ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor in order to produce and possess child pornography. According to court documents, Michael Vernon Ross, 32, began sexually abusing a 7-year-old child in 2017. The abuse occurred weekly and lasted for multiple years. Ross documented […]
(Bethel, AK) – Joseph Kashatok, 67, of Kipnuk, Alaska, was convicted on Feb. 2, 2024, after a jury trial of two counts of Possession of Child Pornography. The trial lasted a little under two weeks, and the jury deliberated for approximately four hours before returning a verdict of guilty on two counts of Possession of Child […]
(Bethel, AK) – On Tuesday, 36-year-old Stephanie Olrun entered a guilty plea to the charge of Murder in the Second Degree for the March 12, 2021, murder of her 2-year-old adopted daughter, Jane Olrun. Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters accepted Olrun’s plea to one count of Murder in the Second Degree. The charges of […]
Alaska State Troopers based in Delta Juction responded to a location in that community after receiving a call reporting a disturbance on Saturday night. AST received a call at 8:56 pm and when they responded to the scene they found that Herbert Avellaneda-Celis, age 38, of Delta Junction, had shot out the tire of his […]