Alaska Grand Larceny Law
United States of America v. Sean Mobley
Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. Sean Mobley, 45, agreed to supply an individual with fentanyl powder to distribute to a third party. Mobley and the intermediary drove to a residence in Wasilla, where the intermediary sold the powder to an adult victim for $100. Shortly after the sale, the adult victim used the substance and o... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Sean Mobley </h1></h1>
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with near fatal overdose of an adult victim and the fatal overdose of a minor victim. The defendant also pleaded guilty today to a felon in possession of firearms charge filed through a separate federal indictment in July.<br> <br> A Wasilla man pleaded guilty today to distributing carfentanil to two people, resulting in ... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - AK)center><h1> United States of America v. Sean Mobley </h1></h1>
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing carfentanil resulting in the death of a 16-year-old girl.<br> <br> <br> A Wasilla man pleaded guilty today to distributing carfentanil to two people, resulting in the near fatal overdose of an adult victim and the fatal overdose of a minor victim. The defendant also pleaded guilty today to a felon in poss... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Jacob Peter </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl resulting in a fatal overdose </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Fairbanks man indicted for distributing fentanyl resulting in a fatal overdose</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b>... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Jonathan Pavlik, Vincent Jacobson, Kyle Dierick, Michael Babic, Timothy Ross </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Juneau, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with illegal illegally harvesting halibut </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Five commercial fishermen charged in illegal halibut fishing conspiracy</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A... More...
$0 (08-04-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Karey McLeish, Rebekah Walker </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to commit bank fraud by stealing identities and creating false identification documents. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two out-of-state residents charged with stealing Alaskan identities to target local financial institution... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. James Wohlers </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and tax evasion </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former general manager of Anchorage business charged with wire fraud, tax evasion</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Ala... More...
$0 (12-26-2024 - ak)<h1> United States of America v. Miguel Baez Guevara, a.k.a. “Javi†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking drugs from Mexico to Alaska </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> "Drug Kingpin†gets 28 years for trafficking drugs from Mexico to Alaska</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Miguel Baez Guevara, a.k.a. "Javi,�... More...
$0 (08-30-2024 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Mauricio Martinez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking, gun charges </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Anchorage man sentenced to 15 years for drug trafficking, gun charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In November 2020, Mauricio Martinez, 22, was a... More...
$0 (06-14-2024 - AK)State of Alaska v. Mechele K. Linehan, a/k/a Mechele Hughes
Anchoragee, Alaska criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> <br> 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. <br> <br> 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)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. 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. 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. Cloyd Lacap, Jr.
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. <br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Brian James Tepner
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.<br> <br> 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 Fai... More...
$0 (12-19-2020 - AK)United States of America v. Martin Thornley Elze
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.searchquarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alaska.gif"><br> </center><br> Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing Woolly Mammoth Tusk from Campbell Creek Science Center<br> <br> Defendant Cut the Tusk into Pieces and Sold them for Profit<br> <br> An Anchorage man was sentenced to federal prison after he and a co-conspir... More...
$0 (04-20-2019 - AK)United States of America v. Michael John Collier
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/Anchorage_v4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Man Charged With Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography<br> <br> U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Michael John Collier, 32, of Anchorage, charging him with one count of distribution of child pornogra... More...
$0 (01-03-2019 - AK)State of Alaska v. Mark Anthony De Simone
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.<br> <br> It was not disputed by Desimone shot Rosales, but he claimed it was an accident. <br> <br> Docket Entries:<br> <br> 05/16/2016 Initial Charging Document Initial Charging Document Filed<br> 05/17/... More...
$0 (05-12-2018 - AK)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JAMES MICHAEL WELLS <table> <td>
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 f... More...
$0 (12-21-2017 - AK)United States of America v. James Michael Wells
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). Well... More...
$0 (12-20-2017 - AK)United States of America v. Jason Jayavarman
It is a crime to produce outside the United States a visual<br> depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and<br> to then transport that visual depiction into the United States.<br> 18 U.S.C. § 2251(c). It is also a crime to attempt to produce<br> and transport into the United States a visual depiction of a<br> minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. 18 U.S.C.<br> § 2251(e).<... More...
$0 (09-29-2017 - AK)United States of America v. Pascale McAtee
Seattle, WA - Former Union Treasurer Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling more than $80,000<br> <br> Stole from Small Union in Snohomish County, then led Efforts to Decertify <br> <br> 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)United states of America v. Antonio D. Washington
Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Man Sentenced to 162 Months in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine <br> <br> Anchorage resident Antonio D. Washington, 56, was sentenced to 162 months in federal prison for his conviction for distributing methamphetamine.<br> <br> 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)United states of America v. Guy Christopher Mannino
Anchorage, AK - Former Fairbanks Chiropractor Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison for Soliciting the Murder of a Witness and Federal Law Enforcement Officers<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Mannino, a former chiropractor who practi... More...
$0 (06-27-2016 - AK)United States of America v. Mark Avery
Anchorage, AK - Former Anchorage Prosecutor Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Prison for Massive Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme<br> <br> Largest Money Laundering Scheme in Alaska History<br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Mark J. Avery
Anchorage, AK - Former Anchorage Prosecutor convicted in wire fraud and money laundering scheme amounting to $31 million<br> <br> Largest money laundering scheme in Alaska history<br> <br> 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)USA V. SABIL MUJAHID
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<br> UNITED STATES V. MUJAHID4 housing for state prisoners as well as federal prisoners pursuant to a contract w... More...
$0 (08-30-2015 - AK)United States of America v. Layten Scott Banchero and Scott Evan Banchero
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.<br> <br> 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 Co... More...
$0 (10-02-2014 - AK)United States of America v. Omar Alejandro Alfaro, Jose Ramon Canales, Genaro Gutierrez-Reyes, Tomas Gutierrez Ayala, Geronimo Arellano Velarde, Cristian Giovanni Lugo, Jasmin Sanchez and Timothy George Alex
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.<br> The first indictment charges two men �... More...
$0 (11-04-2014 - AK)United States of America v. Daren D. Cole, Dewane E. Blue and Bryan M. Bledsoe
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. <br> <br> The indictment alleges that since ... More...
$0 (08-27-2014 - AK)United States of America v. Anthony Gadson
Anthony Gadson and Willie Wilson appeal their<br> convictions for conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams<br> of cocaine, possession with intent to distribute controlled<br> substances, and possession of firearms in furtherance of their<br> conspiracy and possession of controlled substances. Wilson<br> also appeals his conviction for retaliation against a witness.<br> On appeal, they challeng... More...
$0 (08-19-2014 - AK)Caroline Williams v. GEICO Casualty Co. d/b/a GEICo
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)Franklin Schug v. Stephanie Galbraith Moore
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 conspiracy ... More...
$0 (07-02-2010 - AK)<a href="http://www.state.ak.us/courts/ops/sp-6089.pdf" target="_new">T.C. Greywolf v. William N. Carroll, M.D.</a>
<P> 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)<a href="http://www.state.ak.us/courts/ops/ap-1907.pdf" target="_new">Eric Morrow v. State of Alaska</a>
<P>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)<a href="http://www.state.ak.us/courts/ops/sp-5750.pdf" target="_new">State of Alaska v. Donald Wagar</a>
<P>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...
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