(Anchorage, AK) –Wednesday, Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 63-year-old Vance Peronto to eight years with four years suspended for a conviction of one count of attempted sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. Peronto was found guilty by a jury following a trial in March 2023. Peronto will be on probation for seven […]
(Ketchikan, AK) –Last week, Superior Court Judge Katherine Lybrand sentenced 72-year-old Dwight “Chris” John to 50 years with 30 years suspended and 20 years to serve for a conviction for sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. John was initially charged with multiple sexual offenses, based on conduct from April 2017 to April 2022. […]
(Kodiak, AK) –Tuesday retired Supreme Court Justice Joel Bolger sentenced 49-year-old Nathan Benton of Kodiak to a composite sentence of 12 years with 5 years suspended and 7 years to serve for two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. Benton was convicted of two counts of sexual abuse of a minor […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, 24-year-old Christopher Wayne Espiritu-Simpson was sentenced by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna for shooting into an apartment on Dec. 27, 2017, and for murdering 19-year-old Juanita Lolesio on Dec. 30, 2017, in Anchorage. Espiritu-Simpson previously pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder one count of second-degree weapons misconduct for shootings […]