(Anchorage, AK) – Within the last two weeks, prosecutors in the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office have secured convictions for three individuals charged with felony sex crimes against minors. Last week, Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Demitri Kalmakoff, 33, to serve thirty-seven (37) years with ten (10) years suspended to be followed by ten (10) years of […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Wednesday, a Fairbanks jury returned a guilty verdict against 36-year-old Wesley Cruikshank of Fairbanks for Murder in the Second Degree. The jury acquitted him of Murder in the First Degree. On June 16, 2023, the victim and his girlfriend picked the defendant up from a Fairbanks restaurant and drove him to their […]
[content id=”79272″] (Anchorage, AK) – The Office of Special Prosecutions has completed its review of an officer-involved shooting incident from July 15, 2024, involving Steven Kissack and Juneau Police Department Sgt. Christopher Gifford and Alaska State Trooper Sgt. Branden Forst in Juneau. The review determined that both Sgt. Forst and Sgt. Gifford were legally justified in […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor filed a lawsuit against James Francis Dainis and six companies owned by Dainis (264KB PDF), alleging that they engaged in widespread fraud in the ATM industry. According to the complaint, Dainis sells ATMs to small business, non-profits, and ANCSA corporations, and provides related services, including connecting the machines […]