
December 9, 2025
A Ketchikan man, Michael McLoone, 57, was sentenced to five years in prison for possessing a firearm as a felon during a domestic violence assault.
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December 4, 2025
An Anchorage man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine in the Anchorage area, as well as possessing a firearm during his drug crimes.
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December 3, 2025
An Eagle River resident, Michael Koetter, 30, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to several child exploitation offenses.
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December 3, 2025
An Anchorage man, Richard Dougherty, 43, has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for producing and possessing child pornography involving multiple minors known to him.
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A Kotzebue man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska.
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November 25, 2025
An Anchorage man, Rodney Godwin, has been sentenced to an additional 20 years in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking organization that distributed over eight kilograms of illicit drugs throughout Alaska.
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November 24, 2025
A federal grand jury in Alaska has indicted a Fairbanks resident, Mason Lanon, 22, on charges related to firearms trafficking, cocaine distribution, and possession of a machinegun during a drug trafficking crime.
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November 18, 2025
An Anchorage physician and her husband have admitted to orchestrating a $12.5 million health care fraud scheme, as well as evading more than $4 million in taxes related to their clinic's profits over several years.
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November 13, 2025
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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October 20, 2025
Flooding caused by the remnants of Typhoon Halong recently struck Alaska’s western coastline, resulting in at least one death and leaving more than 1,500 people without shelter, food, or clean water.
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