As parishioners attended Sunday services at Chapel by the Lake Church, Juneau Police were nearby arresting a man who is now charged with one count of terroristic threats in the second degree.
Crime & Courts
Sitka police arrest fugitive hiding in elaborate tunnel system
“And we find this dungeon door. It was like a door, you go down these stairs, and it was locked from the inside,” said Sitka police Lt. Lance Ewers.
Missing man sought in connection with Aniak death also found dead
After discovering a dead man with a gunshot wound in his head at an Aniak man’s home last weekend, Alaska State Troopers have now located the home’s resident, also dead.
Juneau police make arrest in 2014 Kenney murder case
Police have arrested 28-year-old Nora Edith Thomas, who was the Juneau stabbing victim’s live-in girlfriend at the time of his death. She’s accused of second degree murder.
Supreme Court: Ban On Automatic Life Sentences For Juveniles Is Retroactive
The decision is expected to affect the fates of some 2,100 juvenile murderers who now have the possibility of parole.
Obama Announces Reforms To Solitary Confinement In Federal Prisons
The president is making changes that include banning solitary confinement for juvenile offenders and for prisoners who have committed low-level infractions.
Public Integrity Unit would aim to improve trust in government
The unit would focus on shootings and other cases in which law enforcement officers used force, as well as deaths in jails and prisons and allegations of corruption.
Former Akiachak teacher reports sexual assault, harassment in lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed against the Yupiit School District, four Akiachak school supervisors and an Alaska State Trooper official for allegedly showing “deliberate indifference” when a former school teacher was sexually assaulted and continuously harassed during her nearly three years teaching there.
Former Oklahoma City Police Officer Sentenced To 263 Years For Sexual Assaults
Daniel Holtzclaw was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting multiple women while on the job. A judge has sentenced him to 263 years, served consecutively — the maximum possible sentence.
Drunk driver plows into Sitka post office
Police are investigating a woman for drunken driving after she crashed her SUV into the Sitka’s downtown postal substation Tuesday night.