Alaska Child Pornography Law
State of Alaska v. Brandon Michael Dale McGuffey
Ketchikan, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - AK)United States of America v. Craig Scott Valdez
Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor, exploitation of a child, production of child porn, and coercion and enticement of a minor. Craig Scott Valdez, 36, used the popular social media application Snapchat to identify, groom and entice juvenile females in Alaska for the purposes of sexual exploitation. The indictment charges thi... More...
$ (02-22-2026 - AK)United States of America v. Jonathan Tylor Herra
Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and possession and access with intent to view child pornography.<br> <br> Google A.I.<br> <br> Federal laws on child exploitation, primarily outlined in Chapter 110 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, define and impose severe penalties for crimes such as producing and distributing child porno... More...
$0 (10-29-2025 - AK)United States of America v. Caleb French
Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2), which provides:<br> <br> (a) Any person who—<br> (1) knowingly transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means including by computer or mails,... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - AK)State of Alaska v. Chue Yang
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> On Nov. 3, 2019, just after midnight, Chue Yang called a family member to report that his wife, Nancy, was dead. The couple had been at a nearby family party that evening, and Nancy, 29, had left the party without Yang less than an hour before the shooting. When Nancy left the party, she threatened to... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - AK)Harold Kiyukldook v. United States of America
Anchorage, Alaska personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued individually and on behalf of M.K., a minor child, on Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2674) medical malpractice theories.<br> <br> The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) allows individuals to sue the federal government for damages caused by the negligence or wrongful acts of federal employees. Essentially, it waives the go... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - AK)Brittney M. and Andrew J.
Palmer, Alaska famiyl law lawyer represented the Defendant in a custody dispute.<br> <br> <br> Brittney M. and Andrew J.[1] were married and have two daughters. They have had several custody arrangements since their divorce in 2017. Each of them subsequently remarried. Beginning in December 2019, they shared joint legal custody and split physical custody on a 65/35 basis. The children spent wee... More...
$0 (05-27-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Kyle Cozens </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt of child pornography. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Eielson Airman sentenced to 5 years for possessing child pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On Nov. 7, 2023, Kyle Cozens, 32, who was ... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Benjamin Roundy, aka “Aleks†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to coerce and entice a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Anchorage man sentenced to over 11 years for attempting to coerce a minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In early July 2023, Benjamin Roundy, ak... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Billy Ray Okpeaha, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utqiagvik man sentenced to 15 years for producing child pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A detective with a local law enforcement agency, acting in... More...
$0 (01-31-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Dahkota Mitchell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted production of child pornography, enticement of minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fairbanks man sentenced to 12 years for attempted production of child pornography, enticement of minor </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center>... More...
$0 (01-31-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Anthaney O’Connor </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing, possessing child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Anchorage man arrested for receiving, distributing, possessing child pornography </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On Aug. 13, 2024, Anthaney O... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Caleb French </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing, possessing child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> JBER Airman charged with distributing, possessing child pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On August 2024, Caleb French, 27, was repor... More...
$0 (12-25-2024 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Jesse Damon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted production of child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Palmer man sentenced to 25 years for attempted production of child pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Palmer man was sentenced to 25 ... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - AK)Laura J. O'Brien v. Francis X. Delaplain, et al.
<h2><br> Juneau, Alaska family law lawyers represented mother and relatives in a child custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> Two years after leaving her children in the care of their uncle and aunt in Canada, a mother sought to have them returned to her in Juneau. The uncle and aunt opposed, arguing that it was in the children's best interests to remain with them. Simultaneous child custody proceedi... More...
$0 (09-27-2024 - AK)State of Alaska v. Cedar Mae Sarten
<h2><br> Fairbanks, Alaska reckless child endangerment criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Cedar Mae Sarten was convicted, following a jury trial, of reckless endangerment for twisting the neck of her young child.[1] Sarten appeals, arguing that there was insufficient evidence to support her conviction,... More...
$0 (09-11-2024 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Darin Schilmiller </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing child pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indiana man sentenced to 30 years for producing child pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Darin Schilmiller, 26, and his co-conspirator Denali ... More...
$0 (08-21-2024 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Walter William Onstad </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with running child pornography distribution group chat </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ketchikan man sentenced to 13 years and 4 months for running child pornography distribution group chat </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> ... More...
$0 (06-05-2024 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Whitmore </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child pornography charges </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> Anchorage man sentenced to over 17 years for child pornography charges </h2></center><br> <br> An Anchorage man was sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison and will serve the res... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - AK)Jerry Gene Lymburner v. Ashley Lee Axhelm, f/k/a Ashley Lee Lymburner
Fairbanks, Alaska family divorce law lawyers represented the parties in dissolution.<br> <br> <br> A married couple divorced after roughly five years of marriage. They disagreed about custody of their three children, the valuation of a real estate business, whether the business was marital or separate property, the distribution of the marital property, and the amount of child support payments. The... More...
$0 (10-25-2023 - AK)Jerry Gene Lymburner v. Ashley Lee Axhelm, f/k/a Ashley Lee
Fairbanks, Alaska family law lawyer represented the parties seeking a divorce.<br> <br> <br> A married couple divorced after roughly five years of marriage. They disagreed about custody of their three children, the valuation of a real estate business, whether the business was marital or separate property, the distribution of the marital property, and the amount of child support payments. The trial... More...
$0 (10-25-2023 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Alden Bunag </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Honolulu, Hawaii Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Pornography.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Alden Bunag, 35, of Honolulu was sentenced to 210 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for production of child pornography. Bunag will also be required to register as a sex offender and ... More...
$0 (01-17-2024 - AK)United States of America v. Eric Whitebread
Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(1) and (b)(1).... More...
$0 (05-09-2023 - AK)United States of America v. Timothy Swensen
Anchorage, Alaska criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography.<br> <br> Timothy Swensen, Jr., 30, sent sexually explicit text messages, including a series of images depicting his ongoing sexual abuse of a female toddler, to a vulnerable young adult whom he had previously sexually assaulted. During the interview with detectives, the adult victim shared the... More...
$0 (10-17-2022 - AK)United States of America v. Vince Deliguin
Anchorage, Alaska criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography and sextortion.<br> <br> Vince Deliguin, 20, created a fake social media profile for a young woman which he dubbed "Marley Madden†and used it to contact the minor victim in April 2021. Posing as "Marley†Deliguin instructed the victim to send nude photos. Believing "Marley†to be... More...
$0 (08-17-2022 - AK)United States of America v. Jayshon Moore, a/k/a "China"
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor and production and possession of child pornography.<br> <br> Jayshon Moore, aka "China,†39, began having sexual encounters with the minor victim when she was 15 years old. In 2018, he created numerous sexually explicit videos of the minor which were saved on social media. Moore possessed two... More...
$0 (04-19-2022 - AK)United States of America v. Alex Asino
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wo counts of online enticement or coercion in relation involving two victims. <br> <br> Alex Asino, 34, was indicted in November 2019 on counts involving child sex trafficking, production and distribution of child pornography and coercion and enticement of a minor.<br> <br> Defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of onlin... More...
$0 (03-29-2022 - AK)United States of America v. Nicola William Mongo
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor.<br> <br> Nicola William Mongo, 23, of Anchorage sex trafficked at least two minors ages 14 and 17 who did not have housing or support in Anchorage. <br> <br> Beginning in 2019, Mongo and several other individuals required the victims to go on "dates†where they would perform sex acts for mon... More...
$0 (03-09-2022 - AK)United States of America v. Ronald Fetuao Maefau
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> On July 31, 2020 Ronald Fetuao Maefau, 45, drove a car to an Anchorage apartment complex and began firing multiple rounds into one of the units. He then proceeded to drive away. Later the same day, APD made a traffic stop of the car used in the apartment shooting and to... More...
$0 (01-09-2022 - AK)United States of America v. Wally Carter
Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually abusing a minor.<br> <br> Wally Carter, 62, was indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2021 and pleaded guilty in July to one count of human trafficking. Carter became the subject of a federal investigation in December 2020 when the FBI received a tip alleging a minor had been sexually abused by Carter appro... More...
$0 (12-16-2021 - AK)United States of America v. Arthur Moe Martin
Juneau, Alaska sexual exploitation charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Arthur Moe Martin, 51, who became the subject of an investigation in December 2017 when the Anchorage Cyber Crimes Unit received a cybertip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). An online internet email provider contacted NCMEC with a tip regarding the download of an image invol... More...
$0 (07-09-2021 - AK)United States of America v. Stuart Ravn
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child porn.<br> <br> Stuart Ravn, 33, of Anchorage was charged with possession of more than 5,744 unique images and videos of child pornography on his computer.<br> <br> In issuing the sentence, U.S. Chief District Judge Timothy M. Burgess noted that the possession of these images perpetually victimizes the ... More...
$0 (04-29-2021 - AK)United States of America v. Tristan Jamal Grant, a/k/a "Goo"
Anchorage, Alaska Sex trafficking of children charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Tristan Jamal Grant, aka "Goo,†35, who conspired with another person to traffic two minors, a 15-year-old female and a 17-year-old female.<br> <br> Both minors were runaways who stayed with Grant at his co-conspirator's apartment. While at the apartment, they created an online advertisement t... More...
$0 (04-19-2021 - AK)United States of America v. Keon Aspaas
Anchorage, Alaska Criminal Defense Sexual Exploitation of a Child Lawyer<br> <br> Keon Aspaas, 33, of Eagle River, was charged with sexually exploiting a child - production and attempted production of child pornography.<br> <br> According to court documents, in early March of 2019, Aspaas entered an Eagle River residence where he knew that minors were having a sleepover. While in the residence, he... More...
$0 (12-28-2020 - AK)United States of America v. Antoni Peralta
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.fjc.gov/sites/default/files/courthouses/anchorage%2C%20ak.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Anchorage, AK - The United States of America charged Antoni Peralta, age 34, with felony possession of a firearm and associated ammunition, in connection with a December 2016 gunfight in a residential neighborhood. <br> <br> Peralta was found guilty following a th... More...
$0 (07-28-2020 - AK)United States of America v. Kenneth Ray Manzanares
Anchorage, AK - The United States of America charged Kenneth Ray Manzanares with:<br> <br> First-Degree Murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. 7(1) and (8) and 1111(a).<br> <P><br> Kenneth Ray Manzanares, 42, of Santa Clara, Utah, pleaded guilty to one count of murder in the second degree for the July 2017 killing of his wife, Kristy Manzanares, onboard the cruise ship Emerald Princess in the U.S. Terri... More...
$0 (02-09-2020 - AK)United States of America v. Dennis Weston
Anchorage, AK - The United States of America charged Dennis Weston with possession of child porn.<br> <br> Dennis Weston, 55, of Anchorage, was sentenced to serve four years in federal prison, followed by 10 years supervised release, on one count of sexual exploitation of a child – possession of child pornography. Weston pleaded guilty as charged in October 2019. <br> <br> According to court do... More...
$0 (12-29-2019 - AK)United States of America v. Donald Eugene Phillips
Anchorage, AK - The United States of America charged Donald Eugene Phillips with failing to register as a sex offender.<br> <br> Donald Eugene Phillips, 37, of Chugiak, was sentenced today by Sr. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, to serve nine months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for failing to register as a sex offender. In July 2019, Phillips was charged wit... More...
$0 (12-05-2019 - AK)United States of America v. Thomas Gerald Hilty <?h2>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.searchquarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alaska.gif"><br> </center><br> Anchorage, AK - Former Postal Carrier Sentenced for Deserting Approximately 49 Plastic Tubs of Mail<br> <br> Largest “Mail Dumping” Case in Alaska History<br> <br> A former U.S. Postal Service employee was sentenced to federal prison for deserting more than 49 plastic tubs ... More...
$0 (07-11-2019 - AK)United States of America v. David Michael McGraw
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.alaskacenters.gov/sites/alaskacenters.gov/files/styles/centers_page_image/public/anchorage_thiscenterpage.jpg?itok=JbK6TW8U"><br> </center><br> Anchorage, AK - Fairbanks Man Sentenced to Prison for Misapplying over $300,000 from Organization Receiving Federal Funds<br> <br> A Fairbanks man was sentenced to federal prison for willfully misapplying over... More...
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