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Dec 26 2018

Report: Arrest rates for most drug crimes down for last three decades

By Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Crime & Courts, Health

According to a recent fact sheet released by the Alaska Justice Information Center, arrest rates for most drug crimes in Alaska have fallen over the past three decades.

By Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media | December 26, 2018 2:55 pm

Dec 19 2018

(Photo by Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

Updated: Federal criminal justice bill passes Senate, without support from Murkowski and Sullivan

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Crime & Courts, Nation & World

President Trump is congratulating the U.S. Senate for passing a criminal justice reform bill that shortens sentences for some federal inmates. It passed the Senate Tuesday night, but both Alaska senators voted against it.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | December 19, 2018 12:28 pm

Dec 13 2018

Updated: Juneau police find and arrest felony escape defendant

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Juneau, Public Safety

William Moy, Jr., escaped custody Wednesday and failed to return to jail. Juneau police located and arrested Moy on Friday. Moy was previously charged with felony escape and other misdemeanor offenses.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | December 13, 2018 2:46 pm

Dec 06 2018

(Graphic by Annita Lucchesi (Southern Cheyenne descendant), PhD-c, courtesy of Urban Indian Health Institute)

Alaska Native groups ask Dunleavy to investigate missing and murdered indigenous women

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Crime & Courts, Interior, Southcentral, State Government

A dozen Alaska Native groups cosigned a letter asking Dunleavy to include money in his proposal for the next state budget, which his administration is scheduled to release on Dec. 15.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | December 6, 2018 5:48 pm

Dec 06 2018

David Glenn Waits. (Photo courtesy of Juneau Police Department)

Updated: Juneau police investigate bank robbery at downtown Wells Fargo

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Juneau

Wells Fargo employees contacted police Thursday afternoon to report that a person came into the bank and passed a note to a teller demanding money. On Friday, the Juneau Police Department identified the suspect as Juneau resident David Glenn Waits, 54.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | December 6, 2018 5:25 pm

Dec 03 2018

Juneau police want help finding Micah William Nelson. They're calling him a person of interest in some recent reckless driving incidents. (Photo courtesy Juneau Police Department)

Police arrest person of interest in Thanksgiving Day shooting

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Juneau, Public Safety

The Juneau Police Department searched for Micah Nelson for more than 10 days following an alleged narcotics sale that resulted in a Juneau man being sent to the hospital with a gunshot wound. After police located him on Sunday, Nelson turned himself in.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | December 3, 2018 12:09 pm

Nov 29 2018

Workers sort opilio crab at the UniSea plant in Unalaska. Company officials have said they're hoping to employ four inmates during the winter fishing season.

Unalaska OKs trial program to employ prison inmates at fish plant

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB-Unalaska | Aleutians, Crime & Courts, Fisheries, Northwest, State Government

Unalaska City Council’s five-to-one vote overturned last month’s narrow rejection of the program, authorizing a “trial run” for four inmates to live and work at the UniSea fish processing plant.

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB-Unalaska | November 29, 2018 4:06 pm

Nov 29 2018

What’s behind recent threats in Anchorage schools?

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Crime & Courts, Education, Public Safety, Southcentral

Officials in Anchorage stress that while none of the threats have posed a real risk to public safety, they’re being taken seriously. But why do clusters of threatening messages like these happen all at once?

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | November 29, 2018 1:06 pm

Nov 27 2018

Dzantik’i Heeni students ordered to stay put as police search for ‘person of interest’ in Thanksgiving shooting

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Juneau, Public Safety

Students at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School were told to stay inside the building Tuesday afternoon while the Juneau Police Department searched the area for a person of interest in last week’s Thanksgiving Day shooting. A school resource officer escorted students to buses after school got out for the day.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | November 27, 2018 3:16 pm

Nov 23 2018

Gov. Walker picks Valdez judge for Juneau bench

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Juneau, Southeast, State Government

District Court Judge Daniel Schally of Valdez previously served as an assistant district attorney for Southeast Alaska. Three other judges were also appointed to fill court vacancies.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | November 23, 2018 11:32 am

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Report: Arrest rates for most drug crimes down for last three decades

Updated: Federal criminal justice bill passes Senate, without support from Murkowski and Sullivan

Updated: Juneau police find and arrest felony escape defendant

Alaska Native groups ask Dunleavy to investigate missing and murdered indigenous women

Updated: Juneau police investigate bank robbery at downtown Wells Fargo

Police arrest person of interest in Thanksgiving Day shooting

Unalaska OKs trial program to employ prison inmates at fish plant

What’s behind recent threats in Anchorage schools?

Dzantik’i Heeni students ordered to stay put as police search for ‘person of interest’ in Thanksgiving shooting

Gov. Walker picks Valdez judge for Juneau bench

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