(Kotzebue, AK) – Tuesday, Judge Nelson Traverso sentenced Peter Wilson to a total sentence of 198 years, with 99 years suspended, for the murder and sexual abuse of Ashley Johnson-Barr on September 6, 2108 in Kotzebue. The court sentenced Mr. Wilson to 99 years with 49 suspended, or 50 years to serve, for the crime […]
The Alaska Department of Law revealed that 29-year-old Christopher John Ricker has been indicted by an Anchorage grand jury for the deaths of 68-year-old Alan Borowski and 58-year-old Linda Borowski on July 31st. It was on that date at 1:37 pm that APD patrol officers and the Anchorage Fire Department to the 16000-block of Meadow […]
At 2:11 am on Saturday morning, Anchorage police patrol officers and Anchorage Fire Department personnel responded to a report of a structure fire on the 16000-block of Meadow Creek Drive. Upon arrival, an apartment unit was found to be ablaze. Firefighters quickly put the fire out and then discovered the remains of a deceased male […]
Soldotna-based troopers report that the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal rollover on Saturday morning was successfully apprehended two hours later in his home and charged with murder. Trooper responded to the scene of the crash after being notified at 3:38 am on Saturday. They found that prior to their arrival, the driver […]
Investigators with the Anchorage Police Department say that the suspect in the slaying of a man in the parking lot of the Trophy Lounge on Jewel Lake Road on Wednesday is now in custody. The investigation that was initiated following a 7:32 am response to the parking lot of the South Anchorage business revealed that […]
(Kotzebue, Alaska) – On Monday, June 21, 2021, Peter Vance Wilson pleaded guilty to first degree murder and first degree sexual abuse of a minor stemming from the September 6, 2018 murder of Ashley Johnson Barr in Kotzebue, Alaska. The State and Mr. Wilson entered into a plea agreement prior to Mr. Wilson’s change of plea. […]
JUNEAU – A Utah man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for the beating death of his wife during a 2017 family cruise to Alaska. Kenneth Manzanares, 43, pleaded guilty in February 2020 to the second-degree murder of Kristy Manzanares while onboard the Emerald Princess […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On April 22, 2021, thirty-one-year-old Randall Igou was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth for Murder in the First Degree. Igou pleaded guilty on November 5, 2020, to the September 10, 2017 murder of Aurora Paint Company co-owner Gregory Gill. At the sentencing hearing, the State presented video evidence that showed that […]
APD patrol officers responded to a disturbance call at 12:55 pm on Friday and when they arrived, they discovered a female with serious trauma to her upper body. The woman was rushed to the hospital, but, unfortunately, she would succumb to her injuries there. Police would also locate her pet dog at the scene with […]