(Klawock, AK) – Monday, Superior Court Judge Daniel Doty sentenced 20-year-old Gonzalo Sanchez to 30 years of jail with 10.5 years suspended for his role in the home invasion and death of 80-year-old Lincoln “Bingo” Peratrovich. Pursuant to an agreement with the State to resolve the case without trial, Sanchez pled to both Manslaughter and […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Friday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced 32-year-old Dillon Nicholas Spring to serve 75 years on six counts of Attempted First-Degree Murder, one count of Second-Degree Misconduct Involving Weapons, and one count of Fourth-Degree Assault. The evidence at trial showed that on March 18, 2022, the Anchorage Police Department responded to […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Wednesday, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Kirk Schwalm sentenced 34-year-old Devin Wright, Sr. to 82 years imprisonment for convictions relating to the sexual abuse of a minor in 2021 and 2022. Wright was tried in March 2025 on allegations that he sexually abused the preteen granddaughter of his girlfriend over many months. The […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On January 13, 2026, Martin Hietala, 42, was sentenced to 34 years for the 2018 kidnapping and assault of a woman in a Fairbanks hotel room. On July 15, 2018, Mr. Hietala restrained victim J.B. in a Fairbanks hotel room and repeatedly strangled her, twice to unconsciousness, while he interrogated her about spying […]