A former resident of Ketchikan has pled guilty to Lacy Act violations in connection to illegally purchased halibut in 2012 and 2013. It was announced by United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler this week that a former resident of Ketchikan, Donald Ray Thornlow, pled guilty to ” commercially purchasing halibut that was caught for subsistence […]
The trooper dispatch reported on Tuesday that after a week-long trial, defendant, 52-year-old Anthony Gilliam, was found guilty on 22 counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and three counts of Coercion by a jury in the Palmer Court House. The case began in November of 2013, when a then 23-year-old female and her 22-year-old […]
Virginia teen, Ali Shukri Amin, age 17, received a sentence of 11 years in prison after pleading “Guilty” to “Conspiring to Provide Material Support and Resources to Terrorists” ion June 11th of this year. According to the Justice Department, Amin: Amin admitted to using Twitter to provide advice and encouragement to ISIL and its supporters. […]
A U.S. appeals court has reversed a ruling that said the National Security Agency’s program to collect phone records from millions of Americans in an effort to locate terrorist plots was illegal. In 2013, a lower court ruled the program was probably unconstitutional because it likely violates the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches. The appellate […]