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James Michael Wells Sentenced to Life for Airstation Kodiak Coast Guard Murders

By Chloe D. Martin | U.S. Attorney’s Office on Jan 8, 2020 Featured, General News, Southcentral

Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that James Michael Wells, 68, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to serve life in federal prison for the April 2012 murders of two U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) employees, Electrician’s Mate First Class James Hopkins and retired Chief Boatswain’s Mate Richard Belisle. […]

James Wells Convicted for Murder of Two Kodiak Coast Guard Employees

By U.S. Attorney's Office on Oct 9, 2019 Featured, General News, Southcentral

Anchorage, Alaska B U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that today, after deliberating for 8 hours, a jury of 6 women and 6 men found James Michael Wells guilty of the April 12, 2012, murders of U.S. Coast Guard Electrician’s Mate First Class James Hopkins (“Hopkins”) and retired Chief Boatswain’s Mate Richard Belisle (“Belisle”). Wells, now […]