Last week in the Prince of Wales court, Southeast Alaska skipper, Curtis Demmert of Klawock, learned of his punishment for Creek Robbing 65 miles into closed waters in Coco Harbor last September. “On December 19, 2017 Demmert pleaded guilty to Commercial Fishing During Closed Period (for “creek robbing” near a salmon spawning stream), Commercial Fishing […]
Troopers announced that a Domestic Violence Assault investigation in the southeast Alaska community of Coffman Cove has resulted in a Grand Jury indictment on Sexual Assault charges for a Coffman Cove man on Thursday. According to AST, 38-year-old Walter Brian Carter was indicted on four counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor I after a DV […]
A Ketchikan man has been arrested on Murder I charges after confessing to shooting another Ketchikan man on Prince of Wales island early Wednesday morning, the trooper dispatch revealed on Thursday. According to the report, 26-year-old Timothy Murphy was arrested after shooting 64-year-old Brian Stanton at Keete Inlet on Prince of Wales Island. Troopers were […]
A Klawock Sport Charter Captain forfeited his vessel and trailer to the state after repeated violations spanning the last three years during sentencing in the Prince of Wales court on Monday. 75-year-old Stuart Merchant pleaded guilty to four wildlife crimes in court after a three day investigation that charged him with Unsworn Falsification and violating […]