After five years, the last of three men convicted of killing 23-year-old Harvey Albright in August of 2010 has been sentenced for Murder II in Superior Court on Monday. Carl Leedom was sentenced to 55 years in prison in Anchorage court after pleading guilty to Murder II in a February plea deal that vacated six other […]
After deliberating for only an hour, an Anchorage Jury found 22-year-old Boonchan Yang, also known as “Chowmein,” Guilty of two counts of drug trafficking, acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis announced in a press release on Wednesday. Yang was convicted of his drug distribution activities that took place in June and October of 2014. It was […]
With opening arguments scheduled to begin Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing trial, prosecutors have made a strong case in pre-trial evidentiary filings tying the lone survivor, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to the blasts that killed three and maimed scores. If prosecutors can persuade a jury that Tsarnaev is guilty, however, it’s an open question whether jurors […]
A Sturgis, Michigan man, who is currently facing state murder charges for the 2010 death of 26-year-old Nicole M. Millsaps, was sentenced in federal court on Monday on drug manufacturing and firearms convictions. 35-year-old Simon Douglas Smith of Michigan was sentenced to 24 years in prison for “One Pot” methamphetamine manufacture and firearms charges for […]