Crime & Courts

Isaac Beshaw is accused of killing Steven Williams while he worked at the Speedway Gas station early Monday, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

A 22-year-old man was arrested on first-degree murder charges after the shooting at a gas station, according to the Palmer Police Department.

Benjamin Crittenden repeatedly refused to communicate with his clients, appear in court and disperse settlement funds, according to an state Supreme Court order issued Friday.

Police Chief Sean Case said a man wounded during an exchange of gunfire with an officer on Friday struck an occupied civilian vehicle while shooting.

Federal investigators found “tens of thousands of videos and images” depicting the sexual abuse of children on cellphones belonging to Spc. Seth Herrera, court documents say.

Police have yet to name the man suspected of shooting Carl Washington just off East Fifth Avenue near downtown Anchorage on Thursday.

Caleb Leyland helped plan the 2019 murder of Cynthia Hoffman and let another teen considered the ringleader borrow his car to carry out the act, prosecutors said.

APD Chief Sean Case said the man, who was not identified, was hospitalized with critical injuries.

Alaska State Trooper Jason Woodruff and Sgt. Joseph Miller arrested the wrong man during the May incident on the Kenai Peninsula.

A Dodge sedan missing a passenger-side mirror is believed to be the vehicle that struck the pedestrian and fled the scene, Alaska State Troopers say.

Officers responding to the camp on East 5th Avenue near Karluk Street found a man with a gunshot wound to his upper body.

Leroy Kobuk Sr., 47, was arrested on suspicion of first- and second-degree murder in the beating death of Michaeline Snowball, charges said.

Sgt. Jonathan Butler will not face criminal charges in the June death of 58-year-old Lisa Fordyce-Blair following an hourslong standoff at her home, according to a finding released Tuesday.

Anchorage police Chief Sean Case on Monday provided new details about the moments preceding Easter Leafa’s death. Police say the knife had a 7-inch blade.

Vaughn Walunga was shot in the hand after he fired at two Alaska State Troopers and a court services officers, troopers said.

Cecil Skipper, 33, is facing a charge of first-degree murder.

Police said a man was being held and will be charged with murder in the death of another man found dead with a stab wound in a West Anchorage apartment.

A large crowd marched through downtown Anchorage on Saturday to promote peace and justice for Easter Leafa, who was shot and killed by a police officer this week.

Police said Saturday that they were looking for a suspect.

A statement issued Friday by the union president followed reforms announced by the mayor and police chief after an officer shot and killed a 16-year-old girl this week.

Police said they received multiple calls reporting that a man was firing a shotgun from a Chevy pickup truck near the 3300 block of Eagle Street just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday.

The promises include a third-party examination of what has led to a record string of killings of citizens by Anchorage police officers.

State prosecutors have charged two officials in the community of Pilot Station with illegally manipulating the results of city elections in October 2022 and October 2023.