Sad Case Involving Dogs, and a Dumb Crook –

Two issues today, coming off of what was a chilly, moist Alaska weekend.

First, the news from the Great Land isn’t always good. In this case, it’s saddening and angering, particularly if you’re a canine particular person.

A Mat-Su lady whose 25 canines had been discovered lifeless on a Mat-Su property earlier this month was arrested Tuesday and charged with animal cruelty, authorities say.

The Alaska State Troopers said 35-year-old Willow resident Misty Rehder was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with 26 counts of animal cruelty. She was taken to Mat-Su Pretrial “without incident.”

Rehder was the central determine in the investigation by troopers and Mat-Su Borough Animal Control on a personal property in the Caswell Lakes space, situated between Talkeetna and Willow.

This was identified to be ongoing for some time; in fact, when I used to be up for my standard Saturday food and drink at the lodge, this was the subject of some dialogue among the people seated at the bar.

Concerns for the canines’ wellbeing had been voiced by close by residents going as far back as January, according to people interviewed by Alaska’s News Source.

The people who called authorities asking to examine on the animals said they had been told to not get entangled with the state of affairs as animal control and troopers continued their investigation.

That led to complaints from the neighborhood that investigators weren’t doing enough to help the canines.

This case sort of hit close to home; one of the close by residents who was complaining about this is a pricey good friend of ours, and we had heard her issues about this before.

Here’s the factor: Regardless of what penalty Misty Rehder faces, she faces a less formal penalty as nicely. Bad fuel travels fast in a small neighborhood, and they don’t get a lot smaller than Willow, which isn’t a city or a village but a “designated census area.” This particular person will discover herself immediately on dangerous phrases with everybody else in the realm and will seemingly have to transfer. And that’s fantastic. There’s a place for ostracism in our social interactions, and this is one of those locations. And I can inform you, Willowbillies have long recollections.

Alaska Man rating: Nil. We don’t have a canine ourselves at the second, but as with most civilized people, there’s a particular place in our hearts for Man’s Best Friend.

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Now, we haven’t had a actually good dumb criminal for a while, but right here’s a good one:

On April 17, 2026, at roughly 2143 hours, the Alaska State Troopers carried out a visitors stop on the Sterling Highway. A passenger recognized herself by identify and date of delivery as that of a deceased lady. On her second attempt, she supplied another false identification. Finally, on her third effort at revealing her true self, she gave her real identify, Katherine Booth. Katherine was finally arrested for an excellent No Bail warrant for Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance 4, two counts of False Info, a Petition to Revoke Probation, and a parole violation.

OK, it’s dangerous enough to give the identify of a lifeless particular person. But to double down, primarily saying, “Oh, yeah, here’s another fake name,” before finally admitting she was who she actually was.

Jon Lovitz was not obtainable for remark.

Alaska Man rating: 1 moose nugget, for giving us a chuckle.

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Now, do you know there have been castles in Alaska?

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