(Palmer, AK) – Thursday, a Palmer jury found Robert Hawes, 72, guilty of two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree, one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree, and one count of Attempted Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree. The jury returned its […]
The defendant will also pay nearly $1M in restitution to the U.S. government. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage businesswoman was sentenced Monday to 3.8 years in prison for lying on federal loan applications and stealing identities to fraudulently obtain nearly $1 million in COVID-19 relief funds. According to court documents, Cheryl Labrie, 39, was the […]
The Anchorage Police Department is investigating a fraud ring that used stolen credit and debit card information to make unauthorized purchases at several unrelated retailers. If you notice a charge you didn’t authorize from March – July the Anchorage Police Department would like to hear from you. This investigation involves fraudulent tap to pay purchases […]
Almost 49,000 voters made their way to 297 polling places in the territory of Alaska on August 26th,1958. The voters cast their votes for a proposition in a six-to-one margin in the special election to approve statehood for the territory. The turnout was so tremendous that in many of the polling places, the ballot supply […]