Mark Weaver was ordered to stay away from Petersburg as he serves out his five years on probation. He must also pay a $10,000 fine after last year’s incident.
Public Safety
Update: Man dies at Juneau prison 12 hours after being booked
Joseph Murphy, 49, was booked at Lemon Creek Correctional Center around 7 p.m. Thursday night and was being held on non-criminal charges. He was pronounced dead at 7:19 a.m. Friday.
Man in bear costume reported harassing bears on Chilkoot River
The man ran “waving and jumping” up to the weir gate, trying to get the attention of a sow with cubs.
Man accused of distributing child pornography arrested in South Carolina
Gene Geisler, 38, faces two to 12 years in prison for each count, if convicted, and could face 99 years behind bars
The FBI Built a Database That Can Catch Rapists — Almost Nobody Uses It
Only about 1,400 police agencies in the U.S., out of roughly 18,000, participate in the system. The database receives reports from far less than 1 percent of the violent crimes committed annually. It’s not even clear how many crimes the database has helped solve.
Juneau man arrested in connection with out-the-road burglaries
A 25-year-old Juneau man was arrested and arraigned Wednesday on multiple felony charges for stolen firearms and other goods tied to out-the-road burglaries.
“Stop the Violence” walk asks Anchorage to pay attention
After two recent shooting deaths of local teenagers, more than 60 people marched through the rain in East Anchorage Sunday afternoon to raise awareness of violence in the community.
FBI charges Wasilla man in abduction of 2 North Pole children
Agents say there is no evidence of abuse during the time Michael Bowen Jr. allegedly kept the girls locked in the truck.
Aurora Theater Shooter James Holmes Gets Life In Prison Without Parole
The Colorado jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on his sentence. All jurors would have had to agree for Holmes to be sentenced to death for the killings of 12 people in a 2012 shooting spree.
Federal agency launches website to help universities, colleges deal with campus violence
The website was launched nine months after the U.S. Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office announced it would be investigating post-secondary institutions across the nation — including the University of Alaska system.