ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Washington man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for sexually enticing and exploiting a minor from a rural Alaskan village. According to court documents, Brian Powell, 41, of Spokane, Washington, enticed and coerced the 12-year-old juvenile victim. Powell, 40, claimed to be “Brian Gaither” and that he was 27 […]
FBI seeking to identify other potential victims. ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Fairbanks man was arrested by the FBI Tuesday at an Anchorage hotel on criminal charges related to his alleged attempts to produce child pornography and entice a minor. According to court documents, Dahkota Mitchell, 30, started communicating with and attempting to meet an individual […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Investigators of the Alaska State Troopers working in conjunction with investigators from Homeland Security Investigations and the Spokane Police Department arrested 40-year-old Spokane, Washington resident Brian Kevin Powell on May 19, 2022. Mr. Powell was indicted on May 16, 2022, in Bethel, Alaska on four counts of Enticement of a Minor under AS […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 10 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the attempted sexual exploitation, coercion and enticement of a minor. According to evidence presented at trial, detectives assigned to the Anchorage Police Department (APD) Crimes Against […]