Shaktoolik man receives 30-year sentence for child exploitation and cyberstalking
A man from Shaktoolik, Alaska, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by 30 years of supervised release for sexually exploiting three children to produce child pornography and for cyberstalking both the children and an adult victim.
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Fairbanks man charged with distributing fentanyl resulting in fatal overdose
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Oregon man charged in Alaska with running large-scale ‘Rapper Bot’ cyberattack network
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Washington man sentenced to prison for cyberstalking Alaska minors
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Five southeast Alaska fishermen indicted for illegal halibut harvesting conspiracy
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Final defendants plead guilty in major Alaska drug trafficking conspiracy
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Wainwright man charged with multiple federal counts related to alleged child exploitation
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