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Newsby Staff WriterJune 17, 2010

Wounded Anchorage Officer Looks Forward to Patrol Return

It began as a traffic stop early in the morning on June 9 by a veteran Anchorage police officer. Then the driver pulled a gun and shot officer Jean Mills twice. The suspect, fresh out of prison and wanted on new charges, fled.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2010

Anchorage Officers Shoot, Kill Man Who Wouldn't Drop Shotgun

Police were responding to a 911 call from a woman who said she had been assaulted by her husband and had fled to a neighbor's apartment. The call came just after 4:30 a.m.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 9, 2009

National Geographic Debuts 'Alaska State Troopers'

The National Geographic Channel will debut on Wednesday "Alaska State Troopers," a reality series that "captures a mixture of raw nature and criminal activity throughout the Alaskan wilderness and its remote villages," according to the show website.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 1, 2009

Woman Charged with Attempting to Run Down Anchorage Officer

An Anchorage police officer talking to two men on a Fairview corner early Monday became the target of an irate woman who tried running him down with an SUV, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 4, 2009

Anchorage Police Chief to Retire

After 26 years on the force, Anchorage's top cop on Monday said he's quitting to focus on improving a family business and, perhaps, start another job in law enforcement.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 16, 2009

Anchorage Officer Charged with Sexual Assault

A decorated Anchorage Police Department officer has been charged with sexually assaulting six women over the past three years, police chief Rob Heun announced at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 31, 2008

Anchorage Police Identify Large Number of Gang Members

Documented gangs in Anchorage continue to swell, even as anti-gang officials pledged Monday to continue their two-year-old effort to combat youth violence in south central Alaska.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 10, 2008

Hit-and-Run on Anchorage Police Car Ends in Fatal Wreck

A short police chase downtown Tuesday afternoon ended when a fleeing pickup went airborne and landed upside down in the Anchorage jail parking lot, killing its driver.

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