alaskabeacon.com In an extraordinary order, a Ketchikan Superior Court judge has dismissed murder charges against a Metlakatla man, citing a lengthy series of errors, lies and evidence concealed from defense attorneys by the Metlakatla Police Department. The errors, Judge Daniel Doty said last week in an order, were so severe that defendant Isaac Henderson cannot […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced 47-year-old Trevor Babcock to 70 years with 20 years suspended, for a total 50 years of active jail time to serve with 10 years of probation to follow for the stabbing death of Elsie Jackson on Nov. 22, 2019. Babcock stabbed Ms. Jackson seven times while […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Peter Ramgren sentenced 31-year-old David Dumpson to 95 years with 20 years suspended, for 75 years total of active jail time, for murdering Andrew Alston,20, and attempting to murder Luis Ross-Rivera, 21 at the time, on May 24, 2020. At trial, the evidence showed that Dumpson and Alston were […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, Superior Court Judge William Morse sentenced Ryan Shane Edwin, 28, to a composite sentence of 65 years of imprisonment, following his December 2024 jury trial convictions for Murder in the Second Degree, Robbery in the First Degree and Misconduct Involving Weapons in the Third Degree. The evidence at trial showed that […]