AST reported today that a Nome man was indicted by a grand jury on charges of Misconduct Involving Controlled Substances following an investigation by the Western Alcohol and Narcotics team in Nome. The indictment against 57-year-old Nome resident David Fergerson was the result of the WAANT investigation that revealed that Fergerson “was in possession of […]
The Department of Justice’s Acting U.S. Attorney announced that U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason sentenced 27-year-old Hiram Luis Ducasse to 20 years in prison and six years of supervised release on Monday. The sentence was the result of a guilty plea submitted in court on June 20th to charges of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess […]
Troopers report that on September 19th, an Alaska State Trooper on patrol pulled over a vehicle at mile 95 of the Sterling Highway for an equipment violation for a loud exhaust. When the trooper pulled over 33-year-old Christopher Overhuls that afternoon, AST would find that Overhuls was a felon in possession of a concealed firearm. […]
Four Kodiak residents have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in that city on drug trafficking and money laundering, adding to the list of four others that were previously indicted following an investigation by the FBI, Coast Guard investigators, the IRS, AST, ATF&E, and the Kodiak Police Department, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. […]