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Marcus Eddie Jamestown, 34, of Juneau is wanted by the Juneau Police Department on a felony warrant for his arrest for violating conditions of his release, along with criminal charges of escape and violating conditions of release. Police are asking the community for assistance in finding Jamestown. (Juneau Police Department)

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Police seek assistance in locating wanted man

The 34-year-old ran away after cutting off ankle monitor, police say.

Emergency lights flash on top of a police car. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Police: Pepper spray used to apprehend Juneau woman after resisting arrest

She faces multiple criminal charges and was taken to the Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

A Capital City Fire/Rescue truck bucket lowers Vance R. Webster III from the roof of Nugget Mall after being detained by Juneau Police Department Sunday morning. (Courtesy / Nano Brooks)

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Juneau man removed from mall roof, arrested

He reportedly threw objects at responding officers.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police: Gift card scam connected to hoax Fred Meyer threats

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A vehicle exits the Juneau Fred Meyer parking lot on Wednesday. Juneau Police Department is investigating a report of a threat made against the store. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)

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Police investigating threat of violence at Fred Meyer

No injuries or use of weapons reported.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Police: Man arrested after gun fired in residence

No injuries were reported.

(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Juneau man indicted on child pornography charges

A Juneau man was indicted Thursday on charges of possessing or accessing child pornography, according to court documents.

This photo shows pills police say were seized after a suspicious package was searched. (Juneau Police Department)

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Police: 1,000 fentanyl pills, 86 grams of meth seized

Juneau man arrested on felony charges.

Early last week at the Juneau State Courthouse, a Juneau man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in prison for a felony related to suffocating and torturing one or multiple kittens in early 2020. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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Juneau man sentenced to five years for torturing kittens

He was also sentenced on a drug charge.

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Ketchikan police chief charged with assaulting man

A police chief in Ketchikan pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he assaulted an intoxicated man while…

Judge Marianna Carpeneti presides Tuesday in the arraignment hearing for Anthony Michael Migliaccio who was arrested in November on charges in the killing of Faith Rogers. Migliaccio called in for the hearing via phone call from Lemon Creek Correctional Center. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Arraignment held for suspect in killing of Juneau woman

Readiness hearing set for Dec. 28.

A Juneau man was sentenced to more than a decade imprisonment for sexual abuse of a minor at Dimond Courthouse on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Man sentenced to 12 years in sexual abuse of minor case

The trial for the 2017 offense concluded in June 2021.

Fenton Jacobs, 42, was found guilty on Friday of a number of charges from his involvement in a 2019 stabbing. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Man found guilty of 2nd-degree murder in fatal stabbing case

Jurors deliberated till late Friday, delivering a verdict.

Fenton Jacobs, 42, stands during court as he’s tried for charges relating to a 2019 stabbing on June 3, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Lawyers deliver closing arguments in murder trial

Jurors were deliberating into the evening.

Public defender Nicolas Ambrose gestures during a trial centered around a 2019 stabbing May 19, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Prosecution reconstructs events leading to fatal stabbing

Jurors watched multiple angles of the events leading and following the stabbing.

Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire Left to right, investigator Emily Chapel, defendant Fenton Jacobs and defense attorney Nicolas Ambrose stand as the jury in Jacobs’ trial enters the courtroom on May 18, 2022.

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Fatal stabbing trial begins with statements, witnesses

The prosecution and defense paint different contexts for the events which ended in a death.

The jury section stands empty between rounds of the jury selection process in the trial for a man charged in a stabbing in downtown Juneau in 2019 on May 16, 2022. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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Jury selection begins for 2019 stabbing trial

The process, which can take several days, precedes the opening statements by the defense and prosecution.

Homer Police said this area on East Pioneer Avenue in front of Homer’s Jeans and the Kachemak Bay Campus was where search dogs indicated a “car pick up,” or a scent that suggested a person had gotten in a vehicle, for Anesha “Duffy” Murnane. Murnane was last seen in Homer, Alaska, on Oct. 17, 2019. This photo was take on Nov. 10, 2019. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Police arrest man in murder, kidnapping of Homer woman

Man living in Utah knew victim when he lived in Homer in 2019.

A Juneau man was cited for multiple sexual abuse of a minor charges following his arrest last week for incidents that took place in 2019 and 2020. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire file)

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Juneau man indicted on multiple sexual abuse of minor charges

If convicted, the suspect faces 99 years imprisonment.

A man involved in a fatal accident at the Glory Hall has been indicted for murder. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire file)

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Man involved in fatal fall indicted for murder

He’s currently being held at Lemon Creek Correctional Center.