Leroy Kobuk, Jr. Convicted of Assault in the First Degree

By Information Officer Sam Curtis on Jan 28, 2026   Featured, General News, North Slope/Northwest Alaska  

(St. Michael’s, AK) – On Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, Leroy James Kobuk, Jr., 30, was convicted by a Nome jury of Assault in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, and three counts of Assault in the Third Degree. Testimony and evidence at the trial revealed that a night of drinking led to an argument […]