Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to commit bank fraud by stealing identities and creating false identification documents.
Two out-of-state residents charged with stealing Alaskan identities to target local financial institution... More...    $0 (05-22-2025 - AK)

Anchoragee, Alaska criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.


Mechele K. Linehan, a/k/a Mechele Hugbes, and John T. Carlin III were accused of shooting and killing Kent Leppink, age 36, near Hope, Alaska on or about May 2, 1996.

eppink, a 36-year-old commercial fisherman, was found shot to death near Hope, Alaska, about 90 miles from Anchora... More...    $0 (10-22-2007 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor and production and possession of child pornography.

Jayshon Moore, aka “China,â€� 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 v... More...    $0 (04-19-2022 - AK)

Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually abusing a minor.

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)

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.

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)

Anchorage, Alaska armed robbery charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Cloyd Lacap Jr., 22, who was charged for robbing two individuals at gun point after arranging to meet them for the supposed purpose of purchasing items each had listed for sale online.

The first robbery took place in the parking lot of Balto Seppala Park in Anchorage where Lacap had arranged to meet th... More...    $0 (04-13-2021 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Drug trafficking criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Brian James Tepner, 48, of Fairbanks, Alaska, who was charged possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and for being a felon in possession of a stolen firearm.

At 3:30 a.m. on March 22, 2019, Tepner was found slumped over in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked at a Sourdough Fuel station in Fairb... More...    $0 (12-19-2020 - AK)

Juneau, AK - The State of Alaska charged Mark Anthony De Simone with first-degree murder for killing Duilio Antonio "Tony" Rosales at a remote fishing cabin on a hunting and fishing trip in 2016.

It was not disputed by Desimone shot Rosales, but he claimed it was an accident.

Docket Entries:

05/16/2016 Initial Charging Document Initial Charging Document Filed
05/17/... More...    $0 (05-12-2018 - AK)

Wells’ convictions arise out of the deaths of Richard W. Belisle and James A. Hopkins, federal employees and Wells’ co-workers at the United States Coast Guard (“USCG”) antenna maintenance facility, located at the USCG Communication Station (“COMMSTA”) on Kodiak Island, Alaska. COMMSTA consists of two main buildings: a large operations center, known as T1; and the antenna maintenance facility, or ... More...    $0 (12-21-2017 - AK)

Defendant-Appellant James Michael Wells (“Wells”) appeals from his jury trial convictions for two counts of First Degree Murder, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111(a), (b); two counts of Murder of a Federal Employee, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1114, 1111; and two counts of Use of a Firearm in Relation to a Crime of Violence Resulting in Death, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c), (j). Wells was se... More...    $0 (12-20-2017 - AK)

It is a crime to produce outside the United States a visual
depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and
to then transport that visual depiction into the United States.
18 U.S.C. § 2251(c). It is also a crime to attempt to produce
and transport into the United States a visual depiction of a
minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. 18 U.S.C.
§ 2251(e).More...    $0 (09-29-2017 - AK)

Seattle, WA - Former Union Treasurer Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling more than $80,000

Stole from Small Union in Snohomish County, then led Efforts to Decertify

The former Treasurer of a small union in Snohomish County was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five months in prison for theft of union funds, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. PASCALE MCATEE, 58... More...    $0 (08-30-2017 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Man Sentenced to 162 Months in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

Anchorage resident Antonio D. Washington, 56, was sentenced to 162 months in federal prison for his conviction for distributing methamphetamine.

Washington was indicted by a federal grand jury in December 2015 for distributing methamphetamine on four different occasions in 2015. Was... More...    $0 (07-07-2016 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Former Fairbanks Chiropractor Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Soliciting the Murder of a Witness and Federal Law Enforcement Officers

Guy Christopher Mannino, 57, of Fairbanks, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for his convictions for soliciting the murders of a witness and two federal law enforcement agents.

Mannino, a former chiropractor who practi... More...    $0 (06-27-2016 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Former Anchorage Prosecutor Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Massive Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

Largest Money Laundering Scheme in Alaska History

A former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor was sentenced to 160 months in prison for perpetrating a massive wire fraud and money laundering scheme encompassing $52 million. This is t... More...    $45925737 (05-23-2016 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Former Anchorage Prosecutor convicted in wire fraud and money laundering scheme amounting to $31 million

Largest money laundering scheme in Alaska history

A former Anchorage resident and former municipal prosecutor Mark J. Avery was convicted of three counts of wire fraud, six counts of money laundering, one count of bank fraud, and one count of making false state... More...    $0 (03-01-2016 - AK)

On March 5, 2009, Sabil Mumin Mujahid was arrested in Anchorage, Alaska after officers found a firearm in the trunk of a car he had driven to the Nesbett Courthouse for a bail hearing on a pending state drug charge. Mujahid was taken to the Anchorage Correctional Complex, which provides
UNITED STATES V. MUJAHID4 housing for state prisoners as well as federal prisoners pursuant to a contract w... More...    $0 (08-30-2015 - AK)

ANCHORAGE, AK – U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that two Washington residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for Drug Conspiracy and Firearm violations.

Layten Scott Banchero, 28, and Scott Evan Banchero, 50, of Seattle, Washington, were both arraigned today before United States Magistrate Judge Leslie C. Longenbaugh on the charge of Drug Conspir... More...    $0 (10-02-2014 - AK)

ANCHORAGE, AK - U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced today that multiple indictments have been unsealed charging eight defendants in Texas, California, Arizona, and Alaska with conspiring to distribute large quantities of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine in Alaska and also working together to launder money from the United States into Mexico.
The first indictment charges two men – Om... More...    $0 (11-04-2014 - AK)

Anchorage, AK – Acting United States Attorney Kevin R. Feldis announced today that a grand jury indictment has been unsealed charging three men with conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine between Las Vegas and Alaska. The indictment charges three Las Vegas men: Daren D. Cole, 47, Dewane E. Blue, 37, and Bryan M. Bledsoe, 36.

The indictment alleges that since 2012,... More...    $0 (08-27-2014 - AK)

Anthony Gadson and Willie Wilson appeal their
convictions for conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams
of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute controlled
substances, and possession of firearms in furtherance of their
conspiracy and possession of controlled substances. Wilson
also appeals his conviction for retaliation against a witness.
On appeal, they challeng... More...    $0 (08-19-2014 - AK)

This appeal arises from a declaratory action filed by an insurer to clarify the terms of its duties under a policy. The underlying tort action resulted from a car accident in which the insured, while driving a rental truck, hit a person who was lying in the middle of the road. Both the driver and the person struck were intoxicated, as was a passenger in the truck. The person who was struck died fr... More...    $0 (01-25-2013 - AK)

In 2004 Franklin Schug sued the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) for negligently causing him to suffer personal injury while being transported from an Alaska prison to an Arizona prison. Assistant Attorney General Stephanie Galbraith Moore defended DOC in that suit, and the jury entered a verdict in DOC’s favor. Schug then sued Moore, alleging she engaged in fraud, deception, and conspirac... More...    $0 (07-02-2010 - AK)

A mental health unit patient, T.C. Greywolf, was arrested at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and discharged to Fairbanks Correctional Center on a charge of felony assault in the third degree because she had allegedly threatened to harm her psychiatrist, Dr. William Carroll. After Greywolf was acquitted in her criminal trial, she filed charges against Dr. Carroll for (1) malicious prosecution;... More...    $0 (01-17-2007 - AK)

Eric Morrow appeals his conviction for failing to appear at his felony sentencing.1 Morrow contends on appeal that Superior Court Judge Larry C. Zervos abused his discretion in (1) denying his motion to dismiss the indictment, (2) denying his motion to bifurcate his trial, and (3) admitting evidence of two prior incidents where Morrow had failed to appear. We conclude that Judge Zervos did ... More...    $0 (11-21-2003 - AK)

The question here is whether an officer conducting a pat-down search for weapons during an investigatory stop who feels an object that he reasonably believes might be used as a weapon may examine the object to confirm that it is not a potential weapon. The court of appeals answered this question in the negative, holding that the officer must have a reasonable belief that the object is a wea... More...    $0 (11-07-2003 - AK)