US Attorney Brian Schroder with the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that an Anchorage man was sentenced on Monday for cyberstalking his former girlfriend while out on release on impending domestic violence case where the girlfriend was the victim. Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess sentenced Jeffery Ray Ward to 40 months in prison followed by three […]
A Wrangell father and son were sentenced in Federal court on Monday in connection with violations of the Lacey Act that took place in a three year period between June 28th, 2010 and May 20th, 2013, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. 70-year-old Charles “Chuck” Petticrew Sr, and 42-year-old Charles “Jeff” Petticrew Jr were sentenced […]
Nome based-Alaska State Troopers report that they received a report on Tuesday, of a missing snow-machiner who was attempting to travel from Nome to Koyuk. According to troopers, 26-year-old Koyuk resident, Jeffery Kimoktoak, began his trek via snow-machine on Sunday. Kimoktoak initially set out alone, on his new Polaris Pro S, and made it as far […]
The Justice Department and US Atty. Karen L Loeffler announced on Thursday that following the guilty plea by ADA Station Communication Inc. and Herschell Becker to three counts of bribing a public official on August 27, 2015, a federal jury in Anchorage found John Becker a.k.a. Jack Becker guilty of two counts of the same […]