Anchorage man sentenced to over 13 years for role in Alaska drug trafficking conspiracy

Anchorage man sentenced to over 13 years for role in Alaska drug trafficking conspiracy

    The defendant is one of over 60 charged in large-scale drug trafficking ring targeting Alaska.   ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday to over 13 years in prison for conspiring with others to traffic fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin in Alaska on behalf of a drug trafficking organization allegedly run by […]

This Day in Alaska History-March 13th, 1918

This Day in Alaska History-March 13th, 1918

    On March 13th, 1918, after many years of violating the Sherman Anti-trust Act, Booth Fisheries Company, (Delaware), Booth Fisheries Company, (Washington), The Chlopeck Fish Company, Inc, International Fisheries Company, San Juan Fishing and Packing Company, and, Occidental Fish Company, known collectively as the Fish Trust, pleaded nolo contender and were fined for their offense. […]

Three Southeast fishermen charged with intentionally sinking fishing boats

Three Southeast fishermen charged with intentionally sinking fishing boats

  JUNEAU, Alaska – Three Southeast Alaska fishermen were charged through separate criminal information filings last month with allegedly intentionally sinking their respective fishing boats in waters near Sitka and Petersburg, Alaska. Federal law prohibits the deliberate sinking of a vessel that obstructs navigable waters. According to court documents filed relating to three separate incidents, […]

Kodiak man sentenced to 20 years for role in 2022 fatal fentanyl overdose

Kodiak man sentenced to 20 years for role in 2022 fatal fentanyl overdose

  The defendant is one of over 60 charged in large-scale drug trafficking ring targeting Alaska. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kodiak man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute deadly drugs that resulted in a fatal overdose in August 2022. While on pretrial release for state […]

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