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• Attorney: Arc of Anchorage under investigation for alleged Medicaid ...

  

  An Anchorage social services agency that assists the disabled is under investigation for alleged Medicaid fraud. "I can confirm that the Arc of Anchorage is under investigation,” said Cynthia Ducey, an Anchorage attorney who is representing the agency. “I can confirm that the Arc is cooperating fully and is committed to fair and accurate billing." Ducey would not comment further. Clara Sanderson, senior public relations officer for the Arc, referred questions to Ducey. Sanderson said the agenc..

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• Anchorage police: Man entered still-burning apartment complex to ...

  

  An Anchorage man was arrested at the scene of an apartment fire Tuesday morning and faces burglary, theft and drug charges after police said he raided apartments for prescription medications while firefighters fought the blaze.Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Renee Oistad said in an email Tuesday afternoon that the suspected looter, 21-year-old Manee Mulifai, was taken into custody during the fire.“Mulifai was caught stealing medications from apartments in the burning complex while AFD wa..

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• Anchorage police: Man entered burning apartment complex to steal ...

  

  An Anchorage man was arrested at the scene of an apartment fire Tuesday morning and faces burglary, theft and drug charges after police said he raided apartments for prescription medications while firefighters fought the blaze.Anchorage Police Department spokeswoman Renee Oistad said in an email Tuesday afternoon that the suspected looter, 21-year-old Manee Mulifai, was taken into custody during the fire.“Mulifai was caught stealing medications from apartments in the burning complex while AFD wa..

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• Anchorage resident injured in Yakutat bear attack

  

  Yakutat police believe the bear was a male, rather than a sow with cubs. (ADF&G photo/Sheila Cameron) An Anchorage man was mauled by a brown bear near Yakutat over the weekend. 29-year-old Kenneth Steck was medevacked to Providence Medical Center in Anchorage on Friday (5-13-16) after suffering extensive bite wounds. It’s the second serious mauling in Southeast Alaska this season. According to Yakutat police, Steck went camping in Disenchantment Bay on Thursday, near Callahonda Creek, with his ..

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