(Fairbanks, AK) – A Fairbanks jury found 62-year-old Robert Bridges guilty of Murder in the First Degree for the 2021 murder of his wife, Kimberly Bridges. The jury also found him guilty of Murder in the Second Degree and Tampering with Physical Evidence. On Oct. 25, 2021, Bridges reported that his wife was last seen the […]
(Kenai, Alaska) – Monday, Jess Clucas, 48, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Jason Gist to 271 years for 60 felony counts for sexually abusing three grade-school children over a fourteen-year period. A Kenai jury convicted Clucas of the 60 counts on April 16, 2024. In a courtroom that was packed by the public, jurors, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, an Anchorage jury found 49-year-old Patrick Leu Tauanuu guilty on one-count each of Murder in the First Degree and Murder in the Second Degree for a shooting death that occurred on Nov. 19, 2020. This case was investigated by the Anchorage Police Department’s Homicide Unit. On Nov. 19, 2020, Patrick Leu Tauanuu […]
(Kodiak, AK) – William Vitkus is the new District Attorney at Kodiak, on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. Vitkus attended the University of Arizona Law School, graduating with honors in 2019. Following law school, Vitkus worked as a law clerk in Arizona before relocating to Alaska to join the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office […]