Eighty-eight potential jurors began the day at a Anchorage Federal Court yesterday as the selection process began in the case against members of the Alaska Peacekeepers Militia. By the end of the day, nine women and seven men were chosen to sit on the jury of twelve with four as alternates.
The former Executive Director of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, who was charged with embezzling $475,000 from the organization, pled guilty to two counts of theft, a count of misapplication of funds, as well as a count of money laundering in Federal court yesterday.
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Kenai resident Francis "Frank" Roach, a familiar face from the valley community of Wasilla to the south Kenai peninsula town of Homer, is facing charges from Theft in the First Degree to Scheming to Defraud in a nine count indictment.