(Anchorage, AK) – On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason rejected the United States’ efforts to restrict the application of well-established federal law in determining whether the State of Alaska is the rightful owner of submerged lands below the upper North Fork of the Fortymile River. The Fortymile River is 180 miles east of […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Marley Marque, 32, of Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced Thursday for the 2020 murder of her 5-year-old son Jobe Christensen. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Peter Ramgren sentenced Marque to 80 years with 30 years suspended and 50 years to serve for the Nov. 20, 2020 murder. Judge Ramgren also sentenced Marque to an additional […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby sentenced Jimmy Dale Cates to 312 years in prison for sexually assaulting an Anchorage woman, murdering her, and setting her home on fire. Last June, after a four-week trial, an Anchorage jury found 58-year-old Cates guilty on ten counts. Friday morning, Judge Saxby sentenced Cates to: […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, an Anchorage Jury found Brian Steven Smith, 53, guilty of fourteen counts including two counts of Murder in the First Degree for the murders of Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. They also found him guilty of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree, Tampering with Evidence and Misconduct Involving a Corpse. Homicide […]