(Anchorage, AK) – An Anchorage grand jury on Wednesday indicted 34-year-old Russell Allen Haube in connection with the October 23, 2021, death of Joseph Evans at the Backpacker’s Inn in Anchorage. Haube was indicted on one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, one count of second-degree misconduct […]
(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 […]