AST reports that Aniak-based troopers responded to a Domestic Violence incident in progress in that community and opened an investigation that resulted in a male suspect being arrested on multiple assault charges late on Saturday night. Troopers responded to a residence in Aniak and found that 42-year-old Melvin Kvamme had attacked a household member […]
(Sitka, AK) – Sitka Superior Court Judge Jude Pate sentenced Prince of Wales resident Albert Macasaet to a 99-year sentence in the 2016 strangulation death of Judylee Guthrie, his girlfriend and mother of his two children. A Sitka jury convicted Macasaet in May after a two-week trial. State prosecutors Charles Agerter and Paul Miovas presented […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On November 13, 2019, a trial jury convicted Jason Madison of Assault in the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Degrees for strangling his then four-year old foster child with a belt. Mr. Madison was tried before the Honorable Andrew Peterson in the Anchorage Superior Court. According to Assistant District Attorney Betsy Bull, […]
Man found Guilty of Murder by Strangulation (ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – On Friday, May 3, 2019, a Sitka jury found Albert Macasaet guilty of Murder in the First Degree in relation to the murder of 27-year-old JudyLee Guthrie, of Hydaburg. The Jury found that Macasaet strangled Guthrie, which caused her death. What makes this case […]