KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC-39) and crew held a change of command ceremony, Thursday, in Kodiak. Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongson, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony where Cmdr. Stephen Brickey relieved Cmdr. Steven Baldovsky as the commanding officer of the Alex Haley. The change of command ceremony is a […]
Kodiak fisherman sentenced to prison and banned from fishing for trafficking diseased crab. NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement led an investigation that resulted in a Kodiak fisherman being sentenced to prison for illegally trafficking diseased crab from Alaska to Washington. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska handled the successful prosecution. On May […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kodiak fisherman was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison and will serve two years on supervised release for leading a plan to illegally transport crab from Alaska to Washington on two crab catcher vessels, in violation of the Lacey Act. In February and March 2024, Corey Potter, 64, owned and […]
(Kodiak, AK) – On April 22, 2025, Superior Court Judge Christina Reigh sentenced 43-year-old Hilarion Soriano to serve five years for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree of a 5 ½-year-old girl, who was the daughter of his then girlfriend, in Kodiak. The total sentence was 10 years to serve with five years […]