In the end, the audacious claims Donald Trump made in 2005 about the way he could treat women might have doomed his chances of defeating a sexual assault lawsuit. E. Jean Carroll brought the suit, and a federal jury in New York this week awarded $5 million to her on her claim that he sexually […]
JUNEAU – The Alaska Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 12, sponsored by Senator Jesse Kiehl (D-Juneau). Senate Bill 12 lets sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, along with peace and correctional officers, keep their address confidential from public records. Currently, forty-one states provide address protection for victims. Senate Bill 12 requires the State of Alaska […]
The Anchorage Police Department announced on Thursday that a cold case involving a 1995 sexual assault was sent to a Grand Jury after an untested sexual assault test kit was analyzed and got a positive match. An Anchorage Grand Jury indicted 51-year-old Ronald Wade Fischer following an investigation into the rape of a 17-year-old teen […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Wednesday, Anchorage Superior Court Judge William Morse sentenced 59-year-old Allen Hiratsuka to 16 years with three years suspended and 13 years to serve for the crime of sexual assault in the second degree. Hiratsuka was convicted by an Anchorage jury on Nov. 21, 2022, after a month-and-a-half long trial. The conviction relates to […]