“President Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible, indicted, and convicted,” said the head of Common Cause. In the wake of Wednesday’s violent attack on the U.S. Capitol incited by President Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers who opposed the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, a growing list of elected officials, leaders of civil society groups, […]
(Anchorage) The Alaska Board of Dental Examiners voted unanimously to permanently revoke the dental license and parenteral sedation permit of Seth Lookhart, DDS. As described in the judge’s decision, the Division of Corporations, Business, and Professional Licensing proved that Dr. Lookhart endangered the lives of countless vulnerable Alaskans by over-sedating them absent medical necessity […]
Two men from the Kenai Peninsula arrested by AST and APD Indicted by Grand Jury March 12, 2020 (ANCHORAGE) – Yesterday, a Kenai Grand Jury returned a true bill against two men from the Kenai Peninsula on multiple charges relating to possession and distribution of child pornography. A third man was also arrested and […]
Report now available on the Department of Public Safety Website (Anchorage) — The fourth Felony Level Sex Offenses report has been published to the Department of Public Safety Website. It can be found at https://dps.alaska.gov/Felony-Level-Sex-Offenses-2018. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is tasked with collecting information on felony level sex offenses reported to state […]
Vietnam and the U.S. have announced that cooperation on cross-border crime has led to a U.S. grand jury indictment of an American teacher accused of traveling to the Southeast Asian nation to have sex with minors. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of California alleged that the teacher, Paul Marshall Bodner, of […]
JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate today voted to repeal and replace Senate Bill 91, strengthen the state’s sex crime laws, and provide police and prosecutors with new tools to fight crime. “Public safety is government’s foundational responsibility and has been this Senate’s top priority since day one,” said Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage. “The […]
An Anchorage man was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison after his conviction in July of last year on charges of two counts of attempted sex trafficking of a minor, and two counts of attempted enticement of a minor, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. Danny Ray Lowe, 50, was sentenced by U.S. […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]nchorage – Representative Matt Claman (D-Anchorage) plans to introduce legislation to close a loophole in Alaska’s sex offense statutes. The legislation, which is currently being drafted, would add unwanted contact with semen as a sex offense in Alaska. At the request of Rep. Claman, the non-partisan Legislative Research Services prepared a report reviewing statutes and […]
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her when both were teenagers aretestifying Thursday at a Senate hearing that could determine the balance of the nation’s highest judicial body. Christine Blasey Ford is giving her account of the alleged incident, in which she says Kavanaugh assaulted her […]