Zaz Hollander

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The owner of a private jet registered in Alaska that crashed early Thursday morning in a San Diego neighborhood is among three people confirmed dead. The jet crashed into military housing during foggy weather, igniting cars parked along a suburban block. By Thursday afternoon, local media were reporting there were six people aboard the plane and no survivors.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Zaz Hollander

May 22—The owner of a private jet registered in Alaska that crashed early Thursday morning in a San Diego neighborhood is among the dead. Initial reports indicate at least three people died when the jet crashed into military housing during foggy weather, igniting cars parked along a suburban block. The Cessna S550 went down at about 3:45 a.m.The jet hit a powerline before striking a home, according to a National Transportation Safety Board briefing around midday Thursday.

2 weeks ago | adn.com | Zaz Hollander

An Anchorage attorney whose license was suspended in February is now jailed on felony federal charges involving drug trafficking and weapons. Justin Abbott Facey, a defense attorney who operated out of an office on Eighth Avenue, was arrested Wednesday after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of maintaining a drug-involved premises, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of firearms by a prohibited person.

2 weeks ago | adn.com | Zaz Hollander

A 62-year-old man imprisoned at Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward became Alaska’s most recent in-custody death late last month. Alvin Lynn Archa Jr. died of a drug overdose, as determined by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation and State Medical Examiner Office, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety. State corrections officials said Archa was pronounced dead just before 4:30 a.m. on April 24.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Zaz Hollander

May 15—Anchorage police on Thursday identified the man shot and killed by an officer Monday night on Bragaw Street as 41-year-old Utuva Alaelua. The incident began with a traffic stop for a broken headlight just after 11:30 p.m. on Bragaw Street in the area of Peterkin and Thompson avenues, police Chief Sean Case said during a media briefing Tuesday. Two officers contacted the driver and a passenger. Both officers said they saw a gun in the driver's "lap area" during the stop, Case said.