FAIRBANKS – A North Pole, Alaska, man was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge Ralph Beistline to 15 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for possession of child pornography after a prior conviction for sexual abuse of a minor. According to court documents, Jason Patzke, 47, downloaded, accessed, and deleted […]
Multi-month operation into child pornography and non-compliant sex offenders concludes. (ANCHORAGE, AK) – Last week, a Fairbanks Grand Jury indicted two men from Interior Alaska on multiple charges related to possession and distribution of child pornography. The charges came as a result of Operation Northern Exposure, a joint Alaska law enforcement operation to disrupt, stop, […]
Anchorage, Alaska – Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Wilson announced today that Michael Whitmore, 27, has been indicted on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography. Whitmore was arrested by the FBI on March 10, 2021. The indictment alleges that on or about March 3, 2021 Whitmore was observed by Australian law enforcement distributing child […]
When you see something, say something. On the website for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), there is a tab labeled “Make a Cyber Tipline Report.” Between February 2020 and March 2020, multiple tips were made via that tool regarding a male suspect in Alaska who was distributing child porn. APD launched […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Douglass Gordon Doggett, 43, of Anchorage, has been charged with sexual exploitation of children, distribution of child pornography, receipt of child pornography, possession of child pornography, and illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. The criminal complaint alleges that, from November 2019 […]
Two men from the Kenai Peninsula arrested by AST and APD Indicted by Grand Jury March 12, 2020 (ANCHORAGE) – Yesterday, a Kenai Grand Jury returned a true bill against two men from the Kenai Peninsula on multiple charges relating to possession and distribution of child pornography. A third man was also arrested and […]
Defendant Possessed Over 30,000 Pictures and 802 Videos of Child Pornography Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Troy MacDermott, 36, of Anchorage, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline to serve seven years and three months in federal prison, to be followed by a 40-year term of supervised […]
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that Dennis Weston, 55, of Anchorage, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve four years in federal prison, followed by 10 years supervised release, on one count of sexual exploitation of a child – possession of child pornography. Weston pleaded guilty as […]
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced Thursday that Alex Asino, 31, was arrested on Nov. 14, 2019, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Child Exploitation Task Force and was indicted by the Anchorage Grand Jury Wednesday, Nov. 20, in an eight count indictment alleging child sex trafficking, production and distribution of child […]