“His crime was telling this truth: 90% of those killed by U.S. drones are bystanders, not the intended targets,” said Edward Snowden. “He should have been given a medal.” Human rights and press freedom advocates expressed dismay on Tuesday when whistleblower Daniel Hale, who pled guilty earlier this year to violating the Espionage Act, was sentenced to 45 months in […]
(Juneau, AK) – On July 13, 2021, Juneau Superior court Judge Daniel Schally sentenced 60-year-old John Scott to a composite sentence of 17 years with 13.5 years suspended for Sexual Assault in the Second Degree and Sexual Assault in the Third Degree. The sentence was the result of a negotiated agreement between the State and Mr. […]
ANCHORAGE – A Bethel, Alaska, man was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to 15 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for trying to sexually entice a minor. According to court documents Christopher Allen Carmichael, 57, a former principal working in the Lower Kuskokwim School District in […]
JUNEAU – A Juneau man was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine. According to court documents, Kevin Leonard-Kinney, 45, pleaded guilty in May 2019 to trafficking methamphetamine, heroin and […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced by Federal District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 10 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for the attempted sexual exploitation, coercion and enticement of a minor. According to evidence presented at trial, detectives assigned to the Anchorage Police Department (APD) Crimes Against […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man was sentenced to 18 months and 19 days in federal prison followed by one year of supervised release for kidnapping his two young children in 2014 while on a family vacation in the Philippines. According to evidence presented at trial, Leo James Chaplin, 62, who is an American-born United States […]
On April 30, 2021, Judge Frank Pfiffner sentenced Daniel Gadomski to a maximum sentence of 40 years with 5 suspended for the crimes of Sexual Assault in the First Degree and Assault in the Second Degree. The charges stemmed from a sexual assault and strangulation that Gadomski committed on June 2, 2015 at the Black […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On April 22, 2021, thirty-one-year-old Randall Igou was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth for Murder in the First Degree. Igou pleaded guilty on November 5, 2020, to the September 10, 2017 murder of Aurora Paint Company co-owner Gregory Gill. At the sentencing hearing, the State presented video evidence that showed that […]