ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage woman was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to produce child sexual abuse materials. According to court documents, Denali Brehmer, 22, and her co-conspirator Darin Schilmiller, 25, conspired to murder Cynthia Hoffman in June 2019 while Schilmiller was residing in Indiana. While they […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for sexually abusing a minor in order to produce and possess child pornography. According to court documents, Michael Vernon Ross, 32, began sexually abusing a 7-year-old child in 2017. The abuse occurred weekly and lasted for multiple years. Ross documented […]
(Bethel, AK) – Joseph Kashatok, 67, of Kipnuk, Alaska, was convicted on Feb. 2, 2024, after a jury trial of two counts of Possession of Child Pornography. The trial lasted a little under two weeks, and the jury deliberated for approximately four hours before returning a verdict of guilty on two counts of Possession of Child […]
FBI seeking to identify other potential victims, specifically in Alaska and Indiana ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man was arrested by the FBI Wednesday on criminal charges related to his alleged possession of child pornography and attempted coercion of a minor. According to court documents, Michael Koetter, 28, possessed child pornography depicting minors as […]