(Dillingham, AK) – An Ekwok man was convicted at trial this week of sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor. A jury in Dillingham Superior Court deliberated approximately five hours before finding Constantine Akelkok, 37, guilty of sexual assault in the second degree and sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. In July […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – A Fairbanks jury Wednesday found 42-year-old Roberto Leal Jr. of Fairbanks guilty of murder in the second degree in the July 2017 killing of Robyn Gray. Leal was Gray’s boyfriend at the time. He was convicted for strangling her to death at her residence in Fairbanks. Leal faces a sentence of 15 to […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – A Fairbanks jury Thursday convicted a Maine man for killing and sexually assaulting 20-year-old Sophie Sergie in a dormitory on the University of Alaska at Fairbanks campus in April 1993. Jurors deliberated for three days before finding Steven Downs, 47, guilty of Murder in the First Degree and Sexual Assault. Downs is being […]
(Anchorage, AK) – An Anchorage grand jury has indicted 55-year-old Mi Jung Sherrod on one count of manslaughter in connection with a June 24, 2021, vehicle crash in Anchorage. She is also charged with driving under the influence. Sherrod is alleged to have run a red light at the intersection of Arctic Boulevard and International Airport […]