ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced to 18 months and 19 days in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for kidnapping his two young children in 2014 while on a family vacation in the Philippines. According to evidence presented at trial, Leo James Chaplin, 62, who is an American-born United States […]
A 911 call from a young Fairbanks child resulted in the arrest of his father on multiple charges that included Attempted Murder and Kidnapping early Monday morning, according to trooper reports. AST received a call at 2:02 am on Monday morning from a young child in the Fairbanks area telling them that his father, identified […]
Six men were charged Thursday with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in an alleged plot by right-wing extremists who were angry over her coronavirus containment policies. A federal grand jury levied a conspiracy indictment against Michigan residents Adam Fox, Ty Garbin, Kaleb Franks, Daniel Harris and Brandon Michael-Ray Caserta, and Barry Croft […]
New Charges Include Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Conspiracy, Assault and Kidnapping in Aid of Racketeering, and accessory to murder. Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that additional charges have been brought in a superseding indictment against members and associates of a white supremacist gang known as the 1488s. The […]