(Anchorage, AK) – Following a week-long trial, a Ketchikan jury Tuesday found 54-year-old Michael Williams guilty for the sexual assault and sexual abuse of a fourteen-year-old girl near Ketchikan High School in 1993. The jury deliberated for approximately one hour before finding Williams guilty of one count of Sexual Assault in the First Degree and one […]
FBI seeking to identify other potential victims, specifically in Alaska and Indiana ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man was arrested by the FBI Wednesday on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of child pornography and attempted coercion of a minor. According to court documents, Michael Koetter, 28, possessed child pornography depicting minors as […]
(Anchorage, AK) –Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 63-year-old Vance Peronto to eight years with four years suspended for a conviction of one count of attempted sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. Peronto was found guilty by a jury following a trial in March 2023. Peronto will be on probation for seven […]
(Kodiak, AK) –Tuesday retired Supreme Court Justice Joel Bolger sentenced 49-year-old Nathan Benton of Kodiak to a composite sentence of 12 years with 5 years suspended and 7 years to serve for two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. Benton was convicted of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor […]