JUNEAU, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment charging five southeast Alaska commercial fisherman with conspiring to illegally harvest halibut, in violation of the Lacey Act. According to court documents, Jonathan Pavlik, 43, of Yakutat, Vincent Jacobson, 51, of Yakutat, Kyle Dierick, 36, of Yakutat, Michael Babic, 42, of Cordova, and […]
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 […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Eagle River man pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count sexual exploitation of a child for production of child pornography and one count possession of child pornography. According to court documents, Michael V. Ross, 32, coerced a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct and documented some of the abuse through pictures […]
“Complying with a federal court’s order is not optional. The Trump administration is flouting the rule of law to undercount and erase our communities.” Just days after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate the previous October 31 deadline for the 2020 census, the U.S. Census Bureau late Monday released a one-sentence statement announcing that Commerce Secretary […]