Troopers report that a warrant was issued mid-week and carried out at the end of the week for manslaughter against Savoonga resident, Felix Wongittilin, who was involved in a fatal ATV accident on July 8th in that community. Troopers had received a report from the community of Savoonga late in the evening on July 8th, […]
An Alaskan couple in Klawock have been charged in federal court in Juneau with four counts of failure to pay their income taxes, Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced in a press release on Wednesday. According to the Justice Department, Archie W. Demmert III and Roseann L. Demmert, of Klawock, have through the years, failed to […]
It has been revealed that the Teller man accused of stabbing to death 31-year-old William Johnson of Barrow, had previously been convicted of Criminally Negligent Homicide for the death of a seven-month-0ld infant that occurred in October of 2008. 43-year-old Frank David “Punchy” Lee had been convicted of that charge after agreeing to a plea […]
Nome-based Alaska State Troopers report that a 50-year-old Elim man is behind bars on charges of Enticement of a Minor and Distribution of Child Pornography following an investigation that resulted from a report on July 17th. It was last Monday that troopers received a complaint that a 14-year-old girl in Elim was contacted by 50-year-old Herbert […]