(Fairbanks, AK) – Thursday, a jury in Delta Junction found 56-year-old Vladimir Kurilchenko guilty of three counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree. The convictions are for acts of sexual abuse Kurilchenko committed against his daughter between 2002 and 2008 when she was between eleven- and sixteen-years-old. The trial commenced on […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Wednesday an Anchorage jury convicted 42-year-old Martin Komok of two counts of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree. On Feb. 12, 2024, the defendant sexually assaulted his girlfriend while she was sleeping. He confessed to the conduct and admitted that he had previously sexually assaulted her while she was sleeping. At […]
Native communities in the Dakotas continue to face disproportionately high rates of violence Native communities in the Dakotas continue to face disproportionately high rates of violence: In North Dakota, Native Americans experience violent crime at 2.5 times the national average. In South Dakota, while Native Americans make up just 9% of the population, they represent […]
An arrest was made in Wasilla on Tuesday in connection with an exploitation case headed by the Alaska Bureau of Investigation Technical Crime Unit, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Together, the two agencies make up Task Force Dawnbreaker. The task force reports that their investigation revealed that 38-year-old Jason Keller had taken advantage of […]