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Federal Jury Convicts Anchorage Man on Drug Related Charges

By Lisa K. Houghton | USAAK on Apr 23, 2022   Featured, General News, Southcentral  

Federal Jury Convicts Anchorage Man on Drug Related Charges

ANCHORAGE – A federal jury convicted an Anchorage man Friday for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, distribution of a controlled substance and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.  According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Michael Griffin, 33, was stopped by Alaska State Troopers on March 29, 2017, […]

Delta Junction Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison for Threatening U.S. Senators

By Lisa K. Houghton | USAAK on Apr 8, 2022   Featured, General News, Interior Alaska  

Delta Junction Man Sentenced to 32 Months in Prison for Threatening U.S. Senators

  FAIRBANKS – A Delta Junction, Alaska, man was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 32 months in prison and a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to two counts of threatening to murder Alaska’s two U.S. Senators. According to court documents, Jay Allen Johnson, 65, left 17 threatening voicemails for Alaska’s […]

Four Sentenced for Bribery and Scheme to Defraud VA and SBA

By Lisa K. Houghton | USAAK on Jan 19, 2022   Featured, General News, Southcentral  

Four Sentenced for Bribery and Scheme to Defraud VA and SBA

ANCHORAGE – Four Anchorage individuals involved in a bribery and fraud scheme to obtain Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) government contracts with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been sentenced in federal court. Donald Garner, 50, owner of Veteran Ability, was a government contractor who provided various services to the U.S. government, including […]

Wasilla Doctor Sentenced for Illegal Prescriptions that Resulted in Five Deaths

By Lisa K. Houghton | USAAK on Jan 19, 2022   Featured, General News, Southcentral  

Wasilla Doctor Sentenced for Illegal Prescriptions that Resulted in Five Deaths

ANCHORAGE – A Wasilla medical doctor was sentenced in federal court by Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 34 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and fined $25,000 for illegally dispensing and distributing controlled substances to patients in his medical practice at the Camelot Family Health Clinic. According to […]

Anchorage Businessman Agrees to Pay $397,990 for COVID-Relief Loan Fraud

By Lisa K. Houghton | USAAK on Oct 29, 2021   Featured, Southcentral, State  

Anchorage Businessman Agrees to Pay $397,990 for  COVID-Relief Loan Fraud

ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage businessman has entered into a global resolution with the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Alaska to resolve federal investigations into his fraudulently obtaining $164,000 in small business loans and advances under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The global resolution includes a criminal […]

Three Men Charged for Illegally Leaving the Brooks Falls Viewing Platform and Wading into the Brooks River

By Lisa K. Houghton | USAAK on Sep 24, 2021   Featured, General News  

Three Men Charged for Illegally Leaving the Brooks Falls Viewing Platform and Wading into the Brooks River

ANCHORAGE – Three men have been federally charged for illegally leaving the Brooks Falls viewing platform and entering a closed area of the Brooks River at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park on August 9, 2018. The men are all charged with creating a hazardous condition in a closed area and approaching within 50 yards of […]



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