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 […]
ANCHORAGE – Cristina Lynn Rifredi was sentenced on March 9, 2023, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for federal drug trafficking and firearms charges. According to court documents, Cristina Lynn Rifredi, 42, of Kenai, Alaska, sold over 60 grams of methamphetamine, 1 gram of heroin, and a 12-gauge shotgun to another person between November […]
Defendants brutally beat victim to near death and put him in a metal dog kennel which they loaded into a person’s truck at gunpoint. ANCHORAGE – A second Anchorage man was sentenced late Monday by Chief U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason to 35 years in prison for kidnapping and drug trafficking. According to court documents, […]
ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage man pleaded guilty to two counts of illegally trafficking in walrus ivory in U.S. District Court and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine and sentenced to two years probation. Uzi Levi, 71, of Anchorage purchased six non-handcrafted Pacific walrus tusks and one three-tusked non-handcrafted Pacific walrus head mount from an […]