(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced 27-year-old Tyler John Phillips to 75 years with 25 years suspended, for a total 50 years of active jail time, for the June 23, 2021, murder of Kevin Kirlin. On Dec. 24, 2024, an Anchorage jury convicted Phillips of Murder in the First Degree. […]
Anchorage man, 36-year-old Matthew James Scharber was sentenced to life in prison plus ten years for kidnapping and other charges before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M Burgess in court today, U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder of the Department of Justice revealed today. Today’s sentencing is the result of an investigation conducted by the Anchorage […]
Investigators with the Special Crimes Investigation Unit, or SCIU, report that they have arrested a second male, identified as Corey S. Sylva, age 26, in connection with the kidnapping and assault of brothers, 22-year-old Kevin, and 23-year-old Keeton Kirlin, who were kidnapped, assaulted, shot, and left for dead on the Palmer side of Hatcher Pass […]