Find Bethel Booking Reports
Bethel booking reports track every arrest and jail intake in the largest city in western Alaska. The Bethel Police Department and Alaska State Troopers both work the area. People booked in Bethel go to the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center on Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway. You can search Bethel booking reports through the city police blotter, the state CourtView system, VINElink, and the Trooper Daily Dispatch. This page covers all the tools and where each type of Bethel arrest record lives.
Bethel Booking Reports Overview
Bethel Police Booking Reports
The Bethel Police Department is the main law enforcement agency in the city. BPD sits at 500 Ridgecrest Drive, Bethel, AK 99559. The phone is 907-543-3333 for both general calls and emergency dispatch. Officers handle calls inside city limits, which cover the downtown area, the river front, and the residential neighborhoods.
Bethel PD publishes a police blotter on the city website. The blotter lists recent arrests with names, dates, charges, and the outcome. The February 2025 blotter shows the kind of activity that drives Bethel booking reports. Tracy G. Asicksik was arrested for DUI on 2/7/25 at 1120 Standard Oil Road. Flora Raphael was remanded to YKCC for Criminal Trespass II on 2/8/25. The blotter gives you a fast snapshot of recent enforcement without filing a formal request.
Check the blotter at the Bethel Police Department blog page. New entries go up each month. The page is free to read. For a full booking report with more detail, you need to file a written records request with BPD. Include the subject name, the incident date, and any known case details. The Alaska Public Records Act at AS 40.25.110 gives you the right to ask. Fees may apply.
You can also search the statewide active warrants list for open cases tied to Bethel. See it at Alaska active warrants list.
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YKCC and Bethel Jail Intake
The Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center handles all Bethel booking reports. YKCC sits at 1000 Chief Eddie Hoffman Highway, Bethel, AK 99559. The phone is (907) 543-5245. The facility is run by the Alaska Department of Corrections. It holds both pretrial detainees and sentenced inmates under Alaska's unified jail model.
YKCC is the only state jail in western Alaska. It serves Bethel and the dozens of small villages spread across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Booking includes medical screening, fingerprinting, and a mug shot. The intake team logs the charges, the arresting agency, and the arrest time. That data feeds into the statewide DOC system. Common charges at YKCC include DUI, assault, trespass, and violations of conditions of release.
You can look up anyone at YKCC through VINElink. The Alaska VINElink inmate search shows custody status, facility, sentence length, and a photo if available. Set up free alerts for release or transfer notices. The service runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Call 1-800-247-9763 if you prefer to search by phone.
Use the VINElink screen above to search for a person booked at YKCC. Partial name searches work with at least two letters of the last name.
Note: YKCC holds pretrial and sentenced inmates in the same facility, so a VINElink status may change without the person moving to a new location.
Troopers and VPSOs in the Bethel Region
The Alaska State Troopers run a post in Bethel at 1300 Akiak Drive. The post phone is (907) 543-2294. Troopers cover the areas outside Bethel city limits and respond to calls from the surrounding villages. The Bethel post falls under C Detachment, which covers western Alaska including Kodiak and Nome.
Village Public Safety Officers also serve the smaller communities in the Bethel Census Area. VPSOs are trained first responders who live in villages too small for a trooper post. They can make arrests, respond to emergencies, and hold people until troopers arrive. VPSO arrests generate booking reports that flow into the same system once the person reaches YKCC.
Trooper arrests in the Bethel area show up on the Alaska State Troopers Daily Dispatch. The log posts daily with arrest details. Search by date or scan for Bethel entries. The dispatch is free and open to the public.
For warrant checks, the Alaska State Troopers active warrants page lists all open warrants from trooper cases. The list updates every day and comes in CSV and PDF. If you see a name, call the Bethel trooper post. Do not try to detain anyone on your own.
Bethel Court and Case Records
Bethel falls in the Fourth Judicial District. The Bethel court handles misdemeanor and felony cases from the city and surrounding area. Once a Bethel booking report leads to charges, the case shows up on CourtView. Search at courts.alaska.gov/main/search-cases.htm by name or case number. The tool is free.
CourtView shows charges, hearing dates, docket entries, bail amounts, and case outcomes. It does not show booking photos or jail status. For that, use VINElink. Some cases drop off CourtView after 60 days under AS 22.35.030 if the person was acquitted or all charges were dismissed. Juvenile records never appear on the public site.
The court also puts out a daily Criminal Charges Filed report in PDF format. New Bethel charges appear on this list sorted by court location. Check at public.courts.alaska.gov for the latest filings across the state.
Bethel Records and Alaska Law
AS 12.62.160 lets any person get adult criminal justice information from the state system. That covers Bethel booking reports, arrest data, and conviction records. The law has limits. Juvenile records stay sealed. Active investigation files can be held back. Victim names in sex crimes are blocked under AS 40.25.120.
The Alaska Public Records Act at AS 40.25.110 through AS 40.25.220 backs up the right to ask for records from any agency. Bethel PD and the troopers both must respond within 10 working days. If a request gets denied, the agency must name the exemption. For the full text, see the Alaska Department of Law APRA page.
DPS background checks offer a broader look at a person's record. Name-based checks cost $20 and fingerprint checks cost $35. Reports cover adult arrests and convictions statewide. The DPS Criminal Records Bureau is at 5700 East Tudor Road in Anchorage. The phone is (907) 269-5767. You can file online through the DPS portal.
- Bethel PD blotter: free on city website, updated monthly
- YKCC inmate lookup: VINElink, free, 24/7 access
- Court records: CourtView, free name and case search
- Trooper dispatch: Daily Dispatch log, free, updated daily
- Background check: DPS portal, $20 name-based
Bethel Sex Offender Registry
The Alaska sex offender registry covers Bethel addresses. Under AS 18.65.087, the Department of Public Safety keeps a public registry at sor.dps.alaska.gov. Search by name or by Bethel's zip code 99559. The registry shows photos, home addresses, and offense details for everyone on the list.
Aggravated offenders register for life with quarterly check-ins. Single non-aggravated offenses require 15 years of registration. Address changes must be reported by the next working day. In a small community like Bethel, the registry is a practical tool for checking who lives nearby. The database holds about 3,640 entries across the state.
Note: Village residents in the Bethel Census Area are also on the registry, so a zip code search may return results from outside the city itself.
Bethel Census Area Records
Bethel sits inside the Bethel Census Area. All Bethel booking reports roll up to the census area level. For more on the wider region, see the Bethel Census Area records page.
Nearby Alaska Cities
Bethel is the hub of western Alaska. The nearest cities with their own pages are hundreds of miles away. Use the state tools listed above to search booking reports in this part of the state.