ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. According to court documents, Peter Joseph Hickel Jr., 34, used social media to communicate with and attempt to meet an individual that he believed to be a 12-year-old girl […]
(Dillingham, AK) –Wednesday, Dillingham Superior Court Judge Christina Reigh sentenced 32-year-old Richard Johnson of Dillingham to serve 25 years of incarceration after being convicted of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree. Judge Reigh sentenced Johnson to a composite sentence of 35 years with 10 years suspended and placed him on probation for 15 […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On April 19, 2024, a Fairbanks jury found 58-year-old Michael Vandeburgh guilty of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree. The conviction is for an act of sexual abuse Vandeburgh committed against a 4-year-old family member in June 2018. The jury heard from 12 total witnesses across 6 full days. Following […]
(Kenai, Alaska) – On April 16, 2024, at the conclusion of a three-week trial, a Kenai jury convicted 47-year-old Jess Clucas of Clam Gulch of 60 felony counts related to sexually abusing three grade-school age girls living in his home over a fifteen-year period. Evidence at the trial showed that, beginning as early as 2003, Jess […]