Male bear was shot several times, wrapped in a tarp, and tied to makeshift anchor weight before dumped in the water
Crime & Courts
Anchorage man appointed to Court of Appeals bench
Douglas Kossler is currently the appellate unit supervisor for the Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals
Troopers investigate assault aboard cruise ship
Alaska State Troopers are investigating a sexual assault alleged to have taken place aboard a cruise ship. Troopers say a female crew member on the Star Princess reported being assaulted by two other crew members as the ship was sailing through Chatham Strait on its way to Juneau. Spokeswoman Beth Ipsen says the assault reportedly…
Juneau Police officers promoted
Deputy Chief Ed Mercer and Lieutenant Scott Erickson are long-time veterans
Douglas business on auction block
Owner Patrick Peterson owes the IRS nearly $1 million
Yakutat cold case homicide trial may be delayed again
Robert Dean Kowalski is charged for the 1996 death of girlfriend Sandra Perry
Nunam Iqua man charged with fatal house fire
Derek Adams, 19, charged with seventeen felonies, including three murder charges
Juneau man cited for shooting at bear
Roger R. Sheakley did not report that a possibly wounded bear was still in the Kanat’a Deyi Street neighborhood
Former officer to serve nine years in prison
Lieutenant Troy Wilson was arrested following the shooting incident at his home in April 2012
Judge denies DNA test in Newton Lambert case
Defense asserted that shirt and pant fabric samples point to other suspects in 1982 murder of Anne and James Benolken