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police in Anchorage, Alaska
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Southern Poverty Law Center
April 26, 2018
The Anchorage Police Department (APD) posted surveillance photos of the suspect on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon, hoping to identify the six-foot tall man with a long white beard and a t-shirt bearing the logo of the British rock band The Cult. Dozens of Facebook users identified the man in theÃâà...
Midland Reporter-Telegram
April 26, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have taken a suspect into custody in the armed robbery of a tobacco shop. Police say a man at about 6 p.m. Tuesday walked into Smoker's Choice on Minnesota Drive in west Anchorage, fired a shot, robbed the business and fled in a white car with otherÃâà...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 25, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released photos of a man suspected of releasing pepper spray on a group training for non-violent protest. Anchorage television station KTUU reports the photos show a stocky man in his 50s or 60s with shoulder-length white hair, a long white beardÃâà...
KTUU.com
April 23, 2018
A girl was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after a shooting inside a South Anchorage home Sunday afternoon, Anchorage police say. Police responded to reports of a shooting on the 8800 block of McClellan Circle at around 1:30 p.m. The area is just off of West 88th Avenue near Dimond HighÃâà...
KTUU.com
April 15, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Anchorage police say a man was shot at a party in Mountain View Sunday morning. According to a release from APD, officers were dispatched to the 800-block of N. Lane St. shortly before 2 a.m. “According to witnesses there had been a large party in one of the apartments,Ãâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 12, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man was shot and killed at an eastside Anchorage apartment and police have identified two teenage suspects. Police on Thursday morning descended on the 4200 block of Mountain View Drive and reported a man was shot multiple times in the apartment. The man wasÃâà...
Seattle Times
April 12, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man Anchorage police identified as a “person of interest” in a homicide has turned himself in to detectives. Police say the 23-year-old man, a felon, was arrested Wednesday night on a weapons misconduct charge. Police say the man had a weapon in his possession.
KFQD
April 11, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A Valdez woman died after she was struck by a pickup as she stood outside a bar. Anchorage television station KTVA reports 31-year-old Chellsie Hoffman was struck at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday as she stood outside the Boardroom Bar. The truck drove off. Witnesses told policeÃâà...
KTUU.com
April 11, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Fireworks on New Year's Eve lit the way to hope of more peaceful times on the streets of Anchorage, after a 2017 that saw the city reach ... APD on Tuesday re-released security camera images of a silver or gray Chevy Trailblazer SUV, that police say was seen near the shooting seen.
U.S. News & World Report
April 11, 2018
Anchorage Police Open Homicide Inquiry After Man's Death ... ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The death of a 36-year-old Anchorage man has become a homicide investigation. Tyshaun ... Police early Monday afternoon were called to a home on Chugach Way between Spenard Road and Arctic Boulevard.
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 10, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have arrested a 60-year-old suspect in the theft of walrus ivory and carved artifacts from a store on the city's east side. Timothy ... Airport police Saturday night checked on a man whom witnesses said was asking for gas money at Point Woronzof. PoliceÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
April 2, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A police dog aided in the arrest of a burglary suspect at an Anchorage liquor store. Police say the dog, Kenai, found 37-year-old Maggie Jackson-Fairbanks hiding behind a ventilation system. She is charged with felony burglary and theft. She is represented by the state publicÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 31, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's two largest police agencies do not have any current plans to equip their officers with body cameras, officials said. Officers with the Anchorage Police Department and Alaska State Troopers are not outfitted with body cameras despite the tool becoming increasinglyÃâà...
Anchorage Daily News
March 31, 2018
Jesse Alleva, of Grubstake Auction, sells off the contents of storage unit at Dimond Mini Storage in South Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, March 24, 2018. (Bob Hallinen / ADN). Wait 1 second to continue. ... Anchorage police seized everything for evidence. "I had to give that whole unit back," he said.
KTUU.com
March 31, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) Anchorage police say two separate investigations appear connected by one location. According to APD three people, including a child reported being hit by BB pellets in the area of Mountain View Drive and Park Lane. 14-year-old Patrick Frerich walks his dog Bella everydayÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 31, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's two largest police agencies do not have any current plans to equip their officers with body cameras, officials said. Officers with the Anchorage Police Department and Alaska State Troopers are not outfitted with body cameras despite the tool becoming increasinglyÃâà...
Anchorage Daily News
March 31, 2018
Anchorage man told school bus driver he would kill her before trying to board the bus, police say. pencil Author: Tegan ... Richard Allen apears in court in front of Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton in the Nesbett Courthouse in downtown Anchorage, AK on Friday, March 30, 2018. At left is publicÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 30, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man killed in a three-car Parks Highway crash south of Wasilla was a 77-year-old resident of Big Lake. Wasilla police say Edward Swanson was a passenger in a car driven by 75-year-old Donna Swanson of Big Lake that was struck by a driver who ran a red light.
U.S. News & World Report
March 29, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Police in Alaska's largest city have arrested a man suspected of threatening a school bus driver after a crash. Police shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday took a call of a crash on 36th Avenue in east Anchorage involving a bus. Police say the driver of the other vehicle threatenedÃâà...
KTUU.com
March 28, 2018
Lee had multiple outstanding warrants, police say, and faces several charges for this morning's incident, including assault, eluding, and giving false information. 10 a.m. Update: The armed suspect has been arrested following a police dragnet. The man has not yet been identified. According to an alert fromÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 26, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a 20-year-old knife-wielding assault suspect who charged an officer and was fatally ... Police say Clark and a woman were walking home shortly before 6:30 p.m. when they got into a fight in the parking lot of a Home Depot store inÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 22, 2018
Anchorage police are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck by one or more vehicles that did not stop afterward. March 22, 2018, at 3:21 ... ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a man struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash. Police say the man killedÃâà...
The Seattle Times
March 19, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a man found dead of a gunshot wound in a car of the city's south side. Police say 28-year-old Jacob Stough was shot Friday night in his upper body in one of three weekend shootings. Witnesses spotted a car blocking traffic andÃâà...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
March 19, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a man found dead of a gunshot wound in a car of the city's south side. Police say 28-year-old Jacob Stough was shot Friday night in his upper body in one of three weekend shootings. Witnesses spotted a car blocking traffic andÃâà...
KTVA
March 15, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- McKenna Wall was driving home last weekend in Fairbanks, Alaska, when she noticed something odd about the sled dog team running on the ... She had searched unsuccessfully for the dogs in the neighborhood, and when she called police, they knew where to direct her. "At leastÃâà...
KFQD
March 15, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Authorities say two climbers missing on a mountain in southeast Alaska are presumed dead. Alaska State Troopers say weather initially hampered the search last week for 34-year-old George “Ryan” Johnson of Juneau and 25-year-old Marc-Andre Leclerc of British Columbia.
KTUU.com
March 14, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Update: The owner of a stolen pick-up truck, that fled by ramming through a snow berm and then sped off across a slick, south Anchorage parking lot Monday ... Voelker and his friend were in the parking lot watching as police tried to surround the stolen truck and catch the thief.
KTUU.com
March 14, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Anchorage Police said a woman died Tuesday evening after she was hit by an Alaska Railroad train. APD said Arctic Blvd. is closed in both directions at the Dowling Road overpass due to the fatal collision involving a pedestrian and a train. MJ Thim, spokesperson for the APD saysÃâà...
youralaskalink
March 13, 2018
Anchorage, AK – As the municipality mails off its first ever Vote-by-Mail election ballot today, Your Alaska Link spoke to City Manager Bill Falsey. ... So, the Anchorage Police Department is now going to be on that Highway 24/7, which means we are now carrying a greater burden of that responsibility thanÃâà...
KTUU.com
March 8, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage Police Department on Wednesday announced the beginning of permanent, full-time patrols along the Seward Highway as far as Ingram Creek, effective immediately. "It's going to be a bisible, continual presence by APD on the highway," said AnchorageÃâà...
KTUU.com
March 7, 2018
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - A night time arrest in Anchorage narrowly avoided bloodshed when several shots were fired feet away from police officers making an arrest. According to authorities, whoever fired the shots got away. Police say the incident began when a car was spotted in Fairview whichÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 7, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Anchorage Police Department has announced it will immediately begin full-time patrols along the Seward Highway. Alaska State ... Anchorage police began limited patrols along the highway last October, which had been paid for by a one-time $200,000 legislative grant.
youralaskalink
March 7, 2018
Anchorage, AK – Tununak has been urgently attempting to recruit new police officers, however low salaries and its unaffordable, unsafe housing environment has been a challenge for the ... The AHFC has predicted that the police force housing establishment will be completed by this coming October.
KTUU.com
February 15, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Anchorage Police said Thursday night that arrest warrants have been issued for a man wanted in connection to a shooting incident late last month. APD said in a press release that officers responded to a shooting on January 28th in the 5900-block of 6th Avenue. Police say shotsÃâà...
Farmington Daily Times
February 10, 2018
He said there was an incident when he worked for the Anchorage, Alaska, Police Department in which someone pulled up alongside a patrol vehicle and fired at the officer. Hebbe worked for the Anchorage Police Department for 23 years before joining Farmington police. Joshua Kellogg covers crime,Ãâà...
Seattle Times
February 7, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who fired shots at pursuing police officers and killed an Alaska State Trooper police dog has been convicted of attempted murder and felony assault. Anchorage television station KTVA reports 27-year-old Almando Abarca in September 2016 shot and killed the trooperÃâà...
CBS News
February 7, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- An Alaska Airlines flight to Seattle was forced to return to Anchorage early Wednesday after a passenger locked himself in the bathroom, took off all his clothes, and refused to follow crew instructions, airport police said. CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA-TV reports the plane returned toÃâà...
Seattle Times
February 7, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Relatives of a man fatally shot by an Alaska police officer said Wednesday they have more questions than answers after viewing videos from the officer's body and patrol car cameras. Micah McComas' family said in a statement that they find it suspicious the videos did notÃâà...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
February 6, 2018
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a man shot and killed last month in the Spenard neighborhood. Police say the man ... As police responded, more calls came in about shots fired and several people running away in the 3400 block of Spenard Road. Police foundÃâà...
KTUU.com
December 31, 1999
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - One person was shot inside a Spenard trailer early Saturday morning during what Anchorage police say appears to be drug-related ... APD says all three suspects had left the scene by the time officers arrived, and police don't know if they left on foot or in a vehicle. It's alsoÃâà...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
This week, students at East High School in Anchorage, Alaska had an active shooter drill where a police officer fired blank shots from a handgun while students stayed inside their classrooms and school administrators alerted people about the fake shooter. The purpose of the training was to teach studentsÃâà...
KTVA
December 31, 1999
The panelists included one of their classmates, the Anchorage School District's safety director and chief academic officer, and the Anchorage Police Department's deputy chief. undefined. “Schools are here to support the students, academically, emotionally and safety is one of our top concerns,” saidÃâà...
KTUU.com
December 31, 1999
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Two of Anchorage's top officials took a digital approach to addressing community concerns during an online question and answer session. On Friday, Mayor Ethan Berkowitz and Police Chief Justin Doll answered questions for half an hour. Both the mayor and police chiefÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 27-year-old man spotted dragging a wrapped body to his sport utility vehicle has been arrested and held on suspicion of first-degree murder and evidence ... Police spokesman MJ Thim (tim) says the public response was critical to the arrest of the homicide suspect.
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police have released the name of a 20-year-old knife-wielding assault suspect who charged an officer and was fatally shot. ... Police say Clark ignored commands to stop, and with knife in hand, turned and ran toward the officer, who fired and killed him. The StateÃâà...
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