Agency warns of solicitations for state trooper dog

ANCHORAGE — The Department of Public Safety says fundraising efforts have begun in the name of a state trooper dog killed Sunday but that the department is not behind the effort.
The department is not seeking donations and is warning against donating to solicitations on the “Go Fund Me” website.
The agency says the fundraising may be fraudulent.
Almando Abarca, 25, was charged Monday with felony assault, harming a police dog and failure to stop at the direction of a police offi