(Bethel, AK) –At the end of last month, Superior Court Judge William Montgomery sentenced 40-year-old Byron Demantle, to 33 years for sexual assault in the first degree. Demantle pled guilty to sexually assaulting three women in Kwethluk between 2020 and 2022. He pled guilty in April 2025, on the first day of trial. Demantle was charged […]
On July 30, 2026, at approximately 7:30 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers were notified that 36-year-old Seattle resident Vincent Short had fallen from the mast of a vessel in Akutan. Short sustained significant injuries as a result of the fall. Despite emergency response efforts, he later succumbed to those injuries. His next of kin have […]
On July 29th, an Ekwok VPSO was conducting a case follow-up with 20-year-old Ekwok resident BillyBoy Hurley while at the Ekwok clinic. During the course of the follow-up, Hurley attempted to leave the clinic before the matter was resolved. The VPSO followed Hurley and, upon making contact with him, Hurley became physically aggressive and assaulted […]
(Bethel, AK) – On June 29, 2026, Bethel Superior Court Judge Will Montgomery sentenced 27-year-old Matt Atcherian to 60 years to serve across two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree, followed by 30 years of suspended time and 20 years of supervision. Atcherian will be required to register as a sex […]