A monk associated with the Russian Orthodox Church turned himself in to the Kodiak Police Department, to report that he had sexually abused an 8-year-old child, according to the state Department of Law. The department said in a statement Friday that 59 year-old Evan P. Nicolai has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse of a minor., He faces up to …
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A U.S. District Court judge today [Friday] sentenced commercial fisherman James Aaron Stevens of Kodiak to six months in federal prison and a $1 million fine for falsely labeling fish in violation of the Lacey Act. Stevens pleaded guilty to the charges in November 2020 after an investigation by NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement. Stevens owned and operated the F/V …
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If you’re active on local Kodiak Facebook groups- or perhaps, if you own a phone- you’re well aware of the deluge of scam phone calls that have been assailing Kodiak’s residents. Many of the calls impersonated law enforcement agencies, and imitated existing phone numbers. KMXT spoke to Kodiak Police Department’s Lieutenant Francis de la Fuente on the scam calls. Lt. …
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Today on the midday news report with host Dylan Simard: An update from the EOC. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council looks forward for budget decisions. The Alaska Landmine owner, Jeff Landfield is suing. A man suspected of vehicle theft shot by Anchorage police officer Sunday morning. A fire burns down Tazlina River Trading Post. All that and more …
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A divided Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly is asking lawmakers to add law enforcement to the list of classes protected from discrimination in Alaska. As KRBD’s Eric Stone reports, that’s after Borough Mayor Rodney Dial cast a tie-breaking vote in favor of the resolution. On Monday, Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly took up a resolution asking the Alaska Legislature to add police officers …
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One person is dead following a hit-and-run incident discovered early Wednesday morning on West Rezanof Drive near Pier III. The Kodiak Police Department responded to a call at approximately 6:20 a.m. from a citizen reporting a person laying on Rezanof near Pier III, which is the dock with the big crane. According to a release from KPD issued at noon …
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Jared Griffin presents the Midday Report featuring the weekly update from the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center, and state and local stories on: Kodiak is ranked the best place to raise a family in Alaska Louise Stutes reacts to the fatal car crash in Petersberg that killed four fishermen Sitka police department hired a jailor who had been fired as a …
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by Alaska Native News U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced on Wednesday that Kodiak man, Luke Bunting, age 23, went before U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess for sentencing on Tuesday. According to the Department of Justice, Judge Burgess sentenced Bunting to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release that includes 6 months of home confinement and 200 …
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A 30-year-old man was killed on Saturday at a secure military facility on Kodiak. Alaska State Troopers confirmed the man was Jayson Vinberg, but did not specify at which facility he died. Troopers responded to a call around 10:30 pm on Saturday that a person was shot on a secure facility in the Kodiak area. Here are the details from …
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Kodiak’s jail has changed some of its procedures and added precautionary measures to protect inmates and staff from potentially contracting COVID-19. Following Alaska Department of Corrections guidelines, the jail suspended in-person visits last month. Police Chief Tim Putney said staff are monitoring temperatures for inmates who show symptoms or say they are feeling ill, and they’re spacing people out within …
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