Kodiak fisherman sentenced to prison and banned from fishing for trafficking diseased crab. NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement led an investigation that resulted in a Kodiak fisherman being sentenced to prison for illegally trafficking diseased crab from Alaska to Washington. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska handled the successful prosecution. On May […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Tuesday, Superior Court Judge William Morse sentenced Ryan Shane Edwin, 28, to a composite sentence of 65 years of imprisonment, following his December 2024 jury trial convictions for Murder in the Second Degree, Robbery in the First Degree and Misconduct Involving Weapons in the Third Degree. The evidence at trial showed that […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A Kodiak fisherman was sentenced Tuesday to one year in prison and will serve two years on supervised release for leading a plan to illegally transport crab from Alaska to Washington on two crab catcher vessels, in violation of the Lacey Act. In February and March 2024, Corey Potter, 64, owned and […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Sunday, an Anchorage jury brought a five-week trial to a close, finding Ryan Shane Edwin, 28, guilty of two counts of Murder in the Second Degree, one count of Robbery in the First Degree and one count of Misconduct Involving Weapons in the Third Degree. The jurors were unable to reach unanimous […]