(Fairbanks, AK) – On Monday, March 16, 2026, Superior Court Judge Brent Bennett sentenced Brianna Lapp, 33, of North Pole, to 22 years with 5 years suspended and 7 years of probation for events that culminated in the death of PFC Arturo Gomez. On July 22, 2024, Lapp was driving southbound on the Steese Highway […]
(Klawock, AK) – On January 26, 2026, John James, of Prince of Wales, was sentenced to serve 7.5 years for Felony Assault, DUI, and Misconduct involving Weapons in the Fourth Degree, following his conviction at trial on Sept. 26, 2025. The allegations stemmed from a traffic accident near Klawock on Nov. 28, 2023. James swerved into […]
(Klawock, Alaska) – A jury in Prince of Wales found John James guilty last Friday on multiple charges for driving under the influence, crashing his vehicle into and severely injuring a mother and causing injury to her infant daughter near Klawock on Nov. 28, 2023. James, 66, was driving under the influence of alcohol when he […]
(Palmer, AK) – Friday, Alaska Superior Court Judge Jonathan Woodman sentenced Anthony Engebretsen-Rogers, 21, for drunk driving that led to a man’s death and a woman’s injuries. Judge Woodman sentenced Engebretsen-Rogers to a composite sentence of 7.5 years and 90 days with two years, 85 days suspended for Criminally Negligent Homicide and Driving under the Influence […]