some culinary knives and threatened the cook for having failed to fulfill his food order."

Dixiano admits killing; wife's corpse ID'd

An Anchorage con artist who admitted last week to killing his wife is cooperating with investigators in the hopes of getting a lighter prison sentence. Police confirmed that a body found May 11 in the Valley is that of Angela Dixiano, who vanished in April 2010 after threatening to expose her husband's fraud scheme.

Fairbanks militia's '241' killing plan was secretly recorded

The threats by Fairbanks militia members to the lives of law enforcement officials and their families came under sharp focus in a federal courtroom Tuesday when secretly recorded conversations revealed the origins of the infamous "241" plan for murder.

Photos: Federal evidence in militia case

More coverage of the militiamen's trial