Two California men pleaded guilty to illegal fishing charges in Sitka District Court on Tuesday for charges incurred late last month prior to the trolling season opening up on July 1. It was on June 30th that Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted the captain and crew of the fishing vessel “Chief Joseph” while it lay at […]
It was announced today by the Department of Justice, that Peterburg man, 46-year-old Tye Leif Petersen pled guilty to charges for the distribution, receipt, and possession of child pornography. The Federal Bureau of investigation carried out the investigation that resulted in charges being leveled at Petersen. the FBI, following a lead from a related federal investigation […]
62-year-old James Wells, the man charged with the killings of 41-year-old Coast Guard Electrician’s Mate First Class James Hopkins and 51-year-old retired Boatswain’s Mate Richard Belisle while they worked at the Coast Guard Communication Station on the Coast Guard base in Kodiak on April 12, 2012, was found guilty of Murder on Friday. The verdict […]