(Palmer, AK) — Superior Court Judge Kristen Stohler in Palmer sentenced 40-year-old Mathew Sanchez to 90 years with 50 years suspended, or 40 years to serve after he entered a plea to Murder in the Second Degree, for the death of Matthew Lundy on Jan.12, 2021. He was sentenced on Oct. 29. On Jan. 12, […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Tuesday, a Fairbanks jury found 23-year-old Joshua Bell guilty of two counts of Murder in the First Degree for the August 2022 murders of Ricardo Duperior and Rachel Wright. He was also convicted of Tampering with Physical Evidence and Solicitation of Murder in the First Degree. On Aug. 7, 2022, around 2:30 […]
(Bethel, AK) – On Wednesday, Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced 43-year-old John Japhet to 50 years with 15 years suspended for the 2022 stabbing death of Paul John in Bethel. Japhet will be on probation for 15 years upon his release from incarceration. On June 6, 2022, after a night of drinking, Japhet entered […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Monday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced 22-year-old Jason Alvarez to 60 years with 15 years suspended for the murder of 25-year-old Chase Shank in Nov. 2022. On Nov. 7, 2022, Shank and Alvarez were at Lonnie Dorton’s home on Washington Drive in Fairbanks. Alvarez had expressed jealousy over Dorton’s male friends […]