Petersburg Borough Jail Mugshots

Petersburg Borough jail mugshots come from bookings done by the Petersburg Police Department and, in outlying areas, by the Alaska State Troopers. This page shows how to search Petersburg Borough jail mugshots, check custody status on VINE, pull court case data from CourtView, and file a public records request with the right office. Petersburg keeps only a short-term holding cell, so most long-term inmates are moved to the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. Start here to find an inmate, track a case, or ask for a booking photo tied to an arrest in Petersburg, Kupreanof, or Kake.

Petersburg Jail Mugshots Search

The fastest tool for a Petersburg Borough jail mugshots search is VINE. VINE is free. It runs all day and all night. Look up a name at vinelink.com or call 1-800-247-9763. The site shows the inmate, the facility, the charges, and sends alerts when custody changes. Most people booked in Petersburg end up at Lemon Creek in Juneau after their first court date, so that is where the roster entry will show.

Petersburg Borough sits on Mitkof Island in the Alaska Panhandle. The borough seat is the city of Petersburg. Kupreanof is the small city across the Wrangell Narrows, and Kake sits on Kupreanof Island. None of these towns runs a long-term jail. Petersburg Police hold a suspect in the city cell for a short stretch, the court sees the person within 48 hours, and the case either ends with a cite and release or the inmate goes north to Juneau by plane or ferry. Transport can slip a day in bad weather.

Petersburg Borough jail mugshots are not posted online by any local office. To get the booking photo itself you must send a written request to the Petersburg Police Department or to the Alaska Department of Corrections for the Juneau intake file. Release follows AS 40.25.120 privacy rules, and a photo tied to an open case may be held back. Ask for the record in plain words, list the booking date, and name the subject.

Petersburg Police Department

The Petersburg Police Department is at 14 South Nordic Drive, Petersburg, AK 99833. The main phone is (907) 772-3838. The fax is (907) 772-3906. The department books adult arrests, holds juveniles for a short window pending transfer, and keeps all local incident files. Mugshots taken during the intake process sit in the PD record file. Ask for a "booking photograph" by name when you file a records request.

Written requests go to the records unit at the same address. Include the subject name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and the type of record you want. The clerk logs the request, pulls the file, and replies within about 10 business days per AS 40.25.110. Copy fees run per APRA, which means a small per-page cost and an hourly rate after the first five hours of staff time. A narrow request gets you a faster answer.

Petersburg officers cover the city limits and work with troopers on borough-wide calls. The PD holds short-term only. The cell block has a few beds. Anyone held more than a day or two ships out to Juneau. For Kake, the village has a Village Public Safety Officer tied into the Alaska State Troopers dispatch at (907) 269-5511.

Lemon Creek Correctional Center

Petersburg inmates that need more than a short hold are flown or ferried to the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. Lemon Creek is at 2000 Lemon Creek Road, Juneau, AK 99801. The phone is (907) 465-6200. It is the main state jail for the First Judicial District. It holds pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, and felons awaiting transfer to Goose Creek or Spring Creek.

A Lemon Creek booking record holds the inmate name, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair and eye color, charges with AS code cites, bail amount, housing unit, and next court date. The mugshot is filed in a separate image record. You can pull the text data without the image if the image is held back. For hard-to-find inmates call the Chief Classification Officer for the facility. The statewide corrections site at doc.alaska.gov has an offender search tool.

Family and friends can use VINE to track custody changes. You get a text or email when the inmate moves, goes to court, or is released. For a federal case tied to a Petersburg arrest, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator at bop.gov/inmateloc. Alaska has no federal prison, so federal defendants are often shipped to the Lower 48.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety site links to the trooper record portal and other tools used for any Petersburg Borough jail mugshots request.

Petersburg Court Records

The Alaska Court System runs the Petersburg Court at 17 North Nordic Drive, Petersburg, AK 99833. The phone is (907) 772-3824. The court sits in the First Judicial District. Every criminal case filed in the borough moves through this court. CourtView is the free case search at records.courts.alaska.gov. Search by name, case number, ticket number, or hearing date.

A case page shows the charges, bail, court dates, and the facility where the person is held. Copy fees are $2.50 per page for uncertified and $5 plus $2.50 per page for certified. To mail a copy request use Form TF-311 from the court site. The Alaska public courts portal has the form and the mail-in steps. Walk-in requests can be made during clerk hours.

Juvenile files are sealed under AS 47.12. Domestic violence cases may be pulled from public view. Sealed cases need a court order to open. Files before 1990 are often on paper and may not show up on CourtView. The Petersburg clerk can pull those on request.

Alaska Troopers and State Records

Alaska State Troopers cover the parts of Petersburg Borough that sit outside city limits. For Kake and Kupreanof, trooper dispatch out of Ketchikan handles the call. To file a records request with the troopers, use the public portal at dpsalaska.justfoia.com. You create an account, pick the agency, and fill out the form. Turnaround runs about 10 to 15 working days under AS 40.25.110.

The Criminal Records and Identification Bureau at 5700 East Tudor Road handles name-based criminal history checks for $20. Fingerprint checks run $35. The unit line is (907) 269-5767. Criminal history compiled data sits behind AS 12.62.160, which sets the rules for who can access what. Statutes on booking and custody tie back to AS 12.25.010 for arrest and AS 12.62.110 for the data fields that end up in the state record.

Troopers post a daily dispatch at dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov. The feed lists arrests, incidents, and wildlife cases by date. Search by keyword or case number. It is often the fastest way to spot a fresh Petersburg Borough arrest before the formal file makes it to the records unit. Note that daily dispatch entries are short and may not name every party to a call.

Petersburg Public Records Access

The Alaska Public Records Act is AS 40.25.100 through AS 40.25.295. It sets the base rule for how agencies must handle a records request. Each office has 10 working days to reply. Fees kick in after the first 5 hours of staff time. A written request helps pin down what you want. For general guidance on APRA you can read the Alaska Department of Law APRA page. Full text of the statutes is on the Alaska Legislature site.

Petersburg Borough jail mugshots, arrest reports, and incident narratives are often open records. What the law holds back is the full criminal history compilation under AS 12.62.160 and AS 12.62.180. Sealed cases need a court order. Juvenile files are off limits. A photo tied to an open investigation can be pulled at the chief's call.

Anyone looking for records on a Petersburg arrest that went federal should check CourtView and the federal PACER system. Federal cases do not show up in state CourtView. Family and friends can use VINE for state custody tracking and the BOP locator for federal tracking side by side. The VINE service also covers out-of-state jails that hold Alaska inmates on transfer.