Crime

One person is dead and one person was arrested in connection with a shooting early Saturday morning.

The Fairbanks Police Department issued a statement warning residents to be on the lookout for "spoofing" scams, including signs to be alert for.

A former substitute teacher in Kivalina was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 more years of supervised release for soliciting nude photos and sex from young girls at the school where he worked.

With prayers, song, and word, members of the Fairbanks community gathered for a vigil in remembrance of Sophie Sergie

Steven Downs is charged with murder and sexual assault in the 1993 death of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.

Defense rests, closing arguments to start next week in the jury trial of Steven Downs

The State rested their case with witness testimony as the Jury Trial for Steven Downs nears the end. The Defense brought forth their witnesses to testify before the jurors. Steven Downs is on trial for the murder and rape of Sophie Sergie in 1993.

Jury selection for the trial of Steven Downs starts this week.

Jury trial for Steven Downs continues with witness testimonies

The jury trial for Steven Downs

The final days of the Jury Trial of Steven Downs continued Wednesday as State Prosecutors brought forward their final witnesses

In court, testimony relied heavily on the cross-examination of forensic scientists from the Alaska State Crime Lab.

Titus is currently wanted by AST on three warrants

Former employees at Alaska State Crime Lab testify in the Jury Trial of Steven Downs

Norman Thompson testifies in Jury Trial of Steven Downs

Alaska State Troopers arrest 22-year-old Takodah Veach

An Idaho man is facing murder charges after Anchorage police linked him to a 1985 death using DNA testing.

Shooting victim identifies Takoda Veach as the assailant

Witness testimony reveals details on noises heard the night of the murder

A doctor in Wasilla has been sentenced to close to three years in federal prison for illegally prescribing narcotics to patients, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Alaska, announced the sentencing of four Anchorage residents for their involvement in defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of almost $350,000 through a snow removal service, capping a six-year investigation.

North Pole Police Department reports an update to the Wednesday armed robbery and murder case

Fairbanks borough residents have received scam calls from individuals claiming to be with Medicare and Tanana Valley Clinic.

Attempted robbery gone wrong

Tristan Jamal Grant, aka “Goo”, age 35, will serve 35 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release

Jay Allen Johnson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of threatening to murder a U.S. official

Two people from St. Paul Island have been arrested and are accused of killing a 2-year-old boy who was in their care, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

Fairbanks Police Department has arrested and charged Alnise Wyles for allegedly embezzling over $90,000 from Fairbanks Youth Advocates.

A former employee of Fairbanks Youth Advocates/The Door has been arrested and charged with allegedly embezzling over $90,000.

Mark Cruz Nystuen, 33, of Anchorage has been indicted on 12 felony counts, including Attempted Murder in the First Degree.