ALASKA STATE TROOPERS

The Unalaska Police Department is investigating the death of an unidentified adult male.

The U.S. Coast Guard pulled two hikers to safety from Unalaska’s Makushin Volcano Sunday evening.

A 66-year-old Akutan man faces 10 felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material.

Officers say they found methamphetamine and heroin worth roughly $1M on a fishing vessel.

The Unalaska Fire and Police Departments, along with members of the U.S. Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers recovered the body of missing fisherman Jacob Riley Veeser Saturday morning. 28-year-old Veeser was reported missing Friday afternoon. City officials said in a press release that evening that he was last seen at midnight on April 4 walking down the GI “dolphin” dock at the UniSea Inc. processing plant.

Monte LaVelle Chitty, age 62, was arrested on April 5 in a small town in Texas by state police and U.S. Marshals, after attempting to flee child-abuse related charges in the Florida Keys. He was arrested in March and charged with two felonies involving a 15-year-old girl from the Baptist church he was leading in Marathon, Florida. Those include sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation, and a misdemeanor of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.Chitty was also a former Alaska Village Public Safety Officer in the Aleutian region for several years and a pastor in Cold Bay for a short period. He moved to Alaska and began leading the Cold Bay Chapel in 2010.

The Unalaska City School District was not among the schools that received bomb threats Tuesday. The Aleutians East Borough School District was similarly unaffected.

A crew member on an American Seafoods factory trawler died at sea last week, likely from an ammonia leak on board.

The Alaska State Troopers arrested Christopher Mitchell, a 36-year-old Washington resident, for an outstanding warrant as he was traveling to Sand Point, at which time they say they found nearly $100,000 worth of fentanyl and methamphetamine.

“He was a passionate protector of the fish and game that were so important to him, and all of us," said the local staff of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in a statement. "Alex was both a colleague and friend to many; we will most remember him for his quiet kindness.”