Unalaska police may have reached a turning point in a long investigation into drug sales. Two people are in custody after a stockpile was discovered at the home -- and business -- they both share.
Unalaska’s police chief, Jamie Sunderland, can’t remember a bigger bust.
"Easily over a half a million dollars worth of drugs found so far," Sunderland said Thursday afternoon. "And the search is continuing."
Police started investigating at the local high school on Monday. Within days, they had arrested four people -- including two students. Deputy police chief Mike Holman says that's extremely rare in Unalaska.
A 20-year-old man is facing felony charges in back-to-back assaults at the UniSea bunkhouses this week -- including an attempted sexual assault.
Police allege that Jose Sedona got into a fight on Tuesday, striking a man in the face. Sedona was a UniSea employee. Company security reported the fight to police.
Public safety director Jamie Sunderland says officers judged Sedona to be sober and took him into custody.
In Unalaska, it’s not exactly common practice to lock your car doors. But that’s what the Department of Public Safety is recommending drivers do after a string of thefts last week.
Deputy chief Michael Holman says the first report came in around 9 p.m. last Tuesday. It was from a woman who said a pair of sneakers went missing from her daughter’s car while the girl was at volleyball practice.
On Saturday, an Unalaska jury found Michel Bain not guilty of child sexual abuse.
Bain, 39, was facing eight felonies. The state alleged that he had sexually abused his two young daughters while they lived with him in Unalaska between 2006 and 2008.
During a two-week trial, jurors were presented with a wide array of witnesses and evidence. The jury visited the Kashega Drive residence where some of the alleged abuse was said to have taken place. And they heard from Bain, his two children, and their mother. All of them were called to testify.
The trial for a local fisherman accused of sexually abusing his two daughters wrapped up today in Unalaska.
For two weeks, jurors heard the case of 39-year-old Michel Bain. Bain faces eight felonies ranging from incest to sexual penetration of a child under 13. The state alleges that Bain molested his two young daughters while they lived with him in Unalaska, from 2006 to 2008. Bain was arrested and the state of Alaska filed charges against him in 2011.
Updated, 3 p.m. Monday: A fight on the F/V Alaska Juris landed one crew member in the hospital with knife wounds, and another three behind bars.
According to preliminary police reports, 47-year-old Wayland Smith and his coworker had a disagreement aboard the Alaska Juris on Thursday night. The 238-foot catcher-processer was anchored in Captains Bay to offload seafood to a tramper.
