Anchorage Daily News

Accountant admits embezzling from Native corporation

A 45-year-old Seattle-area accountant has admitted that he embezzled $188,000 from a subsidiary of an Alaska Native corporation.

Child-pornography suspect arrested

An Anchorage man under investigation for possessing child pornography was arrested after he booked a flight to leave the state, according to police.

Cocaine seller gets 10 years

An Anchorage man has received 10 years in federal prison for dealing drugs.

Teen accused of driving over woman

A 17-year-old Akiachak boy has been arrested on a felony assault charge after he ran over a woman while recklessly driving a four-wheeler, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Injury during Kwethluk arrest leaves a lot of questions

A father of four lies in a hospital bed, partially paralyzed from the shoulders down. The tribal police officer who allegedly hurt him has fled town.

Assault with rock, fire leads to prison

An Anchorage man who beat and set afire a sleeping homeless man was sentenced Friday to serve seven years in prison for assault, according to prosecutors.

Robbery fizzles after soda defense

Soda is credited with foiling a robbery at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Gun collection nets federal term

A 41-year-old Ketchikan man will serve time in a federal prison for illegally possessing firearms.

State makes deal with teen shooter

A 17-year-old charged with murdering a close friend has struck a deal with the state to plead guilty to a manslaughter charge, according to documents filed in court.

Teen's gunplay leads to charge of second-degree murder

Accountant accused of cheating NANA firm

A Seattle-area accountant has been accused of cheating an Alaska Native firm of $188,000.

Drunken snowmachine thief gets two years

A man who drunkenly sped through a village on a stolen snowmachine has been sentenced to two years in jail.

Police seek women suspected of fraud

Anchorage Police are asking for help from the public in identifying the women in the accompanying photo, who are suspected of defrauding a bank.

Jury hears, sees details of molestation charges against ex-cop

Sammy Cohen's daughter flew halfway around the world, from active duty in Iraq, to tell an Anchorage jury that her ex-cop father molested her and took pictures of her topless and naked when she was 14.

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May shooting death now ruled a suicide by police

A spring shooting death that had been investigated as a homicide has been ruled a suicide, police said Thursday.

Cook gets 15 years for cleaver attack

A Fairbanks cook was given a 15-year prison sentence for attacking a fellow chef with a meat cleaver.

Fight among partygoers led to fatal shooting, police say

The east-side gunfight that broke out during a rowdy underage drinking party last weekend, killing a teenage girl, grew out of a fight between a local street gang and another group of men, according to court documents filed Wednesday in a related criminal case.

Judge bows out of case involving an Alaska man facing execution

A Deadwood judge who sentenced an Alaska man to die for the 2000 torture murder of an acquaintance has stepped aside for the man's re-sentencing trial, in response to a defense request to recuse himself.

Suspect arrested for stealing car, rolling it; two passengers ejected

Three people were ejected from a vehicle after an Alberta man snatched it while drunk, sped off and rolled it when he lost control, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Stalking suspect says God led him to Jewel's Texas ranch

A man accused of stalking singer-songwriter Jewel at her rural Texas ranch said he was on a mission from God, authorities said Tuesday.

Police sift evidence in shooting death of girl at Muldoon party

Anchorage police continued to investigate the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl at a raucous Muldoon party early Sunday morning but had not made arrests or named any suspects as of Monday evening.

Teenaged girl killed in shooting, police say