The Anchorage drug dealer, and leader of a mail theft ring, was sentenced on Wednesday to 14 years in prison, U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler announced today. Jonathan Ortiz Escalante, also known as “Superman,” was sentenced on 16 counts of Fraud, Drug Distribution, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, by Chief United States […]
During a search warrant service at a Wasilla residence on Saturday evening, troopers would find a felon in possession of drugs and firearms, trooper dispatch revealed on Saturday. Alaska State Troopers with the Criminal Suppression Unit in Wasilla went to a residence on West Stacy Street in Wasilla and served a search warrant. During the […]
An Anchorage man who was convicted of drug trafficking in the Anchorage area received a sentence of ten years in prison by United States District Court Judge Sharon Gleason it was reported on Wednesday. 38-year-old Max Jewett had previously pleaded “guilty” to one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine on December 22, 2014. As a […]
Alaska State Troopers announced the arrest of two Anchorage residents after an extended investigation by Statewide Drug Enforcement-Mat-Su Unit into heroin distribution in the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage area. Alaska State Troopers arrested 21-year-old Vincenzo “Vinnie” Yacovelli and his girlfriend 19-year-old Caitlynn Horton at a Swanson Street address in Wasilla on Monday afternoon. They were arrested […]