U.S. Attorney, with the Department of Justice, Bryan Schroder announced on Wednesday, that 38-year-old J Cobb Whitmore, a three-time felon, was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm. U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline sentenced Whitmore on Tuesday to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and 80 […]
Fairbanks-based troopers were involved in a officer-involved shooting on Christmas Eve following the report of an armed “distraught male” on Marshal Drive, the trooper dispatch reported Sunday. After receiving the report, troopers, along with Fairbanks police, responded at 6:21 pm, and made contact with the man near the intersection of the Steese Highway and the […]
A Fairbanks Pilot was indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage on two charges of Obstruction before the National Transportation Board and piloting an aircraft without a valid airman’s certificate, the US Department of Justice announced on Thursday. According to the DoJ press release, 60-year-old Forest M. Kirst’s indictment stems from an incident that […]
On Tuesday at Fort Wainwright soldier was convicted on charges of distribution and transportation of child pornography after a two-day trial in front of Judge Ralph R Beistline. 27-year-old Kaleb Basey’s conviction was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of investigation, Alaska State troopers, and the Army Criminal Investigation Division. That investigation […]