June 28, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – On April 28, 2023, Superior Court Judge Kevin M. Saxby sentenced 37-year-old Kevin Tuckfield to serve 99 years for the 2008 murder of Travis Villa. Tuckfield pled guilty to one count of murder in the first degree for the …
June 30, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) –Today, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Adanna Francis for Manslaughter and DUI involving a THC-impaired traffic crash that killed rollerblader Paul Winter on June 5, 2018. The parties agreed to a …
July 5, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor led the effort supported by 16 states to call out how the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is trying--through a draft rule--to replace land uses with conservation on some federal …
June 29, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor emphasizes the importance of AM radio stations for emergency situations as some car manufacturers consider removing AM radio in electric cars, in a letter he joined along with 14 other …
June 29, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, the State of Alaska and 10 other states and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency delivered a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because of their failure to update wood stove emission …
June 22, 2023 (Kodiak, AK) – Today, retired Supreme Court Justice Joel Bolger found 49-year-old Nathan Benton guilty of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree and two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree after a four …
June 23, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, after a four-week trial in front of Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby, an Anchorage jury found Jimmy Dale Cates guilty of one count of murder in the first degree, two counts of murder in the second degree, one count …
June 23, 2023 (Fairbanks, AK) – On June 21, Superior Court Judge Kirk Schwalm sentenced 33-year-old Cody Stockton to 50 years for misconduct involving a controlled substance in the first degree. On June 22, Superior Court Judge Paul Lyle sentenced …
June 21, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals today halted implementation of a U.S. District Court decision that would have shut down the Chinook fishery in Southeast Alaska for the summer. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy, Attorney General …
May 5, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor today sent letters to 44 businesses reminding them that it is illegal to remove foreign country of origin markings from products. Last year Attorney General Taylor filed a lawsuit against …
June 13, 2023 (Palmer, AK) – Palmer Superior Court Judge John Cagle sentenced 26-year-old Kattie May Wilmarth, yesterday, to a composite sentence of five and a half years with four years, 160 days, suspended and five years’ supervised probation for one …
June 12, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor announced a $45,000 settlement with Simple Save Protection LLC, a Missouri company that marketed vehicle service contracts on behalf of other companies. The State had filed a lawsuit in …
June 7, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined a coalition of 28 states in demanding the Federal Communications Commission take stronger steps to stop illegal robocalls and robotexts. In a letter to the FCC, Taylor and …
June 8, 2023 (Sitka, AK) –Today Retired Superior Court Judge Michael McConahy sentenced 79-year-old Richard McGrath to 17 years with 15 years suspended for the 2019 sexual assaults of three women in Sitka. Dr. McGrath was sentenced pursuant to a plea …
June 1, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, in Anchorage, a jury found Jordan Joplin guilty of murdering Dr. Eric Garcia using a fatal dose of liquid morphine. Joplin, 38, was convicted of murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, and theft in …
May 26, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 21-year-old Luimariamofoa Polu to serve 27 years in jail for the murder of 15-year-old Raynaldo Khotesouvan on July 20, 2018, in Anchorage. Polu, who was 16- …
May 25, 2023 (Bethel, AK) –Today, Bethel District Court Judge William Montgomery sentenced 31-year-old Daniel Buckingham of Bethel to 30 years with seven years suspended and 23 years to serve for the 2019 sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl. Buckingham …
February 7, 2023 (Yakutat, AK) – John Stapleton was sentenced to 20 years to serve yesterday for the October, 2018 murder of John Fergerson. Stapleton was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree following a three-week jury trial that concluded on …
May 23, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – This morning, an Anchorage jury convicted Steavin Martin of one count of attempted sexual assault in the first degree and one count of sexual assault in the second degree. They found him not guilty on a third count of …
May 23, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, an Anchorage jury convicted 37-year-old Michael Drost of murder in the second degree, manslaughter, and criminal trespass in the first degree for the murder of 61-year-old Dwayne English on Dec. 18, 2018. Anchorage …
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