[content id=”79272″] “Locking Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous,” said Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. “Forcing elected officials to sign ‘permission slips’ and take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook. Texas Republicans have lost their damn minds.” Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier was forced to […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Wasilla man was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison and will serve the rest of his life on supervised release for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Wasilla. According to court documents, on Nov. 2, 2022, a 14-year-old girl exited a school bus in Wasilla and started walking […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On May 8, 2025, a Fairbanks jury found 41-year-old Martin Hietala guilty of Kidnapping and three counts of Assault in the First Degree. The jury acquitted him of five counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree. On July 15, 2018, Mr. Hietala restrained J.B. in a Fairbanks hotel and repeatedly strangled her, […]
(Bethel, AK) –Monday, Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced 32-year-old Daniel Nick of Kwethluk to serve 36 years of incarceration after being convicted of Kidnapping, Assault in the Third Degree, Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Fourth Degree, Unlawful Contact, and four counts of Violating Conditions of Release. Nick was convicted of these crimes […]