ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Minnesota man was sentenced Thursday to five years’ probation for assaulting a flight attendant and interfering with a flight crew’s normal duties. According to court documents, on June 24, 2023, Christian Burch, 38, went into the bathroom while he was aboard a flight from Minneapolis to Anchorage. Flight attendants heard a […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – A South African man was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday on criminal charges after disembarking a cruise ship in Juneau for allegedly stabbing multiple people with medical scissors while aboard the ship. According to court documents, on May 6, 2024, Ntando Sogoni, 35, was working on the cruise ship when other […]
The U.S. Attorney for Alaska announces appointment of Regional MMIP coordinator, discusses rural justice. WASHINGTON – The Justice Department joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout Alaska Native and American Indian communities, in recognizing May 5 as National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. In recognition of MMIP […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Delta Junction man was sentenced Friday to two years in prison and is required to pay over $580,000 in restitution for running a years’ long scheme to defraud nearly two-dozen investors out of over $600,000. According to court documents, from January 2017 to January 2020, Brian Corty, 53, was the organizer […]