(Anchorage, AK) – Friday in front of a packed courtroom, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Jesse Jones, 28, to a composite sentence of 77 years for the murder of Josiah Goecker, 34, and assault of Rosemarie Ortiz at the Alpine Apartments on Oct. 23, 2023. Goecker was a leasing manager for the apartment […]
On June 7th, 1942, exactly six months after Japan’s infamous attack on Pearl Harbor that resulted in its war with the U.S., The Japanese struck again in American Territory. They landed and captured Attu Island on the Aleutian Chain. They had taken Kiska the day before. Unopposed, 1,140 stormed the shores of the island and […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, an Anchorage jury returned guilty verdicts for Murder in the First Degree, two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, Assault in the Third Degree and Tampering with Physical Evidence for Jesse Lee Jones. The charges stem from the October 23, 2023 shooting death of 34-year-old Josiah Goecker. Goecker was the […]