ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned a superseding indictment adding new charges against the leader and a high-ranking member of a large-scale organized drug crime ring operating in Alaska. In January, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Alaska announced charges against 53 defendants allegedly connected to the drug trafficking enterprise. Conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, […]
Committee Substitute for House Bill 66 Addresses Fentanyl Overdose Deaths, Child Pornography Definition, Involuntary Commitment, Sex Crimes Testimony at a Grand Jury, and Registration of Sex Offenders JUNEAU – Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee took steps to address the state’s urgent concerns over sex crime rates, rising drug-related deaths, and gaps in legal procedures by […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden brought law enforcement officials from key swing states into the White House on Wednesday as he touted declines in crime in major cities and pressed Congress for more action on policing and gun control. “Murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery — all dropped sharply, along with burglary, property crime and theft. And […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, 24-year-old Christopher Wayne Espiritu-Simpson was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna for shooting into an apartment on Dec. 27, 2017, and for murdering 19-year-old Juanita Lolesio on Dec. 30, 2017, in Anchorage. Espiritu-Simpson previously pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder one count of second-degree weapons misconduct for shootings […]
