It was announced on Wednesday by the Justice Department that on Friday, May 15th, a Bellingham man was sentenced to 8.6 years in federal prison on his conviction for Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin ans Money Laundering. Bellingham resident Peter M. Thornton must, in addition to his prison sentence, forfeit $24,300 representing property involved in the drug […]
An Anchorage man received a sentence of three life sentences in federal court it was announced today by U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler. 40-year-old Anchorage man Stuart T. Seugasala, also known as “Tone,” received three life sentences for his January convictions for drug trafficking conspiracy and two kidnapping charges. United States District Court Judge Ralph Beistline […]
After a lengthy investigation spanning years, a Wasilla man pleaded guilty on Friday to “four counts related to to illegally guiding clients for sport fishing and big game, waste of fish and taking a moose closed season,” troopers report. During a hearing conducted by Assistant Attorney General Arne Soldwedel with the Office of Special Prosecutions, after […]
The twelve-man jury, made up of seven women and five men, who found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of terrorism and other charges, began the deliberation as to his fate for those crimes on Wednesday. Tsarnaev was convicted of 30 counts, of which, 17 counts are eligible for the death penalty. It is up to the jury […]