April 25, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced Brian Tyler McGee, 29, for the vehicular homicide of Chase Bowerson, 26. Pursuant to a plea agreement, McGee pled guilty to Criminally Negligent Homicide and Leaving the …
April 25, 2025 (Kodiak, AK) – On April 22, 2025, Superior Court Judge Christina Reigh sentenced 43-year-old Hilarion Soriano to serve five years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree of a 5 ½-year-old girl, who was the daughter of his then …
April 16, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Yesterday, after a five-day trial, a Kenai jury found 49-year-old Bobby Alexie guilty of three counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree and six counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree. …
SAKI Grant Helped Identify a Suspect April 15, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Following a two-week trial, on Friday, April 11, an Anchorage jury found 43-year-old Andrew Byrd guilty of multiple counts of sexual assault and physical assault for a sexual assault …
April 14, 2025 (Soldotna, AK) – Yesterday, the Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer-involved shooting on Jan. 23, 2025, involving Mason Toloff, 32, and Alaska State Troopers Ethan Norwood and Jonathan Lindblom, and Homer …
April 4, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, after a lengthy jury trial, an Anchorage jury convicted Joshua Oktoyak, 35, of Murder in the First Degree and two counts of Murder in the Second Degree for the July 12, 2023, killing of Cindy Ahwinona. The trial …
March 28, 2025 (Bethel, AK) – On March 27, 2025, a jury found 57-year-old Leonard Olrun guilty of two counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree, three counts of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second …
April 3, 2025 (Palmer, AK) On April 2, Scott Anthony Pezzini, 34, pled guilty to two counts of Sexual Abuse of Minor in the First Degree and one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree right before closing arguments of his trial. Pezzini …
March 26, 2025 (Ketchikan) - Yesterday, a Ketchikan jury convicted 40-year-old Andrew Hanson on multiple drug related charges. Hanson was found guilty on two counts of Misconduct Involving Controlled Substance in the Second Degree for possessing fentanyl …
March 26, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a bipartisan coalition of 30 attorneys general, calling on Congress to pass federal legislation allowing states to deploy cell phone jamming systems in prisons. The bill aims to …
March 19, 2025 (Bethel, AK) – Yesterday, the former Mayor of Pilot Station, 68-year-old Arthur Sammy Heckman, Sr., was sentenced for one felony conviction of Unlawful Interference with an Election for inducing or attempting to induce an election official …
March 11, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Dan Strigle is the new District Attorney in Kenai. Strigle accepted the position in January. In August 2024, Strigle was appointed to serve as the Kenai Deputy District Attorney, where he gained invaluable leadership …
March 7, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, 40-year-old Tylan Lee-Kaulana Fely of Anchorage was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna for the murders of his wife, Cecilia Tuuaga, and his 13-year-old daughter, Nevaeh Tuuaga, on Nov. 30, 2019 …
March 4, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor wrote the following column to explain why the State is challenging a new Final Rule related to the Rehabilitation Act, adopted last year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human …
March 4, 2025 (Palmer, AK) – on Feb. 27, Wasilla resident Aaron Turner, 42, pled to two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree for conduct during 2019 through 2020. Sentencing is scheduled for June 25, 2025, before Superior Court Judge …
March 3, 2025 (Petersburg, AK) – On Feb. 25, Ketchikan Superior Court Judge Katherine Lybrand sentenced 31-year-old Kelsey McCay to 10 years of incarceration. The conviction stems from the sexual assault of a 21-year-old Petersburg resident in September …
March 3, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced that the Alaska Department of Law’s Consumer Protection Unit obtained a Superior Court order requiring B. Merry Studio, Inc., its owners, and an employee to pay a $250,000 …
March 3, 2025 (Palmer, AK) - On Feb. 21, 2025, a jury convicted 51-year-old Richard Ray Pacheco of two counts of Sexual Abuse of Minor in the First Degree, and one count of Incest. At trial, the evidence showed the victim was sexually abused around the …
February 27, 2025 (Palmer, AK) – Yesterday, Palmer Superior Court Judge Kristen Stohler sentenced 33-year-old Andrew Dunbar to serve 25 years of incarceration after being convicted of three consolidated counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second …
February 26, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – The Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer-involved shooting from Dec. 25, 2024, involving Ashley Rae Johnston and Juneau Police Department (JPD) Officer Jonah Hennings-Booth. The review …
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