Bethel Police Department

Bethel Police updated a Facebook post at 11 a.m. on Dec. 2, announcing that the teen had been found safe.

According to charging documents, 67-year-old Forrest Jenkins was arrested on the evening of Nov. 7 just hours after police responded to reports of an unresponsive man on the side of Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway.

Twenty-seven-year-old WG Anaruk, who was recently elected to the Bethel City Council, allegedly spit in the face of a police officer after being arrested following reports of a disturbance at a Bethel home.

Bethel Police say a teen that went missing the night of Oct. 23 was found Oct. 24.

The Bethel Police Department says there is no immediate indication of foul play, but friends and family members say they believe there’s more to the story.

A teen who had been missing since early September after running away from a residential treatment facility was located over the weekend of September 28-29 in Bethel.

According to the state, Jonathan Murphy allegedly struck a man repeatedly with a closed fist, lied to a fellow officer about being struck by a vehicle the man was driving, and provided a false report of the 2023 incident.

BPD Chief James Harris said that no foul play is suspected in the death of a 3-year-old girl, and that names are not being released out of respect for family members.

According to charging documents, 24-year-old Joshua Kelly-Morris was initially charged with first-degree murder following a fight in a Bethel home that left another man dead.

Multiple residents have reported receiving calls from an individual who calls themselves “Deputy Chris.” The Bethel scam appears to be part of a pattern of other police impersonation scams throughout Alaska.