A Wild Tale From Alaska

Joshua Saul from the Alaska Dispatch shared this fascinating deadline crime story that features one of the most candid jailhouse interviews I've ever seen.

Is there room for improvement here? He'd be glad to read your suggestions.

The link: Around noon on April 30, two Alaska State Troopers advanced on a remote log cabin in Skwentna, Alaska. It was cloudy and only a few degrees above freezing.

Trooper Terrence Shanigan took cover behind a birch tree while his partner, Wildlife Trooper Mark Agnew, covered him from a setback position. Shanigan yelled for the men inside to put down their guns and come outside.

"F--- you!" came a voice from inside the cabin. The New Jersey accent was unmistakable. "I want a satellite phone and some weed!"