The 18-year-old suspect in the Buffalo, New York, grocery store mass shooting last weekend was formally charged with first-degree murder during a brief court appearance Thursday. Payton Gendron was escorted into the courtroom flanked by police officers, wearing an orange jumpsuit and a white face mask. He was handcuffed and shackled. He remained silent throughout […]
WASHINGTON – In an indictment unsealed Thursday, a federal grand jury in Anchorage, charged an Alaska dentist and his wife with tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States, bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and other federal crimes. According to the indictment, from approximately 2013 to present, Glenn and Saray Lockwood, of Kenai, evaded […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On March 31, 2022, an Anchorage grand jury indicted 39 year-old Adam Pringle and 45 year-old Daniel Rocero on two counts of second-degree murder, one count of manslaughter, and one count of evidence tampering. Pringle and Rocero are alleged to have killed Keenan Wegener on March 18, 2022. Wegener’s body was discovered by […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, an Anchorage grand jury indicted 32-year-old Christopher Chuckwuk on one count of Robbery in the First Degree, one count of Robbery in the Second Degree, and one count Theft in the Second Degree. The charges stem from a robbery alleged to have occurred in Togiak on March 17, 2022. If convicted at […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – A Fairbanks grand jury last week indicted Joshua Butcher for one count of Murder in the First Degree, one count of Assault in the First Degree, and six counts of Assault in the Third Degree for the Nov. 7, 2021, shooting at a Fairbanks Safeway that the took the life of Harley Titus […]
(Bethel, AK) – On March 15, 2022, a Bethel grand jury indicted 44-year-old Pius Teeluk on one count of Murder in the First Degree, two counts of Murder in the Second Degree , and one count of Cruelty to Animals. The indictment is based on an incident that occurred in Kotlik, Alaska on the morning of […]
(Anchorage, AK) A former federal Department of Homeland Security officer was indicted on two sexual assault charges by an Anchorage Grand Jury last week, following his indictment in 2021 on seven other charges. Bert Christopher “Chris” Heitstuman, 51, of Anchorage, was indicted for one count of sexual assault in the first degree and one count of […]
(Juneau, AK) – A Juneau grand jury on Friday indicted Tommy Bowers for murder in the second degree in the death of 54-year-old Earl McKinley of Juneau. Bowers, 59, is accused of pushing McKinley out of a second-floor window at a Juneau emergency shelter and soup kitchen on Feb. 25. McKinley later died of his injuries […]
(Anchorage, AK) – An Anchorage grand jury has indicted 55-year-old Mi Jung Sherrod on one count of manslaughter in connection with a June 24, 2021, vehicle crash in Anchorage. She is also charged with driving under the influence. Sherrod is alleged to have run a red light at the intersection of Arctic Boulevard and International Airport […]