The alleged theft could complicate a particularly brutal homicide case, which involves two teenagers and a robbery gone wrong.
Crime & Courts
Ketchikan fugitives taken into custody on POW
The man and woman skipped town earlier this month after they were charged with felonies related to drugs and weapons.
Federal designation puts Alaska in touch with millions to fight drug trafficking
The head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy recently designated Alaska a “high intensity drug trafficking area,” making the state eligible for grants from a $250 million pool.
Alaska lawmakers approve funding to test rape kits
Juneau Empire reports the funding boost this week will help pay to send the kits to outside labs to examine the untested DNA evidence from sexual assault cases over the past several years.
35-year-old indicted in downtown office burglaries
A grand jury on Thursday indicted a 35-year-old man on multiple charges of felony burglary. Travis Ian Johnson is accused of breaking into several downtown offices on Harris Street.
At a killer’s sentencing, Native Americans talk of healing and enduring suspicions
A man in Washington state got 7 1/2 years for a killing some said was fueled by hate.
State attorney general wants to give more criminal justice options to tribes
Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth talked about the initiatives, such as one that allows tribal courts to take over low level misdemeanor cases from the state, at a tribal court conference in Fairbanks last week.
First alleged accomplice goes on trial in murder of ‘all-American’ Palmer teen
The first of several defendants charged in the high-profile 2016 murder of Palmer teenager David Grunwald went on trial Monday before a packed courtroom. Prosecutors say Erick Almandinger, 18, was part of a small group of teenage accomplices in Grunwald’s beating, kidnapping and execution.
Records: Florida airport shooting suspect mentally competent
Court records say an Alaska man charged with killing five people and wounding six in a shooting rampage at a Florida airport has been found mentally competent and is scheduled to plead guilty later this month.
At Bethel Courthouse, Yup’ik interpreter wins Judge Nora Guinn Award
The criminal justice system can be intimidating for English-as-a-second-language speakers. The stakes are high, the hearings take hours, and it can be hard to understand what’s going on.