October 17, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – Attorney Janell Hafner was honored recently with the Alaska Attorney General’s Pro Bono Award. Each year, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor presents this award to a member of the Alaska Bar who provides outstanding …
October 22, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined with 19 states and 19 provider associations in a challenge to a Final Rule by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services that imposes costly administrative burdens on states …
October 17, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – The Office of Special Prosecutions has completed its review of an officer-involved shooting from Aug. 16, 2024, involving Alaska State Troopers Jayson Christner and Colten Buie and Court Services Officer Sawyer Munson’s …
October 17, 2024 (Bethel, AK) – On Oct. 15, Superior Court Judge Nelson Traverso sentenced Joseph Kashatok, 67, of Kipnuk Alaska, to serve 79 years in prison for possession of child pornography. On Feb. 2, 2024, a Bethel jury convicted Kashatok of two …
Anchorage Assistant District Attorney Ashley McGraw pictured in the foreground after the sentencing. Michael Jolly in the background is giving his fingerprints to the Judicial Services Officer. Photo by Patty Sullivan, AK Dept. of Law October 15, 2024 ( …
October 15, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – An article ran this past weekend in the Anchorage Daily News that examines a shortage of prosecutors and many dismissed misdemeanor cases at the Anchorage Municipality. “Public safety is one of the primary goals of any …
October 10, 2024 (Homer, AK) – Yesterday, Superior Court Judge Bride Seifert sentenced Allen Gonzalez, 29, to 29 years in prison for sexual assault. Judge Seifert ordered a composite sentence of 53 years with an active term of imprisonment of 29 years …
October 11, 2024 (Palmer, AK) – Today, Superior Court Jon Woodman sentenced Blake Cunningham, 24, to serve 20 years of incarceration after being convicted of Sexual Assault in the First Degree. Judge Woodman sentenced Cunningham to a composite sentence …
October 9, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) -- Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced today that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of an investigation into a large multi-year data breach …
October 8, 2024 (Palmer, AK) – Yesterday, Superior Court John Cagle sentenced David Anderson, 51, to a composite 95 years in jail with 10 years suspended for a 85-year total term of active imprisonment, 20 years of supervised probation, and sex offender …
October 7, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – The Criminal Division created a new position to focus on criminal competency issues following the recent signing into law of House Bill 66, an omnibus crime bill. Senior Assistant Attorney General Kevin Dilg began the …
October 3, 2024 (Kotzebue, AK) – Yesterday, 47-year-old Mandy Hill and 38-year-old Abraham Lambert each entered guilty pleas to six felony charges involving the torture of one child and the abuse of three other children. Utqiagvik Superior Court Judge …
September 26, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska and Texas are leading the effort to push back on federal overreach by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by fighting a new rule that ignores existing federal law and imposes unfunded mandates on …
September 26, 2024 (Nome, AK) – After a week-long trial, a Nome jury convicted 44-year-old Norman Nigealook of one count of Second-Degree Sexual Assault and one count of Third-Degree Sexual Assault on Sept. 20, 2024. At trial, evidence showed that early …
September 26, 2024 (Nome, AK) – On Sept. 23, Nome Superior Court Judge Romano DiBenedetto sentenced 36-year-old Kenneth Smith to 20 years for the assault and robbery of Joshua Prentice. At trial in Feb. 2024, the evidence showed that on June 23, 2023, …
September 30, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, the Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer-involved shooting on August 13, 2024, involving Easter Leafa, 16, and Anchorage Police Department Officer Alexander Roman. The review …
September 30, 2024 (Palmer, AK) – Today, Superior Court Judge Pro Tem Joel H. Bolger sentenced Gabriel Donnelly to a composite 58 years in jail with five years suspended for a 53-year total term of active imprisonment, 15 years of supervised probation, …
September 23, 2024 (Fairbanks, AK) – Today, a Fairbanks jury found 32-year-old Patrick Kelly guilty of two counts of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree and two counts of Sexual Assault in the Third Degree for the March 15, 2023 sexual assault of an …
September 23, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) –Today, Nicole Lewis, 41, pleaded guilty to felony theft for stealing from her former employer, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Parish in Anchorage, Alaska. Nicole Lewis was hired as the Office Manager of the parish …
September 20, 2024 (Anchorage, AK) – Yesterday, an Anchorage jury convicted 34-year-old Phillip Maxwel Barger of one count of Second-Degree Murder, one count of Manslaughter, one count of Burglary, and one count of Fourth-Degree Assault for murdering 88- …
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