US Attorney Brian Schroder with the Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that an Anchorage man was sentenced on Monday for cyberstalking his former girlfriend while out on release on impending domestic violence case where the girlfriend was the victim. Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess sentenced Jeffery Ray Ward to 40 months in prison followed by three […]
As more women testified, even more came forward. More than 150 sexual assault survivors described feeling confusion and shame after having been sexually assaulted by a Michigan State University and Olympic sports doctor, who was under suspicion for more than 20 years. The survivors, calling themselves a “sisterhood” and “army of survivors,” lined up in […]
The sentencing of an Oregon woman who was formerly the Skagway Traditional COuncil’s Tribal Administer was sentenced in federal court for embezzling approximately $300,000 from the federally recognized tribal organization, it was announced by U.S. Attorney Bryan Shroder on Monday. 64-year-old Delia Commander, of Oregon, who formerly worked for the organization, had previously pleaded guilty […]
Last week in the Prince of Wales court, Southeast Alaska skipper, Curtis Demmert of Klawock, learned of his punishment for Creek Robbing 65 miles into closed waters in Coco Harbor last September. “On December 19, 2017 Demmert pleaded guilty to Commercial Fishing During Closed Period (for “creek robbing” near a salmon spawning stream), Commercial Fishing […]