Saying that he “was not candid” and that his “motive was personal gain,” Judge Ralph Beistline sentenced an Illinois insurance salesman to two years in federal prison on Monday. After pleading “Guilty to ten counts of mail and wire fraud on Monday, 52-year-old Russell Armstrong of Lake Bluff, Illinois was sentenced to 24 month in […]
Anchorage– Alaska industry, Alaska Native groups, and state and local governments scored a significant win Friday when U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) listing of the U.S. Arctic population of bearded seals under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was “inherently arbitrary and capricious.” The court ordered the listing […]
The man convicted of killing two Coast Guard employees at the communications station on the Kodiak Coast Guard base in April of 2012 stood before Judge Ralph Beistline on Tuesday for sentencing. Judge Beistline gave 63-year-old James Wells a sentence of two life terms for the killing of retired U.S. Coast Guard Chief Boatswain’s Mate Richard […]