Crime & Courts

Tyler and Rickey Lowe were arrested Wednesday night, Alaska State Troopers said. An alligator that was also a victim in the fight was recovered alive.

Angelic Henderson, 68, was indicted by a federal grand jury last month on 19 charges, including bank fraud and money laundering.

Oravec is the lead attorney for Doyon Utilities LLC, which is part of the regional Native corporation for the Interior.

State prosecutors will decide whether to retry the case, a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Law said.

The Office of Special Prosecutions determined Sgt. James Dokken was justified in shooting James Afuvai because he reasonably believed Afuvai would harm or kill him otherwise.

The Anchorage Police Department is asking residents and businesses on the eastern edge of the district to check surveillance video from Monday night.

Tyler Cordes initially told investigators that 25-year-old Drew Brown, who died in the 2021 crash, was driving, according to the Homer Police Department.

Prosecutors say Joshua Kopp, 52, used a state database to keep tabs on a woman he had previously supervised during her probation, charges said.

A witness described hearing someone calling for help late Monday before a man fired multiple shots at him and wounded another man.

Carney will take over as the administrative head of the court in January, when current Chief Justice Peter Maassen retires, the Alaska Court System said.

Aaron Richwine was placed on administrative leave following his arrest last week in East Anchorage on a charge of operating under the influence, according to the police department.

Santino Figueroa, 18, is facing a charge of second-degree murder. He said another man put a gun to his neck so he fired, acccording to a criminal complaint.

Police were investigating one incident on Friday night in Mountain View and the other on Saturday afternoon in East Anchorage.

Federal prosecutors say the passenger was arrested last week after she became disruptive on an Alaska Airlines flight.

A former federal prosecutor in Alaska has won a settlement after claiming she was retaliated against for reporting the U.S. District Court judge’s sexual misconduct.

The 69-year-old shot at arriving officers and into a neighbor’s home, according to a police report summary filed with criminal charges this week.

Josiah Kelly is accused of firing shots at a recovery center last month and twice at the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic. No injuries were reported.

James White, 44, was arrested last week on second-degree murder charges while jailed on separate charges he assaulted a family member, police said.

The body of Alena Toennis was found Friday morning on a powerline trail, Alaska State Troopers say. Her family says she was recently released from the state juvenile justice system.

A review of 15 years of police shootings by the Anchorage Police Department is complete.

A pair of lawsuits filed by tribal governments in the region are challenging the state’s regulatory process.

The plaintiff’s attorneys had asked for $35 million in damages for her medical care and loss of life potential.

Officers responding to a report of gunfire at about 2:40 a.m. in the Muldoon neighborhood found the man, police said.