A court-martial is being held for a Coast Guard fireman charged with sexually assaulting a fellow Coast Guard petty officer.
Crime & Courts
Alaska couple admits to planning judge’s murder
An Alaska couple has admitted to buying a gun, silencer and hand grenades, and having maps to a federal judge’s homes, in what prosecutors say was a murder plot that developed from a dispute over paying taxes.
Suspect who ate evidence may dodge charge
The Juneau district attorney says he probably will not file charges against a 24-year-old man suspected of eating a marijuana joint.
Another Juneau man sentenced in drug trafficking case
Darren Louis Wigg, 34, was sentenced Wednesday to five years behind bars. Wigg’s co-defendant, Edward Hausinger, 49, was sentenced to two years in prison on July 27th.
Teenagers sentenced to prison for murder of Kevin Thornton
Two Hot Spring County, Arkansas, teenagers charged with the death of Kevin Thornton of Juneau were sentenced to prison Wednesday after entering negotiated guilty pleas to charges of second degree murder.
Kodiak man sentenced to 30 days in jail for forklift theft
A 19-year-old Ouzinkie man who used a city-owned forklift to pull another vehicle out of a ditch has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.