(Ketchikan, AK) — Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Michael Wolverton sentenced 38-year-old Jordan Joplin to 99 years to serve for one count of Murder in the First Degree and one count of Theft in the First Degree for the March 2017 poisoning death of 58-year-old Eric Garcia. On March 15, 2017, Joplin traveled from Washington State to […]
(Bethel, AK) –Last week, Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters sentenced 48-year-old Paul James Jr., of Alakanuk, to serve 104.5 years of incarceration after being convicted of two counts of Sexual Assault in the First Degree, one count of Incest, one count of Assault in the Second Degree, four counts of Furnishing Alcohol to Minors in […]
(Kotzebue, AK) – Friday, Jim Adams, of Noatak, was sentenced to serve 80 years in prison for the murder of his wife. Adams, 45, was convicted in September 2023 of Murder in the Second Degree for beating his wife Rhoda Adams to death with a crowbar in June 2020. Adams was also sentenced to serve […]
(Bethel, AK) –Tuesday, retired Superior Court Judge Nelson Traverso sentenced 50-year-old John Hammonds of Akiachak to serve 86 years of incarceration after being convicted of one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree, three counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree, and one count each of Enticement and […]