AST says that a child was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage after being run over by a vehicle on the Alaska Highway on Monday evening. Troopers received the report of the incident at 6:39 pm on Sunday. According to the investigation, five children were sitting on the tailgate of a truck […]
ANCHORAGE – A federal grand jury in Anchorage returned an indictment charging a Bonner County, Idaho man with sexually exploiting children and production of child pornography in Haines, Alaska. According to federal court documents, Christopher Panagiotou-Scigliano, 39, coerced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing child pornography. He is […]
FAIRBANKS – A North Pole, Alaska, man was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline to 15 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography after a prior conviction for sexual abuse of a minor. According to court documents, Jason Patzke, 47, downloaded, accessed, and deleted […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Wilson announced today that Michael Whitmore, 27, has been indicted on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. Whitmore was arrested by the FBI on March 10, 2021. The indictment alleges that on or about March 3, 2021 Whitmore was observed by Australian law enforcement distributing child […]