A U.S. federal judge on Thursday sentenced Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, to 47 months in prison for tax and bank fraud. The sentence was substantially less than the 19 to 21 years prosecutors wanted, which most likely would have put Manafort, 69, behind bars for the rest of his life. […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Kenai man faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine following a federal conviction handed down from a federal jury on Wednesday for mailing a threatening communication to a Superior Court Judge, the Department of Justice revealed. Kenai man Steven Bachmeier was convicted of the charge following a three-day trial in […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker appointed four new judges for Alaska. They will join the Kenai, Juneau, and Bethel Superior Courts, as well as the Court of Appeals. Bethany Harbison has practiced law in Alaska for almost 25 years, after graduating from Harvard Law School in 1993. She clerked for Alaska’s Judge Greene, worked as […]
A former Ohio judge was jailed after the body of his estranged wife was discovered in the driveway dead from stab wounds. Lance Mason was taken to a hospital before being jailed after he crashed his vehicle into a patrol car as he was fleeing the scene. It was reported that the stabbing in the driveway of […]