Man admits sexual abuse of 7-year-old

WASILLA — Alaska State Troopers say they arrested a Wasilla man Friday for allegedly sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl.

According to a trooper press statement, the case began with a Dec. 9 report saying Indalecio Esteban, 25, had abused the girl. Troopers say Esteban spoke with them and admitted to the abuse.

Troopers say their investigation also uncovered two additional victims.

He is being charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse of a minor and one count of sexual assault.

Esteban was jailed at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility. Jail records Monday afternoon showed he was still incarcerated.

Pot, hashish found after traffic stop

PALMER — A traffic top for illegally tinted windows led to a relatively sizeable seizure of marijuana Friday.

According to a Palmer Police Department press release, police arrested Michael D. Botelho, 24, of Palmer, saying he had over a pound of marijuana and 44.5 grams of hashish in his car.

Palmer Police Department Cmdr. Tom Remaley said that the tinted window stop led officers to finding that one of the tabs on the vehicle’s license plate belonged to a different vehicle. They’d also met Botelho before.

“They knew who the guy was and they said, ‘you mind if we search the vehicle?’ and he said, ‘yeah’ and they found all this dope.”

Also in the car was Botelho’s daughter, so in addition to multiple counts of drug misconduct he is charged with one count of child endangerment.

Magistrate Craig Condie set his bail at $5,000. He was jailed at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility. Jail records Monday afternoon showed he’d since made bail.