Chris Klint
KTUU.com
7:10 p.m. AKST, December 7, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage police arrested a 19-year-old woman Wednesday evening they say was the driver in an April hit-and-run collision that killed 28-year-old Hubert Tunuchuk.
Ashley Bashore was arrested by APD Traffic Unit detectives shortly before 6 p.m., according to police spokesperson Lt. Dave Parker. A grand jury had charged her with leaving the scene of an injury accident, criminally negligent homicide and tampering with physical evidence.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/anchorage-police-arrest-woman-after-april-fatal-hit-and-run-120711,0,3061573.story
By JAMIE PARSELL
Bluefield Daily Telegraph The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Tue Dec 06, 2011, 05:02 AM EST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Princeton man, who used an Internet screen name “WV-Perv,” will spend 30 years in prison for traveling to Alaska to engage in a sexual act with a 9-year-old girl.
Thomas Daniel Niswander, 65, was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, by Senior United States District Judge H. Russel Holland. Niswander was arrested in May after weeks of communication in a chat room with an undercover agent.
Read More: http://bdtonline.com/local/x1612759893/WV-Perv-guilty-as-charged
TOWNHOUSE: Man apparently killed girlfriend, hanged self.
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
By CASEY GROVE Anchorage Daily News
Published: November 29th, 2011 11:07 PM
Last Modified: November 29th, 2011 11:07 PM
A man hanged himself after stabbing his girlfriend in their rented South Anchorage townhouse, where the man’s brother found their bodies Monday afternoon, police said.
Tae Won Ro, 40, was found hanging by a rope in the second-floor living area, and an autopsy showed he had strangled, police spokesman Lt. Dave Parker said in a written statement. A medical examiner found that Yoo Jin Kim, 33, died from multiple stab wounds, Parker said. She was discovered lying on the home’s third floor, surrounded by blood, said Detective Mark Huelskoetter
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/11/29/2194312/police-say-deaths-were-murder.html#ixzz1fCbIVrjN
By Tim Akimoff, Jason Lamb and Michelle Theriault Boots
Channel 2 News
6:49 p.m. AKST, November 28, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage police have found two bodies at a home on Bona Kim Loop in South Anchorage.
Police said the bodies of the man and woman — who police originally said might be a married couple, but then said were likely boyfriend and girlfriend — were found by family members who came to check in after not hearing from the couple for a few days.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-apd-finds-two-dead-bodies-on-bona-kim-loop-20111128,0,2581124.story
By Chris Klint and Jackie Bartz
KTUU.com
5:47 p.m. AKST, November 12, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
An Anchorage man apologized for colliding with police officer Jennifer Pierce’s vehicle in July and seriously injuring her at his arraignment Sunday on charges including DUI and reckless driving. Jariss Black, 21, was arrested Saturday after surrendering at a Spenard APD substation.
“I don’t know if the victim was here or not, but I just want to apologize to her,” Black said in court Sunday.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/anchorage-police-arrest-man-after-collision-with-apd-officer-111211,0,5641641.story
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Anchorage Daily News / adn.com
Published: November 10th, 2011 07:36 AM
Last Modified: November 10th, 2011 07:37 AM
Police say two young men are dead after being shot by a man who said they forced their way into his East Anchorage home overnight and tried to rob him.
Another man, who is believed to have accompanied the two men who were shot, ran from the scene and is being sought, police said
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/11/10/2163898/police-say-two-dead-in-apparent.html#ixzz1dJkr3k2y
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Anchorage Daily News
Posted: November 7, 2011 – 11:12 am
From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage –
A man who blasted bear spray into a police officer’s face during a traffic stop late Saturday night in Midtown has been arrested on felony eluding and assault charges.
A man accused of trying to run down an officer about two hours later in South Anchorage is under arrest too.
That according to Anchorage police, who initially thought the two men — who look alike and both had warrants out for their arrest — were the same guy. All told, four people have been arrested following a sequence of violent traffic stops and hot pursuits in Anchorage that included an officer firing on, but missing, one of the suspects.
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By Chris Klint and Todd Walker
KTUU.com
November 7, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage Police have two suspects in custody for their involvement in a weekend chase and assault on officers.
Late Sunday night, a joint task-force including APD’s Special Assignments Unit, and Alaska State Troopers arrested three people, and brought in two others for questioning in this case
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/high-speed-chase-suspect-fired-on-by-anchorage-police-110611,0,3981606.story
ASSAULT: Suspect accused of attempting to run down officer.
By LISA DEMER
Anchorage Daily News
By LISA DEMER Anchorage Daily News
Published: November 6th, 2011 11:03 PM
Last Modified: November 6th, 2011 11:04 PM
Anchorage police were searching for a suspect Sunday who they say tried to run over an officer after a pursuit earlier in the day. The officer shot at the man’s vehicle but police don’t believe the suspect was hit, police spokeswoman Marlene Lammers said.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/11/06/2157402/police-search-for-suspect-who.html#ixzz1d2BoyIpZ
By Chris Klint
KTUU.com
12:45 p.m. AKDT, November 2, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— A video camera in an Anchorage Police Department cruiser captured a pickup truck colliding with a light pole on the Glenn Highway Tuesday morning, causing it to fall into traffic.
APD spokesperson Anita Shell says traffic officer Rick Dykstra’s patrol car was inbound on the Glenn near the Hiland Road exit just after 6 a.m. Tuesday when 30-year-old Dale Cooper, driving a Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, lost control of his vehicle about 200 feet ahead of Dykstra.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/video-camera-captures-pickup-truck-colliding-with-light-pole-110211,0,3152449.story
By Christine Kim
Channel 2 News
6:36 p.m. AKDT, October 31, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
The Anchorage Police Department is warning motorists to drive carefully and be prepared after the first snowfall of the year, and the slick conditions on the roads that follow.
Anchorage Police said that since snow first fell Sunday to Monday morning, there have been 122 accidents, 10 accidents involving injuries, and 66 reports of vehicles in distress.
The city’s street maintenance manager said it brought out its plows late Sunday night to clear the roads, and will have its operators working around the clock to sand the roads throughout town. The city said there were 20 requests to sand the roads Monday, which is less than anticipated
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-police-warn-drivers-of-slick-roads-after-first-snowfall-20111031,0,273331.story
3 IN ONE WEEKEND: Rash of cases has APD detectives stretched thin.
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
By CASEY GROVE Anchorage Daily News
Published: October 30th, 2011 10:20 PM
Last Modified: October 30th, 2011 10:35 PM
Three unrelated killings in a single weekend, including a stabbing death near downtown early Sunday, boosted the number of homicides in Anchorage so far this year to an even dozen.
The recent cases include a shootout on Muldoon Road earlier in October, a fatal stabbing Friday in South Anchorage, and a shooting at the Millennium Alaskan Hotel in Spenard on Saturday. Add in Sunday’s stabbing, and the number of Anchorage homicide victims in 2011 nearly doubled in less than a month.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/10/30/2146824/deadly-october-closes-with-flurry.html#ixzz1cN8QLESk
Police first responded to the shooting at the Millenium Hotel just after 6:30 p.m, where they found 55-year-old Kerry Fadely dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
By Kirsten Swann
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Story Created: Oct 30, 2011 at 9:36 AM AKDT
(Story Updated: Oct 31, 2011 at 7:14 AM AKDT )
Victor Rodriguez Flores, 45, faces charges of first-degree murder after witnesses said he gunned down his former manager at an Anchorage hotel Saturday night.
Police first responded to the shooting at the Millenium Hotel just after 6:30 p.m, where they found 55-year-old Kerry Fadely dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
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By Tim Akimoff and Chris Klint
Channel 2 News
10:01 a.m. AKDT, October 30, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a local man Sunday morning. Yoder Blalock, 34, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder later Sunday.
According to APD Homicide Unit Sgt. Slawomir Markiewicz, witnesses say Blalock pulled up in a truck at about 5:30 a.m. near an apartment on the 600 block of East 3rd Avenue rented by the victim, 38-year-old Nathan Tanape, who was drinking with friends and had stepped outside. The two did not know each other, but got into an altercation in an alley near the apartment building.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/fatal-stabbing-anchorage-police-investigate-second-fatal-stabbing-and-third-homicide-in-three-nights-20111030,0,2625027.story
2 DEAD: Suspect in killing also accused of attempted murder and assault.
By KYLE HOPKINS
Anchorage Daily News
By KYLE HOPKINS Anchorage Daily News
Published: October 25th, 2011 10:53 PM
Last Modified: October 25th, 2011 10:54 PM
A man accused of murder in a deadly Oct. 10 gunfight outside a Muldoon bar now faces additional charges of shooting two unarmed people who survived, police say.
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Vang Chang is arraigned on charges of misconduct involving a weapon, assault and tampering with physical evidence Oct. 11, 2011. Police believe he was a participant in the shooting at J.J.’s Lounge on Monday, October 10, 2011.
A grand jury on Tuesday handed down charges of attempted murder and first-degree assault against 25-year-old Lee Chee Chang. Police previously accused Chang only of a single shooting: The killing of Emilio Ramirez, 35, just outside the door of J.J.’s Lounge.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/10/25/2138527/indictment-in-muldoon-battle-reveals.html#ixzz1btvMHbRL
By Ted Land
Channel 2 News
2:06 p.m. AKDT, October 24, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
A new batch of Anchorage Police Department recruits arrived for the first day of the 2011 academy, Monday morning.
Among their ranks are a former bus driver, a retired FBI agent and an experienced law enforcement officer trying to escape a troubled economy in the Lower 48.
“It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was a little kid, I mean literally, it was my dream,” said Gary Curtis, a recruit who grew up in Anchorage.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-anchorage-police-recruits-gather-for-first-day-of-class-20111024,0,7197097.story
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER: He says one man who was killed was holding a gun on him.
By KYLE HOPKINS
Anchorage Daily News
By KYLE HOPKINS Anchorage Daily News
Published: October 24th, 2011 09:33 PM
Last Modified: October 24th, 2011 11:14 PM
A second man has been charged with murder in the gun battle that left two dead and two wounded earlier this month outside a Muldoon pool hall.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/10/24/2136549/2nd-man-charged-with-murder-in.html#ixzz1bnzvhBM3
From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage –
FBI agents say they already know the name of the man they believe robbed a First National Bank branch Wednesday in East Anchorage: Aubrey Leolin Haynie.
He signed it to a check written for $1 million that he left with the teller, an FBI spokesman says.
The FBI is now hunting for Haynie, a 49-year-old Anchorage resident who was previously convicted of bank robbery following a 2004 arrest.
In a note demanding cash in Wednesday’s robbery, Haynie wrote that he needed money to see his mother and threatened to kill the bank clerk, the FBI says
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MULDOON: Lee Chee Chang surrenders at police headquarters.
By KYLE HOPKINS and CASEY GROVE Anchorage Daily News
Published: October 12th, 2011 11:09 PM
Last Modified: October 13th, 2011 07:18 AM
Police arrested a 25-year-old Anchorage man late Wednesday night, charging him with first-degree murder in the ongoing investigation into a deadly shootout outside an East Anchorage bar.
Detectives had been searching for Lee Chee Chang throughout the day, describing Chang as a “person of interest” in the melee that left two dead Monday along Muldoon Road. Accompanied by defense lawyer Rex Butler, Chang surrendered to detectives at about 9:15 p.m. at police headquarters.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/10/12/2116896/2nd-man-arrested-in-muldoon-shootings.html#ixzz1afl0L100
From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage –
Two people are dead and two injured after a shooting shortly after midnight today in Muldoon, Anchorage police say.
Police closed Muldoon Road to traffic at 6th Avenue as they combed the area for the shooter or shooters. The road closure could last until “mid-day,” said Lt. Dave Parker, a police spokesman.
Several people called 911 to report the killings at 12:16 a.m. in the area of J.J.’s Lounge, Parker said. Police arrived to find two men dead.
Read More: http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/158271
By Rebecca Palsha
Channel 2 News
4:19 p.m. AKDT, October 5, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage police officer Jill Martin pulled her patrol car onto the sidewalk Wednesday when she saw a three-vehicle car crash on Bragaw Road, where one driver had turned right on a red light. About 10 passengers from the vehicles involved huddled around a mangled gray car.
It’s a typical day for an APD patrol officer, which Martin described at a job fair intended to recruit women for the state’s police agencies
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-women-in-law-enforcement-100511,0,6336426.story
JEEP: Grand cherokee likely has damage to its front end.
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
By CASEY GROVE Anchorage Daily News
Published: October 4th, 2011 10:22 PM
Last Modified: October 4th, 2011 10:56 PM
A 25-year-old woman was killed early Tuesday morning near the Northway Mall in what Anchorage police are calling a hit-and-run. The driver fled the area moments after the East Anchorage collision, police said.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/10/04/2103026/body-found-on-road-hit-and-run.html#ixzz1Zv6Qs9AR
by Jackie Bartz
Channel 2 News
11:44 a.m. AKDT, October 4, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Police are crediting Subway employees for the apprehension of a man attempting to rob the Subway on Northern Lights Boulevard in Anchorage.
The suspect walked into the sandwich shop shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday morning and allegedly demanded money from the sandwich artists at the counter, telling them he had a gun.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-sandwich-artists-apprehend-man-attempting-to-rob-anchorage-subway-20111004,0,7862313.story
Christine Kim
Channel 2 News
7:32 a.m. AKDT, October 4, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage Police are investigating a hit and run that left a woman dead early Tuesday morning in East Anchorage.
APD said a driver called in just after 3 a.m., reporting that there was a body lying in the middle of the road.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-woman-found-dead-in-east-anchorage-possible-hit-and-run-20111004,0,2124367.story
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
By CASEY GROVE Anchorage Daily News
Published: October 2nd, 2011 07:19 PM
Last Modified: October 2nd, 2011 07:20 PM
Police suspect a 47-year-old man arrested Friday on charges of sexual abuse of a minor has been abusing children since the 1980s, a police spokeswoman says.
Lowell “Mike” McKee of Anchorage is charged with four counts of abuse following a weeklong investigation, according to police spokeswoman Anita Shell.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/10/01/2098532/man-charged-with-child-sexual.html#ixzz1ZjJPhLXE
By Christine Kim & Abby Hancock
Channel 2 News
3:30 a.m. AKDT, October 2, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Anchorage Police say a two-vehicle crash on Northern Lights Boulevard and Boniface Parkway on Saturday night killed a 22-year-old Anchorage woman.
APD spokesperson Anita Shell said the accident happened at 8:45 p.m. when a Ford Escape SUV driven by 22-year-old Andrew Knowles of Kenai, tried to turn northbound on Boniface and collided with a westbound Ford F350 pickup truck in the intersection.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-accident-shuts-down-northern-lights-at-boniface-for-several-hours-20111002,0,5398383.story
by Jackie Bartz
12:29 p.m. AKDT, September 28, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
Distracted driving is in the spotlight in the wake of Anchorage Chief of Police Mark Mew’s recent iPhone-induced fender bender.
Anchorage’s city manager reprimanded Mew for the incident, during which Mew admitted checking his iPhone while stopped at a red light.
Read More: http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-anchorage-distracted-driver-laws-20110928,0,4755524.story
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
By CASEY GROVE Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 28th, 2011 09:34 PM
Last Modified: September 29th, 2011 07:34 AM
Anchorage police say a woman sleeping outside was found dead early Wednesday in Midtown.
Lena Theresa Joseph, 44, was reported to be not breathing about 6:40 a.m. in the parking lot on the south side of the Carrs grocery store at the Mall at Sears, police said.
Joseph’s boyfriend, Richard Robinson, told police they’d been sleeping under a container trailer in the Carrs parking lot. When he woke up, Joseph wasn’t breathing, police said.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/09/28/2093944/woman-sleeping-outside-in-midtown.html#ixzz1ZLvkrxFR
By CASEY GROVE
Anchorage Daily News
By CASEY GROVE Anchorage Daily News
Published: September 28th, 2011 10:02 PM
Last Modified: September 29th, 2011 07:32 AM
Seventeen years to the day after Anchorage teenager Bonnie Craig was found dead in McHugh Creek, and a little more than three months since a jury convicted her killer, Craig’s family and the managers of an Alaska reward fund made a public plea: Help us solve other cold murder cases.
Read more: http://www.adn.com/2011/09/28/2093730/fund-seeks-new-tips-in-cold-case.html#ixzz1ZLvIz7St
by Jackie Bartz
KTUU Channel 2 News
3:04 p.m. AKDT, September 27, 2011
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
The Anchorage Police Department says it’s now investigating five more potential victims that claim an Anchorage man sexually assaulted them.
Friday, the APD arrested 49-year-old Ralph Hernandez after he allegedly called an ex-girlfriend and asked if she would sedate her 14-year-old daughter in order for him to have sex with her. Police also charged him with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old.
Det. Sgt. Cindi Stanton says following the media reports of the arrest, a potential victim stepped forward. The department was also able to make contact with four potential victims that they knew of, but had not yet made contact with.
No charges have been filed yet. Stanton says that could happen in the coming weeks
