(Kotzebue, AK) Monday, Utqiagvik Superior Court Judge David Roghair sentenced 39-year-old Austin Swan and 31-year-old Brandon Swan, both of Kivalina, after both men were convicted of Sexual Assault in the First Degree and Attempted Sexual Assault in the First Degree. Austin Swan was sentenced to serve 55 years and 228 days of incarceration, and […]
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A Fairbanks man was sentenced last Friday to 12 years in prison and will serve 25 years on supervised release for attempting to produce child pornography and entice a minor. According to court documents, on July 7, 2023, a law enforcement official, acting in an undercover capacity and posing online as a […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Thursday, Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna sentenced Ruben Fernandez, 50, to serve 20 years for one conviction of Murder in the Second Degree for the 1995 murder of 18-year-old David Burdette in Anchorage. Mr. Fernandez pleaded guilty to the charge on Aug. 6, 2024 as part of a plea agreement with the State. […]
(Fairbanks) – Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines sentenced Joshua Butcher, 44, to 85 years for the Nov. 7, 2021, shooting at a Safeway in Fairbanks. Butcher shot and killed Harley Titus, 41, just outside the entrance of the store and then proceeded to fire multiple shots inside the Safeway, injuring one employee and placing multiple other […]