Interior Alaska · Compiled daily from primary records
Tuesday, September 29, 2026Compiled 03:40 AKDT, rescanned 18:55 AKDTCovers Sep. 27–29, 2026
Everyone named is arrested or charged, not convicted.
Alaska State Troopers responded on Sept. 26 to the theft of a John Deere tractor from a residence in the area of Chena Pump Road. The investigation is ongoing.
The trooper report records no value, no suspect and no arrest. It was posted on Sept. 29, three days after the reported theft.
Source: AST daily dispatch, Sept. 29
Troopers stopped a vehicle in Fairbanks on Sept. 29 for an equipment violation. The driver, Austin Rue-Roberts, 30, of Ambler, was found to be impaired.
Rue-Roberts was arrested for driving under the influence and for violating an instructional driving permit, and was taken to Fairbanks Correctional Center. No court file exists yet, so no charge class is stated. Rue-Roberts is arrested, not convicted.
Source: AST daily dispatch, Sept. 29
The Fairbanks police bulletin for Sept. 28 now records one event: a hit and run in the 500 block of Old Steese Highway at about 9:19 a.m., case 26002990. It is an incident report; no suspect is named and no arrest is recorded.
The bulletin had shown no events for Sept. 28 on three earlier readings. It recorded no events for Sept. 29 when read Tuesday evening.
Source: FPD daily bulletin
An omnibus hearing set for Sept. 29 in Superior Court in the case against Cody Steven Rudolph-Munro was continued, according to the court docket. A new omnibus hearing is set for Dec. 10, and the trial week of Oct. 12 has been reset.
A bail hearing is set for Oct. 1 at 3:45 p.m. before Judge Thomas I. Temple, following a defense application for a first bail review filed Sept. 28.
The case carries six counts dated Aug. 23 at North Pole, including assault in the third degree with a weapon, a Class C felony. The public record shows a change-of-plea hearing on Sept. 11 and a sentencing hearing on Sept. 15 but does not state their outcome. Rudolph-Munro is charged, not convicted.
Source: Alaska CourtView, 4FA-26-01644CR
A complaint filed at Fairbanks on Sept. 28 charges Vitaliy P Gayvoronskiy with three counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree, manufacture or deliver methamphetamine, each a Class A felony. All three counts are dated April 27, 2026, and all are at Fairbanks.
The court file records no indicted charge on any count, meaning the case is on a complaint and has not been heard by a grand jury. The docket carries two entries, both dated Sept. 28: the initial charging document, and a request for a warrant. No hearing has been calendared, no attorney is entered for the defendant, and the public record does not state that an arrest has been made.
A Class A felony is the most serious classified felony level under Alaska law, below only the unclassified felonies. The charges appeared in no police or trooper report; they were filed directly in court. Gayvoronskiy is charged, not convicted.
Source: Alaska Court System weekly charges report, run Sept. 28 · Alaska CourtView, 4FA-26-01949CR
A warrant was issued by the Fairbanks court on Sept. 28 for Matthew Wayland Mayo Sr, whose case was filed on Sept. 25. The docket records the warrant as issued to the Alaska State Troopers. No hearing has been calendared.
The case carries five counts, all dated Sept. 9 at Fairbanks: one count of assault in the fourth degree, recklessly injure, recorded as domestic violence related, and four counts of assault when a child is present. All five are Class A misdemeanors.
The court record does not describe the incident and does not identify anyone as a victim. The case appears in no police or trooper report. Mayo is charged, not convicted.
Source: Alaska CourtView, 4FA-26-01925CR
Alaska State Troopers went to a North Pole residence on Sept. 28 for a welfare check concerning reported elder abuse. Troopers reported that Cheala Shepherd, 24, of North Pole, had assaulted a household member, and that she had an active arrest warrant. She was arrested for assault in the fourth degree and on the warrant.
No court file existed for the assault as of early Sept. 29, so no charge class is stated here. A charge recorded by police is what an officer alleged; the charge class comes from the court file once one is filed.
The warrant is from a Fairbanks case filed in December 2024 charging one count of theft in the fourth degree, less than $250, a Class B misdemeanor, dated October 2024. That case remains open. Its record shows seven arraignments calendared through 2025, three of which ended with a failure to appear and a warrant, and warrants issued in April 2025, May 2025 and April 2026. Shepherd is arrested, not convicted.
Source: AST daily dispatch, Sept. 28 · Alaska CourtView, 4FA-24-02319CR
A Fairbanks case number that the court's weekly report has been printing since Sept. 24, and for which the public case index returned no record on four consecutive days, now appears in that index. The case charges Stephen James Kellogg with driving under the influence and refusing to submit to a chemical test, both Class A misdemeanors, both dated Sept. 23 at Fairbanks.
The case status is recorded as reopened. A warrant was issued by the Fairbanks court on Sept. 28, and a hearing is calendared for Sept. 29. The court's separate dispositions report still records the same case number as closed on Sept. 24 with the charging document pending.
The sequence explains a pattern reported here earlier in the week: a case number is issued when a person is booked, the case can be closed if no charging document is filed, and it reopens and becomes visible in the public index when charges are filed. Kellogg is charged, not convicted.
Source: Alaska CourtView, 4FA-26-01901CR · Alaska Court System criminal dispositions
The State filed its sentencing memorandum and notice under Criminal Rule 32.1 on Sept. 25 in the case against Cedar Mae Sarten, who was convicted on May 15, 2026 of two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of murder in the second degree. A fourth count was dismissed by the prosecution in June.
The filing follows the State's unopposed motion to extend the Rule 32.1 deadline, filed Sept. 4 and granted Sept. 9, and a presentence report filed Aug. 28.
A status hearing in Superior Court is set for Sept. 30 and sentencing for Nov. 6. Sentencing dates previously calendared for Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 are recorded as reset, vacated or calendared in error.
Source: Alaska CourtView, 4FA-24-02118CR
The Alaska Court System's weekly charges report, generated at 9:01 p.m. on Sept. 28, records five Fairbanks filings for that day.
Three of the five have been reported separately: the three-count methamphetamine complaint against Vitaliy P Gayvoronskiy, the six-count domestic violence case against William Roger Burdo Jr, and the single weapons count against John William Kane.
Christopher Curtis Smith is recorded with a charging document pending, dated Sept. 28 at North Pole, and was released under the court's bail schedule. A hearing is set for Oct. 2. Court file 4FA-26-01941CR.
Erin Bartlett is charged with one count of improper use of registration, title or plates, an unclassified misdemeanor, dated Sept. 19 at Fairbanks. A hearing is set for Oct. 20. Court file 4FA-26-01948CR.
Everyone named is charged, not convicted.
Source: Alaska Court System weekly charges report, run Sept. 28 · Alaska CourtView
The Alaska Court System's weekly criminal charges report now lists 17 Fairbanks cases filed on Friday, Sept. 25. The previous week's report, generated on Sept. 27, listed 13 under the same date.
The four cases added are each a single count of theft in the fourth degree, less than $250, a Class B misdemeanor, at Fairbanks, and each has a summons issued to the Alaska State Troopers on Sept. 28. Two are against Karl Timothy Thumma, for offenses dated July 4 and June 11. The others are against Dateen Duane Arkell, dated Aug. 21, and Eric Ezias John, dated Sept. 11.
The report is a rolling seven-day window generated nightly. Because it adds cases to earlier dates, a filing count for any day should be read as a minimum rather than a total.
The theft case against Dateen Duane Arkell is separate from the assault case against the same defendant filed on Sept. 27 and reported here. Everyone named is charged, not convicted.
Source: Alaska Court System weekly charges report, run Sept. 28 · Alaska CourtView
A complaint filed at Delta Junction on Sept. 27 charges Sara Mae Parlin with one count of driving under the influence with a breath alcohol content of .08 or over, a Class A misdemeanor, dated Sept. 26 at Delta Junction. The charges report records a reading of .285, more than three times the legal limit.
Arraignment is set for Oct. 1 at the Delta Junction Courthouse, with a rural calendar call on Nov. 17. The case appears in no police or trooper report. Parlin is charged, not convicted.
Source: Alaska Court System weekly charges report, run Sept. 28 · Alaska CourtView, 4DJ-26-00058CR
The docket in the case against Dante Nathaniel Larry Claxton grew from seven entries to twelve on Sept. 28, with an attorney entering an appearance. The case judge is now recorded as Kirk F Schwalm.
The case carries three counts, all dated Sept. 22 and all recorded as domestic violence related: kidnapping, injury or sexual assault, an unclassified felony, at North Pole; and assault in the fourth degree and interference with a report of a domestic violence crime, both Class A misdemeanors, at Fairbanks. The case is on a complaint and information and has not been heard by a grand jury.
Preliminary hearings are set for Oct. 1 and Oct. 12. Claxton is charged, not convicted.
In a separate case, an attorney also entered an appearance on Sept. 28 in 4FA-26-01446CR against Alfred L Nelson, who was indicted Sept. 9 on one count of assault in the second degree, a Class B felony, recorded as domestic violence related. Arraignment is set for Sept. 30.
Source: Alaska CourtView
The Fairbanks Police Department daily bulletin returned no events for Sept. 27, Sept. 28 or Sept. 29 when read early Tuesday, with the date header confirmed on each reading. When read again Tuesday evening, Sept. 28 showed one event, the Old Steese Highway hit and run reported above. Counts for Sept. 21 through Sept. 26 were unchanged: 15, one, eight, five, one and two.
A zero on this feed means only that nothing had been posted at the time of reading. The bulletin covers the city of Fairbanks only, never carries death investigations, and does not cover North Pole, Nenana, Healy, Delta Junction or other trooper areas.
The Alaska State Troopers dispatch page for Sept. 28, covering the same region and the surrounding Interior, carried eight items when read Tuesday morning, up from seven the previous evening and two on Monday morning. The addition was the North Pole arrest reported above, posted at 6:41 p.m.
| Court | Cases filed |
|---|---|
| Fairbanks (4FA) | 57 |
| Nenana (4NE) | 4 |
| Delta Junction (4DJ) | 2 |
| Healy (4HE) | 0 |
| Case | Defendant | Charges as filed |
|---|---|---|
| 4FA-26-01949CR | Gayvoronskiy, Vitaliy P | Felony Misconduct involving a controlled substance 2, manufacture or deliver methamphetamine, three counts (Class A felonies). Offenses April 27, 2026, Fairbanks. Warrant requested; no hearing calendared. |
| 4FA-26-01948CR | Bartlett, Erin | Improper use of registration, title or plates (unclassified misdemeanor). Offense Sept. 19, Fairbanks. Hearing Oct. 20. |
| 4FA-26-01941CR | Smith, Christopher Curtis | Charging document pending. Offense Sept. 28, North Pole. Released per the court's bail schedule; hearing Oct. 2. |
| 4FA-26-01942CR | Thumma, Karl Timothy | Theft 4, less than $250 (Class B misdemeanor). Offense July 4, Fairbanks. Filed Sept. 25; summons issued Sept. 28. |
| 4FA-26-01943CR | Thumma, Karl Timothy | Theft 4, less than $250 (Class B misdemeanor). Offense June 11, Fairbanks. Filed Sept. 25; summons issued Sept. 28. |
| 4FA-26-01944CR | Arkell, Dateen Duane | Theft 4, less than $250 (Class B misdemeanor). Offense Aug. 21, Fairbanks. Filed Sept. 25; summons issued Sept. 28. |
| 4FA-26-01945CR | John, Eric Ezias | Theft 4, less than $250 (Class B misdemeanor). Offense Sept. 11, Fairbanks. Filed Sept. 25; summons issued Sept. 28. |
| 4DJ-26-00058CR | Parlin, Sara Mae | DUI, breath alcohol .08 or over (Class A misdemeanor); reading recorded as .285. Offense Sept. 26, Delta Junction. Arraignment Oct. 1 at Delta Junction. |
Misconduct involving a controlled substance 2, manufacture or deliver methamphetamine, three counts, all dated April 27, 2026 at Fairbanks. On a complaint; no indictment. Warrant requested; no attorney entered for the defendant.
DUI and refusing to submit to a chemical test, both dated Sept. 23 at Fairbanks. Case status reopened. Warrant issued Sept. 28. The court's dispositions report records the same case number as closed Sept. 24 with the charging document pending.
Assault 2, injury with a weapon with intent (Class B felony), dated Sept. 26; assault 3, cause fear of injury with a weapon (Class C felony); two counts of assault 4; two counts of criminal mischief 5. Six counts at Fairbanks, all recorded domestic violence related. On a complaint; no indictment.
Assault 3, cause injury with a weapon (Class C felony); DUI; leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death. Three counts dated Sept. 27 at Nenana. Not domestic violence flagged. On a complaint; no indictment.
Misconduct involving weapons 4, possess while intoxicated, dated Sept. 27 at Fairbanks. Recorded as not domestic violence related. The assault count troopers reported does not appear on the file. On a complaint.
Theft 4, less than $250, dated October 2024 at Fairbanks. Filed December 2024 and still open. Warrants issued April 2025, May 2025 and April 2026; the last was served Sept. 28. A separate arrest for assault in the fourth degree was made Sept. 28 and no court file for it exists yet.
Assault 4, recklessly injure, dated Sept. 26 at Fairbanks. Not domestic violence flagged. The arrest was recorded by police as a felony assault 3; no felony count is on the file. A separate theft 4 case against the same defendant, 4FA-26-01944CR, was filed Sept. 25.
Kidnapping, injury or sexual assault, at North Pole; assault 4 and interference with a report of a domestic violence crime, both Class A misdemeanors, at Fairbanks. All three counts dated Sept. 22 and recorded domestic violence related. On a complaint and information; no grand jury indictment.
Two counts of murder in the first degree and one of murder in the second degree, all indicted. Convicted May 15, 2026. One murder 1 count dismissed by the prosecution June 8, 2026. The State filed its sentencing memorandum and Rule 32.1 notice Sept. 25.
Six counts dated Aug. 23 at North Pole: assault 3 with a weapon (Class C felony); assault 4 x2; violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor; unlawful contact per court order; violating a condition of release for a felony. Four counts domestic violence related. Change of plea hearing Sept. 11 and sentencing hearing Sept. 15 held; outcome not on the public record.
Assault 2, injury with a weapon with intent, dated Aug. 23 at Fairbanks. Recorded as domestic violence related. Indicted Sept. 9; warrant served Sept. 24. An attorney entered an appearance Sept. 28.
Assault 4, recklessly injure, recorded domestic violence related; four counts of assault when a child is present. All five Class A misdemeanors dated Sept. 9 at Fairbanks. Warrant issued Sept. 28. The court record does not describe the incident.
Misconduct involving a controlled substance 2, manufacture or deliver methamphetamine, three counts, dated April 21, June 24 and July 8, 2026 at Fairbanks.
Misconduct involving a controlled substance 3, manufacture or deliver, two counts. Offense date Sept. 16, Fairbanks.
Assault 2, injury with a weapon with intent, dated Sept. 20 at Fairbanks. Not domestic violence flagged. On a complaint; no indictment. A different person from Anthony Thomas Burton, charged Sept. 27 with DUI.
Burglary 1 in a dwelling (Class B felony); burglary 2 (Class C felony); criminal trespass 1; theft 4; violating conditions of release x2. Six counts dated Sept. 25 at Denali National Park and Cantwell. The arrest report listed seven counts and no felony.
Terroristic threatening 2, fear of serious injury; violating conditions of release for a felony. Both dated Sept. 20 at Delta Junction. On a complaint; no indictment.
Tampering with physical evidence to prevent an official proceeding, dated Sept. 22 at Fairbanks. On a complaint; no indictment.
Arrest prior to requisition, AS 12.70.120. Offense location Fort Wainwright, dated Sept. 18. No requesting state named; no degree of offense recorded.
| Source | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|
| AST Daily Dispatch (D Detachment) | Read | Twelve dated pages, Sept. 18–29, date header confirmed on each. Sept. 28 revised from seven items to eight. Sept. 29 carried no Interior items when read at 3:24 a.m. Re-read at 6:52 p.m.: six D Detachment items for Sept. 29. |
| FPD Daily Bulletin | Read | Nine dated views, Sept. 21–29. Sept. 28 revised from no events to one on the evening reading; Sept. 29 still none. |
| Alaska Court System — weekly charges filed | Read | New report: window Sept. 22–28, generated 9:01 p.m. Sept. 28, 70 pages. Read for the Fairbanks, Nenana, Healy and Delta Junction prefixes. Four cases were added to the Sept. 25 filing date in this run. |
| Alaska Court System — criminal dispositions | Stale | Unchanged since the previous reading: 358 pages, last updated Sept. 28 at 4:00 a.m., window to Sept. 28. The report updates on an irregular cycle; no conclusion follows from it not having changed. |
| Alaska CourtView | Read | Twenty-two case lookups and one name search. Charge lists display only five counts per case; further counts must be expanded. |
| Alaska Department of Law press releases | Read | No release published since Sept. 28, a multi-state civil filing. The newest Interior case outcome announced remains the Sept. 17 Fairbanks sentencing, twelve days earlier. |
| U.S. Attorney, District of Alaska | Read | Twelve releases on the first page, all transcribed. One new item dated Sept. 28, a sentence for interfering with a flight crew, outside the Interior. Three attempts from this service's network were refused by its proxy before the page was reached another way; the index's second page is blocked to automated reading. Not reachable on the evening rescan; the morning reading stands. |
| News-Miner Public Safety Report | Read | Newest edition remains Sept. 27; no Sept. 28 or Sept. 29 column. Twenty-three editions loaded, sixteen of them in September, and every September date shown on the page has a matching link. |
| KTVF / WebCenter Fairbanks | Read | Nothing newer than Sept. 22; nothing Interior since Sept. 18. |
| Alaska's News Source | Read | Nothing newer than Sept. 22. |
| Your Alaska Link | Read | Headlines to Sept. 25; newest Interior crime item is the Sept. 23 tractor death. |
| KUAC | Stale | The crime tag index carries nothing newer than June 26, 2026 and is not used as a freshness signal. |
| Fairbanks Police Department on Facebook | Read | Newest post dated Sept. 21, a share of a state press release. Nothing since. |
| Anchorage Daily News — Fairbanks | Not reached | Headlines carry no publication dates and cannot be date-checked. |
| State Medical Examiner | Read | No findings announced on the Sept. 18 Fairbanks shooting deaths or the Sept. 22 tractor death. |