Alaska State Troopers

Alaska State Troopers said that they received a report from Akiachak tribal police just after midnight on July 6 that 37-year-old Fred Nose Jr. had stabbed his cousin, 41-year-old Randy Nose, who later died from his injuries.

Alaska State Troopers said that 36-year-old Levi Beaver gave differing accounts of the events that led to 28-year-old Byron Waska being found dead in Beaver’s home on July 1.

Alaska State Troopers say 32-year-old Joshua Cooper marketed and sold large amounts of alcohol out of his residence without a permit, and he was allegedly assisted by 28-year-old Austin Blair in also selling psychedelic mushrooms to customers in Bethel.

Ulric Jeffery Ulroan, 48, who has been living in Nome for the past two years, was arrested on June 24 by Alaska State Troopers and the Nome Police Department. He has been arraigned for charges involving sexual abuse, sexual assault, indecent exposure, and furnishing alcohol to a minor.

According to charging documents, 21-year-old Benjamin Unok allegedly pointed a .22 caliber rifle at his grandfather and returned to set fire to the home’s front porch while his grandfather was inside.

The woman is accusing the Alaska Department of Public Safety, two Alaska State Troopers and the A&E Television Network of compromising her privacy and safety after they filmed an arrest without her consent.

Three men from Napakiak face weapons misconduct, terroristic threatening, and other charges after Alaska State Troopers say they brandished firearms and threatened people in separate incidents in the community.

The man, who has not been named publicly, was medevaced to Anchorage to receive treatment for “serious injuries.” State law enforcement officials are investigating the shooting.

Nicholas Tucker Jr., 49, has been convicted of felony assault and sentenced to serve 12 and a half years in jail for the July 2025 incident in which the girl lost her arm.

After Richard Pitka pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a Bethel judge sentenced him to 20 years in jail, with five years suspended for the shooting and killing of Russian Mission resident Patrick Changsak in his home.