(Kodiak, AK) – On October 2, 2021, Evan P. Nicolai, a monk associated with the Russian Orthodox Church, turned himself into the Kodiak Police Department to report that he had sexually abused an 8-year-old child. Mr. Nicolai arrived accompanied by the abused child’s parent and a Priest of the Kodiak Russian Orthodox Church. As a monk, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On August 31, 2021, Anchorage Correctional Officer Joseph Tavai was charged with one count of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree and one count of promoting contraband in the first degree. These charges stem from an investigation based on a tip from an inmate at the Anchorage Correctional Complex – […]
(Kotzebue, AK) – Tuesday, Judge Nelson Traverso sentenced Peter Wilson to a total sentence of 198 years, with 99 years suspended, for the murder and sexual abuse of Ashley Johnson-Barr on September 6, 2108 in Kotzebue. The court sentenced Mr. Wilson to 99 years with 49 suspended, or 50 years to serve, for the crime […]
(Anchorage, Alaska) – Attorney General Treg Taylor and 23 other attorneys general (AGs) sent a letter to President Biden Thursday, warning that litigation will follow the implementation of the proposed mandate for large employers to require their employees to either get a COVID-19 shot, submit to weekly testing, or be fired. The coalition of AGs […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On June 2, 2021, an Anchorage grand jury indicted Gabrielle LeDoux, Lisa (Vaught) Simpson, and Caden Vaught on multiple counts of voter misconduct in the first degree. These charges stem from the investigation that started in 2018 after the Division of Elections identified some irregularities in some of the absentee ballot applications and […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On May 28, 2021, an Anchorage grand jury indicted 54 year-old Darin Lee Jones and 52 year-old Shawn Michael Phillips for the murder of Patricia Phelps on August 9, 2017, near Oregon Drive in Anchorage. Jones was indicted on one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On April 22, 2021, thirty-one-year-old Randall Igou was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth for Murder in the First Degree. Igou pleaded guilty on November 5, 2020, to the September 10, 2017 murder of Aurora Paint Company co-owner Gregory Gill. At the sentencing hearing, the State presented video evidence that showed that […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, the Alaska Supreme Court issued an order in Dunleavy v. Alaska Legislative Council (S-18003), concluding that the governor’s appointments to executive branch boards and commissions that he presented last year to the Thirty-first Alaska Legislature remain in effect because of the legislature’s failure to act on them in joint session. The Court […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, April 6th, an Anchorage grand jury indicted 32-year-old Daniel Wahl on one count of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, one count of Misconduct Involving Weapons in the First Degree, and five counts of Assault in the Third Degree. The indictment is based on an incident that occurred on February 18, 2021 […]