"The judge in a criminal jury trial plays a variety of important roles, including:

Presiding over the trial: The judge is responsible for maintaining order in the courtroom and ensuring that the trial proceeds fairly. This includes making rulings on evidentiary objections, instructing the jury on the law, and ensuring that both the prosecution and defense have a fair opportunity to pr... More...    $0 (02-05-2020 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, attempted distribution of methamphetamine and cocaine, maintaining a place for drug purposes and illegally possessing firearms.

Antoine Lapoleon Davis, aka “Shorty,â€� 49, trafficked large amounts of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine to ... More...    $0 (05-19-2022 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug conspiracy and assault of a corrections officer.

Michael Hindman, 32, mailed multiple packages of heroin and methamphetamine to a local drug dealer in Unalaska, Alaska, during 2019. In return, the local dealer mailed Hindman boxes of cash to pay for the drugs. One specific package Hindman sent on October 9,... More...    $0 (04-28-2022 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug conspiracy, money laundering, felony firearm possession and killing in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise.

Matthew Wilson Moi, aka “Matt Matt,â€� 36, was involved in a drug trafficking enterprise that operated in Alaska between January 2017 and October 2019. The enterprise arranged for package... More...    $0 (03-16-2022 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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)

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 firearm felony criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Ralph Norman Wells, 39, of Fairbanks, was charged with being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Possession of Controlled Substance with the Intent to Distribute.

According to Court documents, on April 2, 2020, a business owner reported a suspicious vehicle loitering in the parking lot. Alaska State Troope... More...    $0 (02-11-2021 - 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, Alaska firearm felony criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Herman Joseph Brown, III, who was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

On July 16, 2020, Brown pleaded guilty to the federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Ketchikan Police Department received multiple reports alleging many postal parcels from ... More...    $0 (12-09-2020 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska felony firearm possession charge criminal defense lawyer represented Justine J. Seley, age 36, with bing in possession of a registered firearm by an unregistered person.

According to court documents, on October 23, 2018, Seley possessed 7 rifles, 2 handguns and a receiver. All firearms were seized. One of the seized firearms was a short barreled DSA ZM4 .300 caliber ... More...    $0 (10-29-2020 - AK)

Anchorage, Alaska Lacey Act crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.

A North Pole man was charged with 32 violations of the Lacey Act and other federal laws stemming from a 16 year span of submitting fraudulent Federal Subsistence Permit Applications and subsequent illegal hunting and transporting of wildlife in a Federal Subsistence Area located south of Delta Junction, Alask... More...    $0 (10-17-2020 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Man Sentenced for Illegal Possession of Gun

Tony Lavea Tueipi, 42, resident of Anchorage, was sentenced on July 31, 2018 by U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason to 21 months in prison, followed by a three-year term of supervised release, for illegally possessing a gun with an obliterated serial number. As a result of his conviction, Tueipi, who is a native of W... More...    $0 (08-09-2018 - 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)

Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Methamphetamine Importation Conspiracy

An Anchorage man was sentenced in federal court for conspiring to import methamphetamine from California to Alaska. U.S. District Judge Sharon L. Gleason sentenced Alfa Souvandara, 42, of Anchorage, to serve 10 years in prison, following his guilty plea on Feb. 16, 2017.

According to As... More...    $0 (05-01-2017 - aK)

Anchorage, Alaska – Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder today announced an extensive effort to disrupt and dismantle the Kelihos botnet – a global network of tens of thousands of infected computers under the control of a cybercriminal that was used to facilitate malicious activities including harvesting login credentials, distributing hundreds of millions of spam e-mails, and installing ransomware... More...    $0 (04-12-2017 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Seafood Processing Company and Owner Sentenced to Pay $60k for Dumping Oil and Raw Sewage

East West Seafoods LLC, a State of Washington company, was sentenced in federal court today to pay a total of $50,000 in fines for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Clean Water Act, and the Refuse Act by intentionally discharging oily bilge water and raw sewage in... More...    $0 (03-21-2017 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Kodiak Strip Boat Owner Sentenced to Probation and Fine

Darren Byler, 56, resident of Zachar Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, was sentenced to five years’ probation and a fine of $10,000, for violating the Refuse Act and making false statements to Coast Guard officials.

Byler was convicted in December 2015 after an 11-day trial. According to the evidence at trial, Kimb... More...    $0 (01-29-2017 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Juneau Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Child Pornography

A Juneau man was sentenced to federal prison for the distribution of child pornography.

Steven Raymond Foster, 55, of Juneau, Alaska, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess to 78 months in prison for a single count of distribution of child pornography. Upon the compl... More...    $0 (12-22-2016 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - Anchorage Man Convicted of Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute and Possession of Firearms as a Felon

A jury in Anchorage found Arnold Wesley Flowers, II, age 41, guilty of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and possession of firearms as a felon. The jury also agreed that Flowers should forfeit $19,275 in drug proceeds and two firearms.

... More...    $0 (10-26-2016 - AK)

Anchorage, AK - California Man Sentenced for Role in Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy

Robert Craggs was sentenced to 57 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Craggs pleaded guilty on May 27, 2016, to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and conspiracy to launder money. Craggs’ co-conspirators were previously sentenced.

According to... More...    $0 (10-16-2016 - AK)