FAIRBANKS – Jared Wilkes Post, 26, of Fairbanks was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to 78 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay at least $100,000 in restitution for defrauding banks and other victims of over $100,000 through a sophisticated check kiting and identity theft scheme. According to court documents, between […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Monday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Erin Marston sentenced 31-year-old Rigoberto Guillermo Walker to serve 40 years in prison for the attempted murder of a 74-year-old woman in 2019. Walker was convicted at trial by an Anchorage jury in May 2022. At trial, the evidence showed that A.S. was gardening outside of the assisted […]
Alaska State Troopers responded with a K9 unit following a report from a Houston man saying that his mother, 92 years old suffering with severe Alzheimer’s and dementia had wandered away from their home on Saturday evening. K9 Blitz and a trooper combed the area approximately one mile around the house before K9 Blitz showed […]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, added her name Monday to the growing list of lawmakers and advocacy groups calling on President Joe Biden to fire two Trump-appointed Social Security Administration officials for allegedly sabotaging the effort to deliver relief payments to millions of seniors and people with disabilities. In a statement, Jayapal (D-Wash.) said it is “appalling and […]