Argument over dog led to Mountain View shooting that left one man dead, another seriously injured
One man was killed and another rushed to a hospital after being shot, according to charging documents in the case.
Crime & Courts
Man arrested for fatal shooting in Northeast Anchorage that injured others, police say
One man died at the scene and another was brought to the hospital with a life-threatening gunshot wound, police said. Police arrested 26-year-old David Dumpson on charges of murder.
Man arrested in Fairbanks charged with vandalism spree in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D.
Brady Alexander Jackson was in Sioux Falls to buy a dog and had lived there before moving to Alaska, according to the warrant.
Native and black individuals make up a disproportionate number of Alaska homicide victims
Researchers reviewed data from 1,709 killings investigated by Alaska State Troopers and police departments across the state from 1976 to 2016.
Kwethluk 19-year-old broke into public safety building, staged rifles and fired at officer, troopers say
Brian Nicolai is facing charges including attempted murder of a village public safety officer in the village near Bethel.
Sitka prosecutor suspended by state after she was charged with assaulting boyfriend
A police officer said the boyfriend was left bloody during the fight, and Amy Michelle Williams also was injured.
Wasilla man arrested after hanging out of car window and firing gun while 13-year-old steered, troopers say
Joshua D. Payton was arrested on criminal mischief, assault and weapons misconduct charges after the incident.
Man dies from wounds suffered in stabbing in East Anchorage
Police said they believe the stabbing was related to domestic violence. The suspect returned to the scene after the stabbing.
Man wounded in gunfire outside Anchorage gas station
The man suffered life-threatening wounds early Thursday outside a Mountain View gas station. No arrests had been made.
A Western Alaska school district repeatedly dismissed allegations against a principal. Then an FBI agent pretended to be a 13-year-old girl.
The principal for one of Alaska’s largest rural elementary schools, in a region with some of the highest sex-crime rates in the nation and a state with a history of failing to protect students, was allowed to remain on the job until the FBI got involved.
Driver who died in East Anchorage crash was being pursued after hit-and-run, police say
Derrick Seals, 42, died when he was ejected from the Ford Bronco as it rolled off Northern Lights Boulevard.
Wasilla woman charged with sexually abusing minors
Marcella Castoe faces eight criminal counts accusing her of having sexual relations with juveniles.
‘The day we dreaded has arrived’: After Alaska inmate tests positive, families worry
“You just cannot protect yourself there,” said the mother of one inmate.
No one injured in shooting at Anchorage car wash; two people arrested
A woman washing her car was unhurt after bullets were fired toward the Mountain View Car Wash on Monday night, Anchorage police said.
Anchorage gallery owner charged with illegally buying and selling walrus ivory, tax evasion
Federal prosecutors say the owner of The Antique Gallery illegally purchased more than 50 ivory walrus tusks that he intended to sell.
‘Black widow’ Wasilla mother dies in hospital while incarcerated
Shawn O’Shea-Grantham, 77, served time for coercing her children to have babies and give them to her.
Anchorage man pleads guilty to making online threat to Pennsylvania college in 2018
Gavin Lee Casdorph, 21, claimed loyalty to the Islamic State and threatened an attack with “pipe bombs, pressure cookers and nail bombs.”
Anchor Point man arrested on sex abuse charges may have more victims, officials say
Ronald Komakhuk, 53, was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing two of his relatives, and investigators think there may be more victims, according to public safety officials.
Maine man’s Fairbanks murder cold case stalls in court due to pandemic
Hearings scheduled to start this week on motions filed in the case of a Maine man charged with killing and sexually assaulting a former student at UAF in 1993 have been postponed.