They determine that Jose Perez potentially serving a year or more for an interference charge would be manifestly unjust.
Public Safety
AK crime stats: jump in assaults against police
Statistics gathered by Alaska State Troopers show the state has seen an increase in assaults against law enforcement.
Update: Pilot in fatal plane crash identified
Kevin Murray, 56, from Washington state was the only person on board the Piper Cherokee that went down Thursday morning near Point Howard, 23 miles west of Juneau.
AEL & P warns customers of telephone scam
Juneau’s electric utility is warning customers of a new telephone scam, where a caller posing as an AEL & P employee tries to get credit card information.
Fishing boat sinks near Sitka AK; crew rescued
The Coast Guard says a 50-foot fishing vessel capsized and sank while pulling in loaded salmon nets but another nearby boat rescued all five of the stricken vessel’s crew members.
Update: Searchers locate wreckage of missing plane, pilot dead
A Coastal Helicopters crew spotted the wreckage of a missing small plane Thursday afternoon in the Point Howard area between Juneau and Gustavus. A Juneau Mountain Rescue team later found the pilot’s body at the crash site.
UPDATE: Coast Guard, good Samaritans searching for missing small plane near Point Howard
The Coast Guard and a commercial helicopter company are looking for a small plane that went missing between Juneau and Gustavus this morning.
Arson suspected in Kodiak park fire
Juneau’s not the only Alaska community with a park vandalism problem. Kodiak Police say an arson fire damaged the ice rink cover at Baranof Park early Wednesday morning.
Gustavus man sentenced in federal DUI case
James Albert Olivit was arraigned, entered a guilty plea, and sentenced on Monday in U.S. District Court.
Traffickers in oxy, cocaine, meth, and ecstacy sentenced
A total of six people have been sentenced in U.S. District Court for trying to move and sell drugs in Juneau.