Second man charged in fatal beating on New Year’s Day in Emmonak
Print article A second man is facing murder charges for his role in the fatal beating of a 39-year-old man on New Year’s Day in the Western Alaska village of Emmonak, according to Alaska State Troopers. Darren Hootch, 34, was arrested Sunday and 27-year-old Rudolf Waska was arrested last week in the death of 39-year-old Brian Agwiak. Hootch and Waska had gone to Agwiak’s house on the night of Jan. 1 to find alcohol, according to charging documents. In a later interview with investigators, Hootch said he threatened Agwiak with a copper pipe before Waska beat him, troopers said.
we re safe here. we have plenty of supplies, plenty of water, food, hootch, and we re good to go. did you just say plenty of hootch? yes, sir. [ laughter ] if can you keep your sense of humor that will help. it seems all the best wisdom in hurricanes always seems to rhyme. they say if you can face the drive, you can stay alive. and they say it is tough to beat concrete so you are in the right kind of structure. the concern for you, god willing you make it through the worst of irma and then it s about enduring the aftermath. do you have what you need to sustain yourself down there for one, two, even three days before they can start to get infrastructure back in place, power back and stuff you need for every day life? yes, sir. i have enough for a month, plenty of food, water. a lot of people were saying you have to get out. i don t want to leave. i have an emotional attachment
haven t eaten yet, things are not going well. if you ve eaten, rice is such a fundamental component. eating is synonymous with eating rice. to eat a meal without rice would be unthinkable. what makes their whiskey special? because of the flavoring that they add to it. conveniently, our hosts in addition to having provided us with a fine meal, just so happen to run a distillery out back. they use a spice mixture they add to the yeast balls, let it ferment for five days, then she smashes it with a wood mallet. thai rice whiskey, lao khao, bucket of hootch, whatever you want to call it, this is a delightful beverage and tastes better and smoother, apparently, the more you drink. here we go. sneaky, sneaky. well and then fried fish. i believe it s called nile tilapia or nile carp.
on the food. here s the local hootch. lao khao. and if you re eating here, chances are, you re also drinking. compared to the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i would say. and less fragrant. the village of mae wang. in this place it s called hin tang. how did you find this place? we re in the middle of nowhere. it s a very popular place. a restaurant showcasing one of the distinguishing elements of northern thai cuisine, the heavy use of animal protein. you see the local people, they re lining up. here in northern thailand, pig reigns supreme. most of the stuff we re eating here is made out of pig. what did you order? grilled pig tail. that sounds superb. yep.