(Palmer, AK) – On July 30, 2024, after a five-day trial, a Palmer jury found 72-year-old John Barton guilty of one count of Perjury and two counts of Voter Misconduct in the First Degree. The convictions relate to a 2022 Matanuska-Susitna Borough election. Testimony at trial showed Barton went to two different polling places during […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore met with reporters to discuss how the Office of Special Prosecutions in the Alaska Law Department reviews officer-involved shooting cases. There have been nine officer-involved shootings in Alaska in 2024, five of them in Anchorage since May. “The Office of Special Prosecutions’ review of use-of-deadly-force incidents […]
(Kenai, Alaska) – Monday, Superior Court Judge Jason Gist sentenced Kelly Crane to a composite 64 years in jail with 12 years suspended, 15 years of supervised probation, and sex offender registration and treatment. The Court elected to run 22 years of imprisonment concurrently among the four counts, resulting in a 30-year total term of […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Last week, Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby sentenced Brian Steven Smith, 53, to 226 years in prison for the murders of Kathleen Jo Henry and Veronica Abouchuk. Smith was convicted in February of 14 counts including two counts of Murder in the First Degree. A jury also found him guilty of Sexual Assault […]