July 21, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – On July 18, 2025, the Office of Special Prosecutions completed its review of an officer-involved shooting incident from May 12, 2025, involving Utuva Alaelua and Anchorage Police Department (APD) Officer Carter Mayes in …
July 15, 2025 (Fairbanks, AK) – Today, a Fairbanks jury returned a guilty verdict against 28-year-old Christopher Oktollik, of Fairbanks, for Murder in the First Degree. For his conviction, Oktollik faces a sentence of 30 years to 99 years of …
July 10, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Attorney General Treg Taylor announced today that the State of Alaska would receive approximately $1.8 million following a nationwide settlement with multiple opioid manufacturers. The defendants in this settlement have …
July 14, 2025 (Kenai, AK) – On July 10, Superior Court Judge Lance Joanis sentenced 61-year-old Lawana Barker to eight years with four years suspended followed by seven years of probation for convictions for Criminally Negligent Homicide, Possession of …
July 14, 2025 (Juneau, AK) – Today, 45-year-old James White entered a guilty plea to the charge of Murder in the Second Degree for the murder of 5 1/2-week-old baby Kathy White on April 15, 2024. The lesser charges of Manslaughter, Criminally Negligent …
July 15, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaskan residents now have a more accessible and transparent process to request an Investigative Grand Jury to probe suspected systemic wrongdoing by public figures or public entities in Alaska. This effort aims to empower …
July 11, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Today in front of a packed courtroom, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Jesse Jones, 28, to a composite sentence of 77 years for the murder of Josiah Goecker, 34, and assault of Rosemarie Ortiz at …
July 10, 2025 (Juneau, AK) – On Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Amy Mead sentenced Joshua Shaff, 34, to serve 70 years with 35 years suspended for the murder of Majid Sateri. Shaff previously pled guilty to Murder in the First Degree, pursuant to an …
July 10, 2025 (Kenai, AK) – On July 8, 2025, Colton Keith Thomas, 23, was sentenced to 40 years in prison with 22 years suspended, resulting in an initial active term of imprisonment of 18 years, for Sexual Assault in the Second Degree as part of a plea …
July 10, 2025 (Juneau, AK) – Monday, Superior Court Judge Larry Woolford sentenced 66-year-old Eric Mann to serve 40 years with 10 years suspended and 15 years of felony probation for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree. Judge Woolford noted this …
July 9, 2025 (Kodiak, AK) – Today, following a one-week trial, a Kodiak jury found 32-year-old Brandon Matthew Topper guilty of one count of felony First-Degree Sexual Assault and two counts of felony Second-Degree Sexual Assault. The evidence at trial …
July 8, 2025 (Fairbanks, AK) – Yesterday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced Vicki Moyle, 67, and Annie Williams, 49, to two years’ incarceration with one year suspended and two years of probation for one count each of Scheme to …
July 2, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – In a significant victory for Alaska's salmon fishery, U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason has upheld the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) decision to adopt Amendment 16 to the federal salmon fishery plan for …
July 2, 2025 (Palmer, AK) – This week, Nathan Adams was sentenced to serve 20 years for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Possession of a Firearm. Superior Court Judge Tom Jamgochian issued the sentence following a jury trial where Adams was …
June 30, 2025 (Juneau, AK) – Today, Superior Court Judge Amy Mead sentenced Robert Bradley to 33 years with 15 years suspended for Sexual Assault in the Second Degree and Assault in the Third Degree as part of a plea agreement. These convictions were …
June 30, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor has announced a settlement with TTAM, the non-profit that will obtain most of 23andMe’s assets, including customer data, following a bankruptcy proceeding in federal court in Missouri …
June 26, 2025 (Anchorage, AK) – On Wednesday an Anchorage jury convicted 42-year-old Martin Komok of two counts of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree. On Feb. 12, 2024, the defendant sexually assaulted his girlfriend while she was sleeping. He confessed …
June 26, 2025 (Fairbanks, AK) – Today, a jury in Delta Junction found 56-year-old Vladimir Kurilchenko guilty of three counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree. The convictions are for acts of sexual abuse Kurilchenko committed against his …
June 25, 2025 (Anchorage, Alaska) Enick A. Bell, 34, was convicted by an Anchorage jury on Tuesday for two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree. The conviction was for conduct in 2014 and 2015, when the minor victim was between 6 and 8 …
June 18, 2025 (Fairbanks, AK) – Wednesday, a Fairbanks jury returned a guilty verdict against 36-year-old Wesley Cruikshank of Fairbanks for Murder in the Second Degree. The jury acquitted him of Murder in the First Degree. On June 16, 2023, the victim …
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