Girdwood man who sold meth to informant will spend 11 years in prison
Jorge Cardenas distributed meth and other drugs for five years before his arrest in March, federal prosecutors say.
Crime & Courts
Bus driver in fatal 2015 Seward Highway crash charged with homicide
One person died in 2015 Seward Highway collision involving a tour bus and six other vehicles.
Fishing captain, deckhand accused of killing Steller sea lions with shotgun
The charges say the captain sometimes drove the 32-foot fishing vessel in the direction of sea lions in order for a deckhand to get a better shot.
Troopers: Drunken driver on Parks Highway arrested after others force her to stop
A video shows the driver careening down the Parks Highway, nearly hitting other vehicles. Her breath-alcohol content was three times the legal limit, court documents say.
Troopers: Wasilla man charged with sexual abuse of 4 children
Seth Loggins was arrested Wednesday on 11 counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor and may have additional victims, troopers said.
Anchorage police seek witness to shooting that endangered man, pregnant wife
Police say Rasean Daniels, 26, shot at an apartment complex manager and his pregnant wife.
Anchorage police search for shotgun-wielding thieves after 2 gas stations robbed hours apart
A stolen vehicle, described by police as “similar to the getaway vehicle” used in both robberies, was found Wednesday morning unoccupied and burning on Baxter Road.
Troopers: Bank employee stole money from account of dead Palmer man
Keith Aumavae, reported missing in October 2017, was found dead the next month. Then an employee at his bank cleaned out his account, troopers say.
Anchorage police seek 4 suspects in Spenard gas station robbery, shooting
Four men robbed the Shell gas station on Tudor Road Tuesday evening, firing off a shot gun multiple times as they left the store, police said.
Woman sentenced for robbing 3 banks in 3 days
Jennifer Trengove, 41, of Anchorage robbed three branches of the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union for cash to buy drugs.
He Googled ‘how to rob banks.’ Then they robbed one.
Over a week in August 2016, according to court filings, two men stormed into Anchorage liquor stores, a gas station and finally a downtown bank with a sawed-off shotgun and a BB gun.
FBI releases video of armed man who robbed Anchorage bank
Monday's robbery took place at the same Wells Fargo Russian Jack branch where another robbery occurred April 3.
‘I was scared’: Anchorage mother describes shooting next door
“I grabbed my daughter. We were huddled up on the floor. ... If there were any more stray bullets I didn’t want to risk it,” Desiree Britt said.
3rd grand jury returns with Roland Maw indictment alleging PFD fraud
Roland Maw has been indicted on charges to related Alaska Permanent Fund dividend fraud and theft. Again.
Anchorage shooting victim’s father: ‘He was a lovely son’
Sosaia Finau, 21, was killed on Thursday in an apartment complex in Mountain View.
Police: Mountain View homicide victim, 21, was shot by girlfriend’s ex amid argument
Police are still searching for the suspects in Thursday's shooting.
Police search for ‘armed and dangerous’ suspects in Anchorage homicide
Two suspects, ages 18 and 19, fled on foot after a man was fatally shot inside a Mountain View Drive apartment complex.
‘Person of interest’ in Anchorage killing turns himself in
Thomas Horton was arrested on a weapons charge Wednesday night, Anchorage police said.
Former CEO of Alaska fiber-optic project faces federal fraud charge
Elizabeth A. Pierce, former chief executive of Quintillion, is charged with forging contracts in an attempt to acquire more than $250 million in investments.