FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Fairbanks man was sentenced last Friday to 12 years in prison and will serve 25 years on supervised release for attempting to produce child pornography and entice a minor. According to court documents, on July 7, 2023, a law enforcement official, acting in an undercover capacity and posing online as a […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging three Kodiak residents with drug trafficking crimes in Alaska, including distributing fentanyl which resulted in a fatal overdose. According to court documents, between February 2022 and July 2023, Ashley Katelnikoff, 37 and Gerry Pugal, 37, allegedly conspired together to distribute […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Chinese national was sentenced Monday to two years’ supervised release and agreed to turn over to the United States over $73,000 and a luxury vehicle related to an illegal guide-outfitter scheme he ran for over a year. According to court documents, beginning in August 2021, Jun “Harry” Liang, 41, and his […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A U.S. Air Force Airman stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) was arrested last week after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging him with distributing and possessing child sexual abuse materials (CSAM). According to court documents, in August 2024, Caleb French, 27, was reported to the U.S. Air […]