Crime

Alaska State Troopers received a report from TPOs out of Toksook Bay on 09/01/ 2024 at approximately 10:09 hours, about a head on ATV crash. Investigation resulted in the arrest of 19 YOA Charles Maxie […]

A Bethel grand jury returned an indictment today (Sept. 10th, 2024) for 23-year-old Charles Ivan who was indicted for nine counts of Cruelty to Animals. Ivan is charged with causing the death of seven dogs and […]

Yesterday (July 11th, 2024), after a four-day trial, a jury found 32-year-old Daniel Nick guilty of Kidnapping, Coercion, two counts of Assault in the Third Degree, Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree, […]

Alaska Wildlife Troopers Bethel received a report of an unsalvaged moose in GMU 18, near Saint Mary’s. Further investigation revealed Monte Downing, age 71 of California, shot a 64” bull moose on September 17, 2023, […]

Joseph Kashatok, 67, of Kipnuk, Alaska, was convicted on Feb. 2, 2024, after a jury trial of two counts of Possession of Child Pornography. The trial lasted a little under two weeks, and the jury […]

Today (Jan. 16th, 2024), 36-year-old Stephanie Olrun entered a guilty plea to the charge of Murder in the Second Degree for the March 12, 2021, murder of her 2-year-old adopted daughter, Jane Olrun. Bethel Superior […]

Alaska State Troopers received a report on August 22, 2023, at 1:03 am, of a shooting in the village of Alakanuk. Troopers from Emmonak responded to Alakanuk. Investigators from the Alaska Bureau of Investigation also […]

Today (August 15th, 2023), Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced 63-year-old Harvey Hill of Hooper Bay to 20 years with 8 years suspended and 12 years to serve for a 2019 attempted sexual assault […]

May 25, 2023, Bethel District Court Judge William Montgomery sentenced 31-year-old Daniel Buckingham of Bethel to 30 years with seven years suspended and 23 years to serve for the 2019 sexual assault of a 16-year-old […]

A Palmer grand jury indicted 36-year-old Keenon Leland Keyes on one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder on June 29, 2023. Keyes is charged with shooting and killing 30-year-old Loy Suthammavong […]

A Bethel grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday for 34-year-old Darren Peterson on April 04, 2023. Peterson was indicted for one count of murder in the first degree, two counts of murder in the second […]

An Anchorage grand jury indicted 51-year-old Ronald Wade Fischer on one count of sexual abuse in the first degree on March 30, 2023. Fischer is charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old woman behind an Anchorage […]

The Alaska State Troopers were notified on September 28, 2022, at approximately 5:30 pm, of an attempted sexual assault in Kwethluk. Troopers immediately responded to Kwethluk and began investigating the report. Troopers determined that 21-year-old […]

Yesterday (Sept. 22nd 2022), a Kenai grand jury indicted Kirby Calderwood for kidnapping, sexual assault, and the murder of A. M., a 38-year-old Homer woman missing since Oct. 17, 2019. A. M. are her initials. […]

Officers from the Bethel Police Department responded to the area of Watsons Corner in reference to an assault on 09/13/2022 at approximately 0233 hours. Officers arrived at the scene and observed a female was bleeding […]

The Bethel Police Department receive a report of a stolen vehicle on 09/07/2022 at approximately 22:11 hours. At 01:31 hours on 09/08/2022, Officers of the Bethel Police Department observed a vehicle of matching the description […]

Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted two individuals with a recently harvested bull moose in Brown’s Slough in Bethel On 09/15/2022. Further investigation revealed the individuals, identified as Steven Andrew and Tyler Walker, located the moose swimming […]

On Thursday, June 23, 2022, Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced Samuel Atchak to 115 years for the murder and attempted sexual assault of a 19-year-old Chevak woman. Atchak previously pled guilty to murder […]

On Aug. 29, 2022, an Anchorage grand jury indicted 35-year-old Talon Westlake for murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, manslaughter and tampering with evidence, all involving the beating death of his […]

Bethel Police Communications received a report of a possible stabbing inside a residence in the 300 block of Ptarmigan Ave on 07/01/2022 at approximately 0247 hours. Police officers and fire medics responded to the scene. […]

Yesterday (Aug. 31st, 2022), a grand jury indicted Samantha Pearson on a true bill for one count of manslaughter and one count of misconduct involving a controlled substance. Alaska State Troopers reported to a single […]

Bethel Superior Court Judge Terrence Haas sentenced Frank Nelson to 45 years on Wed., July 27, for the beating murder and robbery of 53-year-old Quinhagak resident Jesse Britton. Nelson was given three additional years to […]

Palmer resident Erick Almandinger was sentenced today (Aug. 8th, 2022) to serve 99 years for the kidnapping and murder of his schoolmate, 16-year-old David Grunwald. In May 2018, Almandinger was convicted by a Palmer jury […]

On Thursday, June 23, 2022, Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced Samuel Atchak to 115 years for the murder and attempted sexual assault of a 19-year-old Chevak woman. Atchak previously pled guilty to murder […]

On July 6, 2022, a Bethel grand jury indicted 39-year-old John Japhet on one count of Murder in the First Degree, two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, one count of Burglary in the […]

Alaska State Troopers received multiple REDDI reports 0n 6-9-22 at approximately 2153 hours regarding a brown, 2015, Ford Explored which had nearly caused several head on collisions, near mil 120 of the Tok Cutoff. AST […]

Yesterday (June 13, 2022), a 20-year-old was sentenced to 99 years for the murder of a 10-year-old girl in the village of Quinhagak in 2020. Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Michael MacDonald sentenced Jordan Mark to […]

The Alaska State Troopers were notified on June 10, 2022, at 2:10 am, that 26-year-old Atmautluak resident Emmitt Paul provided alcohol to a toddler who was then brought to the village clinic. Paul then proceeded […]

Investigators of the Alaska State Troopers working in conjunction with investigators from Homeland Security Investigations and the Spokane Police Department arrested 40-year-old Spokane, Washington resident Brian Kevin Powell on May 19, 2022. Mr. Powell was […]

The Alaska State Troopers received a report that an adult male had been stabbed in Scammon Bay on April 7, 2022, at around 2:00 pm. The wounded man, 35-year-old Scammon Bay resident Cedric Yunak died […]

Taxi cabs are an essential form of transportation in the hub community of Bethel. On Sunday, 3/28/2022 at approximately 8:00pm Bethel Police Communications received a report of damage to three separate taxi windows from thrown […]

Investigators assigned to the Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team contacted a suspicious passenger attempting to travel to rural Alaska on March 31, 2022 at approximately 9:00 am. During their investigation, Troopers discovered approximately 56 grams of […]

The Alaska State Troopers, Palmer Police Department, and Wasilla Police Department have responded to several suspected overdoses this week (March 18th, 2022) in the Mat-Su area. Law enforcement believe that a lethal batch of heroin […]

It was reported to AST that Calson Aparezuk, age 34 of Kotlik, entered the Kotlik school by an unknown method and was armed with a rifle on February 17, 2022, at 0007 hours. Two adult […]

Bethel Police Communications received a report of a possible homicide inside a residence in the 400 block of Owl Street on 02/07/2022 at approximately 0530 hours. Police officers and fire medics responded to the scene. […]

A US Marshals Fugitive Task Force was in Aniak at the request of the Alaska State Troopers to effect a high-risk arrest warrant for 34-year-old Aniak resident Andrew John on February 4, 2022, at approximately […]

Bethel Police Communications received a report of a possible homicide inside a residence in the 400 block of Owl Street on 02/07/2022 at approximately 0530 hours. Police officers and fire medics responded to the scene. […]

Bethel Police Communications received a report of a bank robbery on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at approximately 11:00am from the AlaskaUSA Federal Credit Union within the Alaska Commercial grocery store at 135 Ridgecrest. Officers responded […]

The Alaska State Troopers received a report on October 16, 2021, at approximately 1500 hours, that a teacher in Akiachak had sexually abused a juvenile. Troopers responded to Akiachak and investigated the allegations. Upon further […]

In October 1983, Alaska State Troopers arrested suspected serial killer Robert Hansen. At the time, he was suspected of murdering four women, whose bodies had been discovered in Southcentral Alaska between 1980 and 1983. He […]

A Delta Junction, Alaska, man was arrested Monday in Fairbanks on criminal charges related to his alleged threats against U.S. Senators. The charging documents were filed on October 1, 2021, and have now been unsealed. […]

The Department of Public Safety has published the 2020 Crime in Alaska report, the annual report on instances of crime in Alaska reported a decrease in Alaska’s overall crime rate by 18.5%. This also reflects […]

The Alaska State Troopers report that they were requested to conduct a welfare check on an adult female in Aniak on September 1, 2021, at approximately 1027 hours. Based on a preliminary investigation, Troopers determined […]

A Bethel, Alaska, man was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to 15 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for trying to sexually entice a minor. According […]

Officers of the Ketchikan Police Department concluded a 1993 cold case investigation by arresting MICHAEL J. WILLIAMS (52 YOA of Saxman) for Sexual Assault in the First Degree and Sexual abuse of a Minor in […]

Alaska State Troopers in Ketchikan, along with the Ketchikan Police Department, Ketchikan Airport Police, and Juneau DEA conducted a joint operation to disrupt the flow of illicit narcotics into Southeast, Alaska on February 5, 2021. […]

Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Dr. Tamika L. Ledbetter announced today (May 12th, 2021) that Alaska’s Unemployment Insurance program continues to investigate and address any reported refusals of suitable work or other […]

A two day operation in the Mat-Su Valley arrested 41 fugitives who absconded from probation, parole, pretrial supervision, or had arrest warrants in the Mat-Su Valley in early March. The operation was led by the […]

Alaska State Troopers in Bethel were notified that a Village Police Officer (VPO) in Nunapitchuk, Alaska had been shot by a prisoner who was being secured at the Nunapitchuk Public Safety Building on March 16, […]

The Alaska Wildlife Troopers received a report that an individual had posted Facebook live videos of herself feeding carrots to a moose that she was also touching and petting on 1-30-2021. Angel Bunch, age 43 […]

A Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit Fairbanks Area Narcotics Team (FANT) operation seized over $95,000 worth of illegal drugs from the streets of Interior, Alaska, this week. On January 25, 2021, Troopers, Officers, and Agents assigned […]

I n early January 2021 Alaska State Troopers with Palmer’s Criminal Suppression Unit began a full-scale investigation into the massive amount of thefts occurring at the Mat-Su Valley trailheads. On 1/29/2021 at approximately 1750 hours, […]

The Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team arrested two Utqiagvik residents on federal drug trafficking charges after a suspicious parcel was intercepted at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. On January 12, 2021 US Postal Inspectors identified […]

The Alaska State Troopers were notified of a body located along the Parks Highway north of Willow on 1/9/2021 at approximately 1330 hours. The remains appeared to be that of an adult female. The death […]

The ANC Airport Communications Center received a phone call at approximately 9:05 p.m. – Wednesday, Dec. 16 – stating the caller had placed a bomb in the South Terminal in the area of the Alaska […]

Troopers received a report of a juvenile possibly being kidnapped and released by Stanley Vaska, age 59 of Russian Mission on 10/24/2020 at 2142 hours. Troopers were unable to respond to Russian Mission by aircraft […]

In January through October 2020, the Nome Office of the Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit’s (SDEU) Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team (WAANT) lead a large-scale investigation into the sale and distribution of heroin and methamphetamine […]

Alaska State Troopers in Bethel responded to an incident involving a DV Assault on 10/11/2020 at approximately 2111 hours. Jayden Andrew, 23 years old of Tuluksak, was arrested on Assault I, Assault II, Burglary I, […]

Alaska State Troopers received a report of a burglary on 10/9/2020 at approximately 1551. Investigation revealed that the Crooked Creek School was broken into. This case is being closed at this time due to the […]

Alaska State Troopers in Bethel responded to an incident involving a DV Assault on 10/11/2020 at approximately 2111 hours. Jayden Andrew, 23 years old of Tuluksak, was arrested on Assault I, Assault II, Burglary I, […]

A grand jury of the Superior Court for the State of Alaska Fourth Judicial District at Bethel on June 30, 2020, has indicted Jordan T. Mark, age 18, of Quinhagak for first degree murder, first […]

The Bethel office of the Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team (WAANT) on 06/01/2020, received information from a citizen source that Samuel Davis (age 31) of Elim had traveled to Anchorage and purchased large amounts […]

Village Police Officers in Stebbins on 5/30/2020 at approximately 1904 hours, contacted the Alaska State Troopers to report that Richard Hunt, age 32 of Stebbins, Michael Raymond, age 23 of Stebbins, and Paul Pete, age […]

A man from Stony River was arrested regarding an incident involving the death of another man last month. Jason Bobby, 41, of Stony River, was arrested in Stony River following an arrest warrant with a […]

The Alaska State Troopers received a request for a welfare check on two children in the Village of Venetie on 12/3/19. The request was based off of information received that two children arrived at a […]

Alaska State Troopers received a report of a Domestic Violence assault in the village of Tuluksak on 11/15/2019 at approximately 1603 hours. Investigation revealed that Melissa Mike, age 29 of Tuluksak, assaulted a family member […]

Bethel AST received a report from the Kipnuk Tribal Police Officer (TPO) that they arrested Byron Dock 19, of Kipnuk after he was found inside the Kipnuk Post Office on 11-18-19 at approximately 0230 hours. […]

Aniak Alaska State Troopers received a report of a death in the community of Crooked Creek on 11-9-19 at about 0613 hours. It was reported Ronald Waskey, 30 of Crooked Creek, and Evan Waskey, 26 […]

The Alaska State Troopers received a REDDI Report of a vehicle driving erratically and ultimately crashing into the ditch in the area of Chena Pump on November 6, 2019 at approximately 12:21pm. The driver was […]

Alaska State Troopers were notified of a shooting incident involving two brothers in the community of Scammon Bay on 10/20/2019 at about 2000 hours. Weather prevented immediate response from Troopers and medivac aircraft. Troopers have […]

Investigators with the Alaska State Troopers’ Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team (AAIT) contacted Quincy Iyatunguk, age 28, of Nome at the Anchorage International Airport prior to boarding a flight to Nome on 10/29/2019, at approximately 1530 […]

Alaska Wildlife Troopers in Cold Bay cited three men for waterfowl hunting violations on 10/15/19. Washington resident John Davies, age 50, was cited for taking an Emporer goose without a drawing permit and failing to […]

Alaska State Troopers received a report from the village of Nunapitchuk on 10/19/2019 at approximately 1230 hours of a Juvenile who brought an airsoft pistol to the school. AST shortly responded and investigation revealed that […]

Aniak based Alaska State Troopers arrested Bradley Kruger (19 yoa of Fairbanks) on 10/20/2019 the for a $10,000 FTA felony warrant and after an investigation revealed he stole an iPad and about $2,800 dollars from […]

Sand Point Police and EMS have responded to two overdose calls in the past two days, one resulting in the death of 26-year-old Raylene Kochuten of King Cove. INCIDENT 1 On 08/31/20 19 Sand Point […]

Spring Creek Correctional Center staff contacted the Alaska State Troopers to report finding and intercepting illegal narcotics received in the mail addressed to an inmate on September 25, 2019 at approximately 0845 hours. Suspects have […]

by Dept. of Public Safety Staff A fugitive wanted for a sexual assault that occurred near Sterling 18 years ago is being extradited to Alaska after his DNA proved a match in an Alaska State […]

The Alaska State Troopers in Fairbanks received a report of a vehicle being dumped into the Chena River near the end of Chena Small Tracts Road on 09/03/19. Initial investigation revealed the vehicle was an […]

August 27, 2019: The Anchorage District Attorney’s Office indicted Alphonso Mosley on three counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree for three different victims. The counts in the indictment stem from conduct in 2012, […]

The Soldotna AST K-9 Team conducted a traffic stop on the Kenai Spur Highway at N. Miller Loop Road after observing a green 1997 Ford Escort traveling above the posted speed limit on 9-8-19 at […]

Alaska State Troopers received a report of a suspected theft of property from a recreational cabin in Willow on 8/12/2019 at approximately 1642 hours. Interview with the complainant revealed he saw a post on Facebook […]

Alaska State Troopers responded to Teeland Middle School for the report of found marijuana on 09/13/2019 at 1200 hours. Investigation revealed a student had brought a small amount of marijuana into the school. The student […]

Alaska State Troopers in Aniak received a report from Ryan Air that one of their passengers has opened the aircraft’s rear cargo door in flight after removing his seatbelt on 9/10/2019. Other passengers on the […]

The Soldotna AST K-9 Team conducted a traffic stop on a white 1996 Ford F250 on the Kenai Spur Highway at N. Miller Loop after observing the driver and passenger not wearing seatbelts   on […]

Alaska State Troopers received a report of an assault in the village of Napaskiak on 8/31/2019 at approximately 2254 hours. Investigation revealed that Alexie Evan, 25 years of age of Napaksiak, used a four-wheeler as […]

The Alaska State Troopers’ Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit in Ketchikan with the assistance of K-9 Misty, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Ketchikan Police Department arrested Christian Mathers (age 21 of Ketchikan) for […]

Alaska State Troopers responded to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Corrections Center for a report of an inmate v. inmate assault on 8/23/2019 at about 1100 hours. Investigation revealed that a 36 year old male inmate had committed […]

The Alaska State Troopers in Kodiak investigated the report of a residential burglary on Sean Circle on 8/20/2019, at 1418 hours. Subsequent investigation revealed that Skyler Waite, 26 years old of Kodiak, had entered the […]

A report was made to AST that Brandon Agathluk (age 27) of Emmonak had escaped from the Emmonak Police Dept on 8/21/19 at about 0255 hours. Agathluk had been arrested earlier in the evening on 2 […]