Alaska State Troopers

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.

State drug investigators arrested 25-year-old Krista Waskey at a home in Bethel after she allegedly retrieved a package they had planted an electronic monitoring device inside of. Police said a second suspect, 49-year-old Renardo Stewart, escaped through a second-story window.

Last week, a Bethel grand jury indicted Robert Alexia on murder charges in the death of 81-year-old Nick Alexia Sr., who previously served as first tribal chief in the upper Kuskokwim River community.

On Feb. 19, Judge Nelson Traverso sentenced Jonathan Murphy to complete 150 hours of community service and 100 days of confinement — which he may be allowed to complete through electronic monitoring — for a 2023 incident in which he punched a man repeatedly in the head and attempted to cover up the incident.

Troopers say that 23-year old Andrew Tall turned himself in to a village police officer in the community on Feb. 18. Tall has been charged with five counts of felony assault, one count of kidnapping, and one count of misdemeanor assault for alleged crimes a week earlier involving six people, including a minor.

Jonathan Owens, 42, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 15 shooting death of 54-year-old Tuluksak resident Nelson Hawk at a fish camp near the community.

Troopers say a SWAT team arrested 44-year-old Adrian Kailukiak, who had been at large since Dec. 2, 2025 after allegedly assaulting and kidnapping a tribal police officer at gunpoint.

Fifteen-year-old Andrew Evan, who also goes by the first name “Carlton,” was last seen at the Russian Mission School on Jan. 12. He is 5 feet 1 inches tall, weighs roughly 100 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.

The state has issued a second arrest warrant for 44-year-old Adrian Kailukiak, who has been at large since allegedly assaulting and kidnapping a tribal police officer at gunpoint on Nov. 29, 2025.