ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal jury convicted an Eagle River man late last week for trafficking firearms from Alaska to California after a five-day trial. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, from February 2021 to April 2022, Cornelius Smith, 33, bought 28 firearms from gun stores and private parties in Alaska. During […]
[content id=”79272″] ANCHORAGE, Alaska – United States Attorney S. Lane Tucker announced today that the Justice Department will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in five Alaska jurisdictions for the Nov. 5 general election. The jurisdictions to be monitored are: Bethel Census Area Dillingham Census Area Kusilvak Census Area North Slope Borough Northwest Arctic […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska announced Tuesday that 10 people have been charged through three indictments in connection with a drug trafficking organization operating in Anchorage. According to court documents, Rodney Godwin, 50, is allegedly the leader of a drug trafficking organization responsible for trafficking kilograms of controlled […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging an Anchorage man with being a felon in possession of a firearm during an encounter with the police. According to court documents and a press release from the Anchorage Police Department (APD), on Sept. 23, 2024, Jalen Baker, 23, possessed a firearm […]