After deliberating for only an hour, an Anchorage Jury found 22-year-old Boonchan Yang, also known as “Chowmein,” Guilty of two counts of drug trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis announced in a press release on Wednesday. Yang was convicted of his drug distribution activities that took place in June and October of 2014. It was […]
The Department of Justice announced Thursday, the guilty pleas of owner/CEO of Glenn Defense Marine Asia, 51-year-old Leonard Francis, his company, and 47-year-old U.S. Navy Captain Daniel Dusek on various Corruption Conspiracy charges. Francis, the CEO of GDMA, pled guilty to bribery and fraud charges in federal court and admitted to being involved in a […]
Monday saw 59-year-old Arvin Kangas in Fairbanks court to answer to the charge of Assault IV in the incident that lead up to the deaths of two Fairbanks -based Alaska State Troopers in Tanana earlier this year on May 1st. In court, Kangas pleaded “Guilty” to a consolidated charge of Assault IV, and in exchange, […]
The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed today that they had reached a plea agreement with Noble Drilling LLC for environmental and maritime crimes concerning the Noble Discoverer and the drilling unit Kulluk in a case that was initiated in 2012. Noble will plead guilty to eight felony offenses in exchange for limiting their liability for […]