Codefendant Alaskan drug distributor sentenced to 7 years ANCHORAGE, ALASKA – On April 11, 2023, Judge Ralph Beistline of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska sentenced a Mexican national to 14 years imprisonment followed by five years of supervised release for his role as the head of a drug trafficking organization that […]
JUNEAU – Joshua Kane Wehnes was sentenced on March 7, 2023, to 90 months in prison and five years of supervised release for federal drug trafficking and firearm charges. According to court documents, Joshua Kane Wehnes, 34, of Sitka, was arrested by Sitka Police Department (SPD) in conjunction with an investigation involving the violation of […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason to 50 years in prison for kidnapping and drug trafficking. According to court documents, Macauther Christmas Vaifanua, 35, aka “Mac” and his brother, Faamanu Vaifanua, 31, aka “Junior” distributed heroin in the Anchorage area through the kidnapped victim between January 2015 […]
November 22, 2017 (Anchorage, AK), An Anchorage Grand Jury has indicted Melissa Knight, Mona Galliher, Courtney Renee Tweedy-Pederson, Thomas Flammini, Patricia England, Christopher Gowen, Daniel Carstens and Natasha Knight on November 14, 2017 in connection with a major heroin and methamphetamine drug ring in the Anchorage area. The leader of the drug ring, Melissa Knight, […]