(Kenai, AK) – On July 10, Superior Court Judge Lance Joanis sentenced 61-year-old Lawana Barker to eight years with four years suspended followed by seven years of probation for convictions for Criminally Negligent Homicide, Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 4th Degree, and Theft in the 3rd Degree. On Aug. 11, 2023, Ms. Barker […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced Brian Tyler McGee, 29, for the vehicular homicide of Chase Bowerson, 26. Pursuant to a plea agreement, McGee pled guilty to Criminally Negligent Homicide and Leaving the Scene of an Accident Without Assisting an Injured Person. McGee was sentenced to serve 4 ½ years with […]
Fairbanks, Alaska – On Friday, April 11, 2025, at approximately 9:52 a.m., the Fairbanks Emergency Communication Center received a report of shots fired at an apartment in the 1100 block of 27th Avenue. Responding officers with the Fairbanks Police Department were advised that a person had been shot. Upon arrival, officers located 37-year-old Joseph Casas, […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Last week, after a lengthy jury trial, an Anchorage jury convicted Joshua Oktoyak, 35, of Murder in the First Degree and two counts of Murder in the Second Degree for the July 12, 2023, killing of Cindy Ahwinona. The trial began March 10. The evidence presented at trial revealed Oktoyak used a […]