Crime & Courts

A close relative of a Juneau guide has been convicted on a charge of guiding sport fish clients while not having a sport fish license himself.

Joel M. Duby, 27, of Richland, Washington changed his plea Wednesday as part of an agreement with prosecutors. An additional charge of not having his license available for inspection was dropped.

Duby was fined $5,000 which is payable within two years. His Alaska hunting and fishing privileges have been revoked for a year.

It’s not immediately clear whether those privileges also apply to Washington State where Duby lives. Some states have entered into a compact in which revocation of a hunting or fishing license in one state may mean revocation in other states – whether automatically or on case-by-case basis.

Duby is the son of Michael W. Duby, 61, and brother of Jason W. Duby, 36, and Michael Patrick Duby, 37, who is operator of Fish Hunter Charters in Juneau. Along with some associates, all are facing federal and state charges related to alleged illegal hunting and fishing.

Prosecutors say the investigation continues and they have declined to say whether more charges are pending against the Duby family. But — according to court records — Andrew Peterson of the State of Alaska’s Office of Special Prosecutions assured Joel Duby Wednesday that he will not face additional charges.

Juneau Police, working with state and federal law enforcement personnel, have arrested two men accused of drug and forgery charges.

The first arrest came at about 4 p.m. Wednesday, when 51-year-old Angelo Bruce Kim was taken into custody in the 4000 block of Vintage Boulevard. According to a JPD release, officers got a tip that Kim was possibly in possession of drugs. The release says they found 6.2 grams of methamphetamine on him. Kim is charged with 4th degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, a class C felony. He was booked at Lemon Creek Correctional Center on no bail.

Continuing their investigation, officers served a search warrant on Kim’s residence in the 100 block of Front Street. There they arrested 40-year-old Sung Hun Bag, who allegedly gave officers a fake ID. He was charged with 2nd degree forgery, a class C felony and also lodged at Lemon Creek.

Police believe Hun or an associate may have been using checks and credit cards obtained by using fake IDs. JPD is looking for any merchant who has been defrauded with those checks or credit cards. You can find a list of names that may have been used in the alleged fraud is below:

Fui Wan Lee
Fui W Lee
Fui-wan Lee
Duk Kyung Lee
Duk Ku Lee
Kyung Ja Choi
Moon Su Hwang
Dong il Byun
Dong Byun
Kyuk H Kim
Sung Nun Bag

The JPD release says Federal Bureau of Investigation and Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs personnel were involved in the case. It remains under investigation.

Juneau Police have charged 27-year-old Joseph Randy Dennis for first degree sexual abuse of a minor.

Dennis was arrested about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday for an incident reported on New Year’s Day. Police say they began investigating as soon as the call came in, which was a few hours after the crime was allegedly committed and immediately after an 8-year-old girl told her mother about it.

Dennis is being held at Lemon Creek Correctional Center without bail. Sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree is an unclassified felony punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a 500-thousand dollar fine.

Juneau Police have identified the gunman in Friday night’s shooting-suicide at a mobile home in the 9000 block of Stephen Richards Memorial Drive.

According to police, 42-year-old Bradley James Mauch of Juneau apparently shot a woman inside the home, then killed himself.

When police arrived at the scene, they found a 42-year-old female with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, and Mauch with a gunshot wound to his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was taken to Bartlett Regional Hospital, and has since been released.

Police are still investigating the incident, and have asked the state medical examiner’s office in Anchorage to conduct an autopsy on Mauch.

Juneau police say a man who shot a woman Friday night before shooting himself as part of a failed murder-suicide is dead.

The 42-year-old man has not been identified yet.

The woman, also 42-years old, suffered a gunshot wound to her abdomen, but police say her injury is not life-threatening.

The woman placed a 911 call about 11 o’clock Friday night to report the shooting inside the residence at the 9000 block of Stephen Richards Memorial Drive.

An autopsy of the man has been requested and the investigation continues.

Juneau Police say they’ve arrested a man after a single shot or several shots were fired inside a valley residence Thursday night.

Ryan Hamley, a 27-year old Juneau resident, was arrested Friday morning and charged with two counts of misconduct involving weapons and three counts of assault. Hamley is accused of being intoxicated and firing a handgun inside an apartment at the 4400 block of Delta Drive. It’s unclear how many shots were fired.

Officers first on the scene believe they saw Hamley or another man attempt to leave the apartment, but the man returned inside when he saw approaching officers.

JPD’s SWAT unit and Crisis Negotiation team were dispatched and tried entering into negotiations with the alleged gunman. Police are not calling the incident a ‘standoff.’ Instead, a release issued by the department chronicles what appears to be either no contact or sporadic conversations with someone in the apartment over the course of several hours. Officers say that at least one person inside the apartment reported that Hamley was asleep at one point during the night.

A 48-year old woman and a 26-year old man inside the apartment reported that they were never held against their will. Two 20-year old women and a three-year old child left the apartment Thursday night before officers arrived.

No injuries were reported and police say the investigation is continuing.

We’ll have more on this story as more details become available.