(Anchorage, AK) – Last week, 25-year-old Eric Lee was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Catherine Easter to serve seven years in prison for the attempted murder of Austin Cottrell. Lee pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted murder on Sept. 14, 2022. On Jan. 11, 2018, Eric Lee was in the self-checkout line at Fred Meyer on […]
(Anchorage, AK) – With five different opinions issued by three different Solicitors of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior over the past several years, confusion exists over whether the 51-year-old Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) extinguished the federal government’s ability to take lands into trust in Alaska. The State filed a lawsuit […]
(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska recently agreed to three multi-state settlements with opioid manufacturers and a chain pharmacy in ongoing legal actions relating to the opioid crisis. These include Walmart for approximately $8.5 million, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries for approximately $8.2 million and Allergan for approximately $4.8 million. The State has also received in […]
(Palmer, AK)—Palmer resident Bradley Renfro was sentenced today to 105 years and to serve 75 years for the kidnapping and murder of 16-year-old David Grunwald. Renfro is the last defendant to be sentenced of the four teenagers who were charged with the November 2016 murder. In May 2018, Renfro was convicted by a Palmer jury […]