The former head of the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, Steven Osborne, was sentenced in Federal Court on Thursday, for theft of over $145,000 from that organization, the Department of Justice revealed on Thursday. Osborne, the former Executive Director of the non-profit tribal advocacy group from 2007 until his resignation in 2009, admitted in court to stealing […]
On Monday, the Department of Law released retired Superior Court Judge Patricia Collins’ independent investigation of the Alaska National Guard to the public. Like many Alaskans, I greet its release with a sense of anger and frustration that over several years some members of the Guard mistreated people and misused public funds. Also like many […]
A Haines-area big game guide was sentenced in U.S. District Court for “falsifying paperwork in order to conceal illegal hunting activity,” it was announced by the U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler on Thursday. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess sentenced 65-year-old John Katzeek for a felony violation of the Lacey Act and was placed on […]
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the former union financial secretary of the Carpenters Local Union 2247 in Juneau was sentenced for Embezzlement in District Court. 42-year-old Jonathan H. Smith was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess to “five years of probation with the condition that he serve four […]