Jury convicts two in 2018 robbery of Anchorage credit union
Thirty-year-old John Pierce and 46-year-old Michael Wayne Moore face up to 25 years in prison and another seven years for brandishing guns during a robbery.
Crime & Courts
Fairbanks man sentenced to 45 years for home-invasion murder
Steven John Hartman was convicted of killing 57-year-old Ron McKnight at McKnight’s home.
Anchorage company fined $35K for spreading chemicals at site used by homeless people
Ronald Alleva, co-founder of Grubstake Auction, also must do community service and pay about $6,500 in restitution.
Felon convicted of illegally carrying gun detected by airport screeners
Ryan Neely told officers he had no knowledge of the gun and that he had grabbed the duffel from someone else.
Federal judge finds ‘flagrant government misconduct’ in tax-evasion prosecution of Big Lake doctor
Dr. Larry Lawson, also a well-known Mat-Su fossil collector, faces no jail time in a proposed plea agreement.
Police investigate death of 24-year-old woman in South Anchorage mobile home
Police said Tuesday they don’t believe the woman’s death, which they say resulted from natural causes, was criminal.
Man suspected of killing 69-year-old woman arrested in Fairbanks
Patrick Marsh was wanted in the death of Trisha Pearson, who was found dead in her Fairbanks home early Monday, troopers said.
Former Naknek utility manager gets prison for embezzlement
Donna Vukich used the money to pay her daughter’s college tuition and on entertainment items, prosecutors said.
APD: Man who shot at officers surrenders to SWAT team
The man refused to leave a mobile home in the 1500 block of Hoyt Street, near DeBarr Road and Bragaw Street.
University of Alaska, ex-professor sued after years of sexual harassment complaints
Five women say UA failed to appropriately respond to years of reports of an Anchorage professor sexually harassing his graduate students and retaliating against them.
Man sentenced to 25 years for sexually abusing 7-year-old girl
Peter Gumlickpuk was charged after his wife walked in on him abusing the 7-year-old, prosecutors said.
Maine man charged in Alaska cold-case killing drops extradition fight
Stephen Downs’ lawyer, James Howaniec, says Downs maintains his innocence and will fight the case in Alaska.
Man who fatally shot girlfriend while trying to kill himself sentenced to 9 years
“I still haven’t been able to forgive myself, and I don’t know when I will be able to,” the defendant said.
Man found dead after Midtown Anchorage hit-and-run had been lying on road for more than an hour, police say
The driver police suspect of hitting the man has been questioned, police said, but no charges have been filed.
Shootings in South Anchorage leave two men wounded
One man stayed in the apartment where the gunfire occurred, and the other went to the hospital, police said.
Judge denies release for Anchorage 20-year-old accused of buying, manufacturing illegal weapons
Social media posts the teen made espousing white supremacist ideology and violence against minorities factored into the decision, the judge said.
Troopers seek Fairbanks man suspected of killing 69-year-old woman
Patrick Marsh, 25, is also believed to have stolen her Jeep Cherokee.
Man caught in sex assault in entryway of Fairbanks police headquarters
Police said an emergency dispatcher saw the attack over surveillance cameras and sounded an alarm.
North Pole man sentenced to 90 years for killing 4-year-old son
The boy was found dead at home in May 2015. He was covered in bruises and had severe burns on his face and neck.
Man charged with murder of woman whose remains were found in Big Lake
Dolly Hampton, 57, had been missing more than four months when her body was discovered by a dog walker.