Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage

Chris Klint, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
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Chris Klint is a web producer and breaking news reporter at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cklint@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Chris here.
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Driver charged with DUI, assault after hitting pedestrian in downtown Anchorage

Police say Ariel Maskrey, 28, is also charged with leaving the scene of the Saturday crash, which left the victim with a cracked skull.
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Anchorage reaches its 30th homicide of 2024 after recent deaths

The 2024 death toll from homicides in Alaska's largest city remains behind its record of 37 in 2017.
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Fairbanks man’s fatal fentanyl overdose leads to life sentence for California dealer

Junior Tulali, 48, was sentenced Tuesday as federal prosecutors seek to "disrupt the flow of dangerous drugs into the community."
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Suspect arrested in 3 recent Anchorage credit union robberies

The FBI says an unnamed suspect in the case was arrested Sunday.
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Teen killed in second East Anchorage shooting Tuesday

Police said the 16-year-old boy’s death does not appear to be connected to another fatal shooting earlier that day.
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Teen driver charged with DUI, manslaughter in deadly South Anchorage crash

Stefan Shearer, 17, is also accused of evidence tampering in the Monday crash along Bluebell Drive in South Anchorage.
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Man fatally shot in East Anchorage; police seeking suspect

Police responded early Tuesday to a man found dead on Rocky Mountain Court, near Russian Jack Springs Park.
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Couple arrested in fatal Anchorage shooting

Treyndon Lewis, 42, was fatally shot in Anchorage's Mountain View neighborhood. Police have arrested two people.
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Man who tried to burn down Anchorage apartment building charged officers with knife, police say

Patrick Moran, 34, was charged with arson, assault, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment in the Saturday incident.
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No charges against Anchorage officers who wounded man in exchange of gunfire

The decision by state prosecutors clears Officers Brandon Stack and Jacob Jones in the July 8 shooting of Damien Dollison, 52.
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Anchorage musician accused of sexually abusing minor may have had more victims, police say

“Marcus Mewborn worked as a rapper and DJ where he had access to teenage girls,” police said. “Detectives are concerned there may be more victims.”
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Anchorage name man shot by officer he reportedly ran at with knife

Police say the man first approached, then ran at the officer as he awaited backup Sunday night during a call in Mountain View.
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1 dead, 1 wounded in stabbing at Midtown apartment complex

Police say Tonise P. Salevao, 20, is charged with murder in the Thursday incident at a West Northern Lights Boulevard apartment complex.
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Woman fatally struck by SUV. She is the 4th pedestrian killed in Anchorage this week.

The woman was hit Friday while crossing Minnesota Drive in Spenard.
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3 pedestrians struck and killed in Anchorage in just over 24 hours

Four people were hit by vehicles in the Anchorage area in two days. Three of the crashes were fatal.
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Seward man arrested on federal charges in threat against Dunleavy’s office

Matthew Edward Stanley, 22, was taken into custody Wednesday. He faces federal charges of making a threat involving explosives.
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Driver hurt when semi goes off Seward Highway and into Turnagain Arm

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, police say.
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Palmer feud led to gas-station worker’s fatal shooting, police say

Isaac Beshaw, 22, faces a first-degree murder charge in the Monday death of Steven Williams, 22, at a Speedway Express station.
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3 men charged in Anchorage woman’s cold-case shooting

Neville Herndon, 42; Claymonte Otero, 24; and Myron Clark, 30, face murder charges in the Nov. 26, 2021 death of Alexandra Briseno.
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Suspect in Anchorage homicide shot and wounded by police

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said the man fired twice on police and a civilian vehicle, causing an officer to fire on him twice.