By Abby Hancock and Neil Torquiano
Channel 2 News
12:49 p.m. AKDT, May 15, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Human remains involved in the disappearance of Angela Dixiano were recovered on Friday, May 11 – more than two years since she was reported missing, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
Lt. Dave Parker, APD Public Information Officer, said the remains were found near Mile 86 of the Glenn Highway, after investigators received information.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/apd-says-angela-dixianos-remains-recovered-after-nearly-2-years-missing-ktuu-20120515,0,7953994.story
May 11, 2012
Samantha Angaiak
Channel 2 News
Anchorage, Ak — In honor of Police Memorial Day, Alaskans in Anchorage and Juneau paid their respects for 62 fallen Law Enforcement Officers. Officials at the State Crime Laboratory read the names of those who lost their lives in the line of duty and rang a bell for each officer.
Read more: http://articles.ktuu.com/2012-05-11/police-officers_31673380
By Jason Lamb, Ted Land and Chris Klint
Channel 2 News
11:19 a.m. AKDT, May 10, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Thursday, Anchorage Police confirmed the body found Tuesday afternoon in a ravine along Golden Eagle Dr. in Eagle River is that of missing JBER Senior Airman Clinton Reeves. Reeves mother, Judy Davis, also confirmed the news to Channel 2 late Wednesday evening.
APD said they made the official notifications to Reeves’ family earlier on Wednesday, but wanted Reeves’ fellow airman to receive the news from their chain of command, before APD made an announcement to the public.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/police-working-to-identify-eagle-river-body-20120509,0,2625001.story
By Abby Hancock, Ted Land, Neil Torquiano and Chris Klint
Channel 2 News
3:43 p.m. AKDT, May 9, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— A Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson airman arrested Tuesday evening in connection with the disappearance of Senior Airman Clinton Reeves allegedly lied to investigators, destroyed bloody clothing and moved Reeves’ car, according to charging documents.
Reeves was last heard from April 22; he has been listed as missing since April 23, when he failed to report for duty. Anchorage police said Tuesday that detectives believe Reeves was the victim of foul play, but have not confirmed whether a man’s body found Tuesday in Eagle River is that of Reeves.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/apd-arrests-airman-for-evidence-tampering-in-missing-jber-case-ktuu-20120509,0,7887805.story
22-year-old vanished more than a week ago; rented Dodge found.
By KYLE HOPKINS
Anchorage Daily News
Published: May 1st, 2012 05:27 AM
Last Modified: May 1st, 2012 09:08 AM
The search for a missing Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson airman has taken a somber turn with homicide and missing persons detectives now taking control of the investigation.
Senior Airman Clinton Reeves, 22, disappeared more than a week ago, military officials say. The “unusual circumstances” surrounding his unexplained absence prompted police to consider the search a possible criminal matter, said Lt. David Parker, a police spokesman.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/04/30/2446150/homicide-missing-persons-detectives.html#storylink=cpy
CBS/AP) ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Israel Keyes, the man suspected of kidnapping and murdering 18-year-old Alaska barista Samantha Koenig.
PICTURES: Missing Alaska barista’s body found, police say
Keyes is accused of killing Koenig less than a day after her abduction. He then allegedly used her cell phone and debit card to demand and obtain ransom money, a federal prosecutor said.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57416301-504083/samantha-koenig-update-israel-keyes-charged-with-kidnapping-and-other-federal-charges-in-alaska-barista-case/
By Jason Lamb and Neil Torquiano
Channel 2 News
11:47 a.m. AKDT, April 18, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Anchorage Police Department says a downtown bar bouncer at Rumrunners and the corporation that owns the bar have been charged with assault and police say there may be more victims who have yet to come forward.
A grand jury indicted 39-year-old Murville L. Lampkin, a Rumrunners bouncer, on a charge of second degree assault in March.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/apd-says-rummrunners-bouncer-and-corporation-charged-in-assault-ktuu-20120418,0,5740062.story
By Jason Lamb, Ted Land and Chris Klint Channel 2 News
4:13 p.m. AKDT, May 9, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
The body found Tuesday afternoon in Eagle River has been identified as that of JBER Senior Airman Clinton Reeves, his mother Judy Davis said late Wednesday evening.
Davis said the Anchorage Police Department told her the news earlier on Wednesday.
APD spokesperson Lt. Dave Parker confirmed that he had spoken with the family on Wednesday, regarding an identification of the body found in Eagle River, but would not say what that identification was.
Parker said the U.S. Air Force has scheduled a formal announcement for 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/police-working-to-identify-eagle-river-body-20120509,0,2625001.story
Family arrived Wednesday from the Missouri and Kansas area
By Kate McPherson
By Corey Allen-Young
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Story Created: May 2, 2012 at 7:24 PM AKDT
Story Updated: May 3, 2012 at 11:43 AM AKDT
ANCHORAGE – Anchorage detectives are still looking for 24-year-old airman Clinton Reeves, who has been missing for 10 days.
His family arrived Wednesday from the Missouri and Kansas area to help with the search.
Reeves’ rental car, a 2012 red Dodge Avenger, was found abandoned in the Russian Jack Park neighborhood last week with his uniform and groceries inside.
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Alex DeMarban April 26, 2012
Another disturbing claim to fame for Alaska puts the state’s two largest cities No. 2 and No. 3 on a Forbes list of the nation’s most dangerous cities for women.
While Anchorage and Fairbanks trailed Saginaw, Mich., for the overall lead, the two Alaska cities had the highest rape rates for cities on the list.
Fairbanks finished third overall, but the Golden Heart City has a monstrous lead in per-capita rapes, with more than double the rape rate of the other nine cities. Forbes reports the equivalent of 191 rapes per 100,000 residents in what it termed a “hotbed for sexual violence.”
Anchorage finished second overall and second in rapes, with 86 per 100,000 residents.
Read More: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/anchorage-fairbanks-among-most-dangerous-cities-women
By Jason Lamb Channel 2 News
4:16 a.m. AKDT, April 30, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage Police say a woman died early Monday morning after slamming an SUV she was driving directly into the Muldoon entrance gate of Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson at about 2 a.m. No one else was hurt.
The gate, which was closed for the evening, is located on Provider Drive, just west of Muldoon Road off the Glenn highway.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/woman-dies-after-slamming-suv-into-jber-muldoon-gate-20120430,0,7634302.story
By Jim Schewe and Neil Torquiano
Channel 2 News
8:44 a.m. AKDT, April 10, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage police said a shooting victim died Monday evening several hours after a domestic dispute at an apartment building located at 3032 W. 42nd Ave.
34-year-old James Marquez was identified by the Anchorage Police Department as the shooting suspect and he was arrested on charges of 1st and 2nd degree murder.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/apd-says-shooting-victim-died-after-domestic-dispute-ktuu-20120410,0,4503379.story
By Rebecca Palsha
Channel 2 News
3:24 p.m. AKDT, April 9, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
The Anchorage Police Department says nobody has died in Anchorage this year in drunk-driving crashes. APD says the number of fatalities from operating under the influence, or OUI, is decreasing, and its “0 for 12″ campaign is aiming for zero local deaths in OUI-related crashes in 2012.
APD reports that in 2007 there were 1,964 arrests for OUI and 11 deaths in OUI-related crashes. In 2011 there were 2,079 arrests with three deaths.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-anchorage-residents-report-impaired-drivers-20120409,0,7759762.story
After former APD Officer Anthony Rollins was convicted of serial rape
By Megan Edge
Story Created: Apr 9, 2012 at 2:50 PM AKDT
Story Updated: Apr 9, 2012 at 8:10 PM AKDT
ANCHORAGE – “We will be conducting an external investigation of the policies and procedures that the Anchorage Police Department utilizes in both the supervision and the disciplinary actions, when employees have infractions,” said Mayor Dan Sullivan.
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Monday, Sullivan announced that with the help of the Internal Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the department will be “reviewed.”
Read more: http://www.ktva.com/home/outbound-xml-feeds/The-City-Investigates-the-Anchorage-Police-Department–146733905.html
April 09, 2012|By Neil Torquiano | Channel 2 News
ANCHORAGE, Alaska —
The Anchorage Police Department and the Alcoholic Beverage Control announced on Monday that a strip club and two restaurants were temporarily shut down for suspected illegal operations after a four-month investigation.
Read more: http://articles.ktuu.com/2012-04-09/drug-activity_31315259
By Chris Klint
Channel 2 News
5:34 p.m. AKDT, April 4, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage police have confirmed that the body recovered from Matanuska Lake Monday is that of missing 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig.
APD spokesperson Lt. Dave Parker said late Wednesday afternoon that autopsy results from the state medical examiner’s office confirmed the identity of Koenig’s body. No cause of death has yet been released.
The news came a day after friends of the Koenig family launched a “Color Everything Green For Samantha” movement on the Find Samantha Koenig Facebook page, encouraging people to wear green — Koenig’s favorite color — and post green ribbons in her memory.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/anchorage-police-say-found-body-is-samantha-koenig-040412,0,7340091.story
By LISA DEMER and MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS
Anchorage Daily News
Published: April 2nd, 2012 11:57 PM
Last Modified: April 3rd, 2012 02:22 PM
A law enforcement dive team on Monday discovered what authorities believe to be the body of Samantha Koenig — the 18-year-old abducted from a Midtown Anchorage coffee stand on Feb. 1, Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew said.
It’s a grim development in a kidnapping case that gripped Anchorage for two months.
The body was found in Matanuska Lake, off the Glenn Highway, Mew said. An autopsy will be conducted to confirm the identity, he said.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/04/02/2403943/police-fbi-plan-koenig-news-conference.html#storylink=cpy
By Carolyn Hall Jensen and Chris Klint Channel 2 News
6:53 p.m. AKDT, April 2, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage police announced Monday evening that a body believed to be that of missing barista Samantha Koenig was found during a crime-scene investigation in Matanuska Lake, apparently ending a months-long mystery that has gripped the city and attracted national coverage.
In a joint appearance with FBI officials at APD headquarters, APD Chief Mark Mew said divers discovered the body Monday morning during an investigation at the lake. The search drew numerous members of APD, the Alaska State Troopers and FBI to the scene, which lies off the Glenn Highway near the Palmer-Wasilla Highway interchange and the Matanuska-Susitna Regional Hospital. State medical examiners will verify identity of the body.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/investigators-say-matanuska-lake-scene-related-to-samantha-koenig-040212,0,442208.story
Police, FBI also seize pickup belonging to man connected to kidnapping of 18-year-old.
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
Published: April 1st, 2012 07:58 PM
Last Modified: April 1st, 2012 07:58 PM
Anchorage police and federal agents Saturday examined a shed seized the night before from the home of Israel Keyes as part of an investigation into Keyes’ possible involvement in the disappearance of Samantha Koenig, the FBI said.
The Anchorage Police Department and FBI are collaborating on the Koenig case, said FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/03/31/2401114/fbi-police-examine-shed-taken.html#storylink=cpy
Police Chief won’t say how man is believed to be linked to Koenig’s case
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
Published: March 27th, 2012 11:13 PM
Last Modified: March 28th, 2012 12:31 PM
The man Anchorage police linked to Samantha Koenig’s disappearance told a judge he is broke and pleaded not guilty in Alaska federal court Tuesday to a charge that he pilfered someone else’s bank account with a stolen debit card.
Police and federal authorities still have not said how the man, Israel Keyes, is connected to Koenig or the 18-year-old barista’s apparent abduction Feb. 1.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/03/27/2394159/man-linked-to-missing-barista.html#storylink=cpy
By Matthew Simon and Chris Klint
Channel 2 News
5:13 p.m. AKDT, March 23, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
The process of transferring Israel Keyes, the “person of interest” in the abduction of 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig arrested earlier this month in Texas, from Texas to Alaska has begun according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Rochelle Liedike, a spokesperson for the Alaska office of the USMS, said Friday afternoon that specifics of Keyes’ transportation — including when he might leave a federal facility in Beaumont, Texas, how he’s traveling and when he’s expected to arrive — are not being released for security reasons.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/israel-keyes-being-taken-to-alaska-by-us-marshals-032312,0,1941984.story
Channel 2 News
7:49 p.m. AKDT, March 25, 2012
The FBI and the Anchorage Police Department Homicide Detectives are asking the public for any information related to the Samantha Koenig abduction case.
Investigators have released new photos of the person of interest in the case, Israel Keyes, and his work truck.
Read more: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-koenig-investigators-release-photos-request-publics-help-20120325,0,1781817.story
“Gathering evidence for ongoing investigation,” said APD spokesperson, who declined to give further details
By KTVA CBS 11 News
Story Created: Mar 13, 2012 at 9:31 PM AKDT
Story Updated: Mar 16, 2012 at 9:51 AM AKDT
ANCHORAGE–The Anchorage Police Department’s major crime scene unit was in a Turnagain neighborhood some time after 7 p.m. Tuesday night, “gathering evidence for an ongoing investigation,” said APD spokesperson Marlene Lammers.
The blue-and-white vehicle was parked in front of a blue house on Spurr Lane as police moved in and out of the building, taking pictures of the structure and the neighborhood.
Read more: http://www.ktva.com/home/outbound-xml-feeds/Major-Crime-Scene-Vehicle-Investigates-142584066.html
Young man murdered near Dimond High School
By Lauren Maxwell
Story Created: Mar 14, 2012 at 7:16 PM AKDT
Story Updated: Mar 14, 2012 at 7:23 PM AKDT
ANCHORAGE – The Anchorage Police Department (APD) is on a hunt for a murder suspect after investigators say the gunman killed a young man in a West Anchorage home and then fled.
The shooting took place just blocks from Dimond High School, at a triplex on Dewberry Street.
APD says the call came in just after 11 a.m. Wednesday morning. By the time police arrived the victim was dead and the suspect had fled in a vehicle.
Read more: http://www.ktva.com/home/outbound-xml-feeds/Police-Look-For-Gunman-Who-Murdered-A-Man-Wednesday-Morning-142725255.html
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A bill that would expand the right to use lethal force as a means of self-defense is dangerous, without support in the prosecutorial community, and rife with potential unintended consequences, an Anchorage prosecutor said Friday.
James Fayette, an assistant district attorney, took a day off work to fly to Juneau on his own dime to speak out against HB80 during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mark Neuman, R-Big Lake, would allow Alaskans to use lethal force in self-defense anywhere they are legally allowed. Current law explicitly affords that right only when someone is at home or work.
Read more: http://www.necn.com/03/16/12/Anchorage-prosecutor-slams-self-defense-/landing_politics.html?&apID=6dc232970c6242c28ac903d821974d2e
Ben Anderson | Mar 22, 2012
A newly-released court document sheds some light on charges against Israel Keyes — the man who Anchorage police believe may have ties to the Feb. 1 abduction of 18-year-old barista Samantha Koenig — and alleges that he may have withdrawn thousands of dollars from a bank account that wasn’t his. Keyes was arrested last week in Lufkin, Tex., and police say a stolen debit card found in Keyes’s possession was used to make withdrawals in Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico before the arrest.
Koenig’s abduction has been subject of much speculation in Alaska and beyond. Her whereabouts or condition remain unknown, and police have offered few details about their investigation or Keyes.
Read more: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/court-document-details-arrest-man-tied-abducted-alaska-barista
By Bill McAllister
Story Created: Mar 15, 2012 at 3:45 PM AKDT
Story Updated: Mar 18, 2012 at 1:00 PM AKDT
ANCHORAGE – (Video of the arrest, courtesy of KTRE in Texas…) Anchorage police have confirmed a man arrested in East Texas is connected with the abduction of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig a month-and-a-half ago.
Israel Keyes, 34, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon in Lufkin, Texas. FBI agents, Texas Rangers and Department of Public Safety investigators said there was enough evidence in Keyes’ white car to connect him with an out-of-state kidnapping.
Read more: http://www.ktva.com/home/outbound-xml-feeds/Arrest-Made-in-Koenig-Abduction-142864535.html
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
Published: February 24th, 2012 10:52 PM
Last Modified: February 24th, 2012 10:52 PM
Anchorage police say a young man and his juvenile accomplice are charged with stealing a pickup, its attached trailer and items from other vehicles near Arctic Boulevard and Raspberry Road early Friday.
Devontay Gordon, 19, and a 17-year-old male face charges of vehicle theft and criminal mischief, said police, who are now looking for anyone else whose belongings may have been pilfered.
A Halliburton Energy Services employee started a pickup just before 4 a.m. in the 6900 block of Arctic Boulevard to let it warm up, then called 911 when he saw the truck and attached 24-foot trailer being driven away, police said. He jumped in another vehicle to follow the pickup, lost track of it, then found it abandoned about a mile away, police said.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/02/24/2335395/2-charged-with-stealing-pickup.html#storylink=cpy
CHARGED: Police say they met the 2 women in a downtown bar.
By MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS
Anchorage Daily News
Published: February 20th, 2012 09:26 PM
Last Modified: February 20th, 2012 09:29 PM
Two men were arrested over the weekend for allegedly sexually assaulting two women they met while drinking at a downtown Anchorage bar, police said Monday.
Ethmer Rader III, 43, and Lawrence Nicolaides, 33, were arrested on Saturday. The men allegedly met two women while drinking at the Gaslight Lounge that they later took to a Spenard hotel and sexually assaulted. Police don’t know how they got from the bar to the hotel, said APD spokesman Lt. Dave Parker.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327921/two-jailed-on-sexual-assault-charges.html#storylink=cpy
THEY DIDN’T FIRE: So far, no relatives have been located.
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
Published: February 17th, 2012 11:37 PM
Last Modified: February 18th, 2012 01:05 AM
An Anchorage man suspected of sexually abusing a child died after shooting himself Thursday just before detectives could arrest him, a police spokeswoman said.
The police had warrants Thursday to arrest John Fields, 44, and search his home in the 700 block of North Pine Street. The detectives knocked on Fields’ door about 9 a.m. but nobody answered.
“They forced entry into the home, because they had a search warrant,” police spokeswoman Anita Shell said. “(They) did not know he was there, because he didn’t come to the door.”
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2012/02/17/2323760/abuse-suspect-who-shot-self-in.html#storylink=cpy
