Juneau Police say an 18-year-old woman made up a story about being abducted and sexually assaulted because she was having problems in her personal life. At about 2:45 last Saturday morning, the woman’s mother called police saying her daughter had reported being abducted at knifepoint by three men. The girl said she was taken to…
Public Safety
Searchers find body of missing man in Herbert River
The man found dead Tuesday from an apparent fall on the Herbert Glacier Trail was a nursing supervisor at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Forty-two year old James “Steven” Reese had worked at the hospital about ten years. Bartlett Spokesman Jim Strader says he was popular with both patients and staff, and the whole hospital is shaken…
Murkowski aide resigns, plans to plead guilty to fishing violation
A former congressional aide may spend as much as ten months in prison for a fishing violation while was a member of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Arne Fuglvog submitted his resignation Sunday as fisheries aide to Senator Lisa Murkowski. In a statement, Murkowski thanked Fuglvog for his years of service and said he…
Kevin Thornton death unfolds
Like Juneau, a small Arkansas town is trying to make sense of the death of a 19-year-old Juneau man who was allegedly beaten by four teenage boys while he was visiting their community. As previously reported, Kevin Thornton died from his injuries Wednesday in a Little Rock Hospital, where’d been in a coma for a…
Courtwatch – Life in prison with no parole
Local attorney Jack McGee reviews a case of a 14 year old boy originally convicted of murder who lost an appeal before the Wisconsin Supreme Court for his sentence of life in prison with no parole.
Police arrest teenagers in Lemon Creek graffiti incidents
The Juneau Police Department says two teenagers are responsible for a string of vandalism incidents in the Lemon Creek Area. One of the youths – a 17-year-old boy – was arrested 10 days ago on an unrelated warrant. Officers say he was spotted by members of the Juneau Citizen’s Patrol leaving the area of Dzantik’i…