Cops and Courts

The intersection of Glacier Highway and Shell Simmons Drive, seen here at midday Thursday, is where a hit-and-run accident that resulted in life-threatening injuries to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle occurred Thursday night, according to the Juneau Police Department. (Meredith Jordan / Juneau Empire File)

Pedestrian struck on sidewalk suffers life-threatening injuries

Scott Roy Underwood, 26, of Anchorage, has been charged in the hit-and-run.

The intersection of Glacier Highway and Shell Simmons Drive, seen here at midday Thursday, is where a hit-and-run accident that resulted in life-threatening injuries to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle occurred Thursday night, according to the Juneau Police Department. (Meredith Jordan / Juneau Empire File)
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Police calls for Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Monday, Nov. 6, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023

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Police calls for Friday, Nov. 3, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023

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Derek Bos of Colorado smiles for a photo Sept. 28 outside of City Hall during a visit to Juneau as a finalist for chief of the Juneau Police Department. He is scheduled to start the job on Feb. 1. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Juneau’s newly named chief of police talks about the new job

Derek Bos talks philosophy of law enforcement, focus of faith-based communities and schools.

Derek Bos of Colorado smiles for a photo Sept. 28 outside of City Hall during a visit to Juneau as a finalist for chief of the Juneau Police Department. He is scheduled to start the job on Feb. 1. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
Juneau Courthouse Courtroom C on Thursday, the day the trial started for Sonya Taton, a Juneau woman accused of fatally stabbing a man in 2019 and the non-fatal stabbing of another man in 2016. (Meredith Jordan/ Juneau Empire)

Trial begins of Juneau woman accused of 2019 fillet knife murder

Sonya Taton, 46, is also accused of stabbing another man in 2016.

Juneau Courthouse Courtroom C on Thursday, the day the trial started for Sonya Taton, a Juneau woman accused of fatally stabbing a man in 2019 and the non-fatal stabbing of another man in 2016. (Meredith Jordan/ Juneau Empire)
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Police calls for Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023

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A tag is place on a evidence bag containing small baggies of drugs seized by the Juneau Police Department. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Juneau grand jury indicts six people in Southeast Alaska drug distribution investigation

Illegal activity based in Petersburg, one suspect arrested in Juneau, according to police.

A tag is place on a evidence bag containing small baggies of drugs seized by the Juneau Police Department. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Monday, Oct. 30, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
Derek Bos of Colorado smiles for a photo Sept. 28 outside of City Hall during a visit to Juneau as a finalist for chief of the Juneau Police Department. He was named the new chief on Tuesday and is scheduled to start Feb. 1. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

Juneau reaches to Colorado for new police chief

Derek Bos replaces Chief Ed Mercer, who retired July 31

Derek Bos of Colorado smiles for a photo Sept. 28 outside of City Hall during a visit to Juneau as a finalist for chief of the Juneau Police Department. He was named the new chief on Tuesday and is scheduled to start Feb. 1. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Friday, Oct. 27, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)
(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

Police calls for Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023

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(Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)