ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury returned a 16-count indictment charging 10 defendants with running a large-scale drug trafficking ring in Alaska. According to the indictment, Christina Reyna Quintana, 38, Angela Marie Jasper, 39, Amber Young, 28, Rochelle Monique Wood, 37, James Anthony Schwarz, 41, Elroy Daniel Bouchard, 58, Khamthene Thongdy, 45, Colleen McDaniel, […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – On June 21, Superior Court Judge Kirk Schwalm sentenced 33-year-old Cody Stockton to 50 years for misconduct involving a controlled substance in the first degree. On June 22, Superior Court Judge Paul Lyle sentenced Stockton to 15 years for robbery in the first degree. The sentences were imposed for two separate incidents and […]
(EAGAN, Minn.) – MMIR Intersects with Human Trafficking “We recognize that the crisis of our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) intersects with human trafficking and that eradicating violence against Native people hinges upon our ability to educate the public,” said CEO Lori Jump, StrongHearts Native Helpline. “That is why we are embracing a […]
On Monday April 24, HB 68, Governor Dunleavy’s sex trafficking bill, was moved out of the House Judiciary Committee. If passed, HB 68 will make ordinary prostitution a class B felony for sex workers and sex trafficking survivors. House Bill 68 initially criminalized common safety measures taken by sex workers and sex trafficking survivors alike […]