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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)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)<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)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)<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)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. 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. Heide Goodermote </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interfering with joint military operations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Delta Junction woman sentenced for interfering with joint military operations with a high-powered laser</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On Feb.... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - AK)State of Alaska v. Chue Yang
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> AS11.41.100(a)(1)(A): Murder 1-Intent To Cause Death<br> <br> Chue Yang was accused of shooting and killing his wife in 2019.<br> <br> He claimed he was showing her how to use the gun when it went off.... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - AK)Arlene Diane Tripp v. City and Borough of Juneau, Derek Bos, and Juneau Police Department
Juneau, Alaska personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto and governmental negligence theories.<br> <br> In July 2019 Brent Bartlett was a police officer with the Juneau Police Department (JPD).[1] He lived with and was in a relationship with another JPD officer, Hannah Malone, at the time. Bartlett struggled with alcohol abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due t... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Jun “Harry†Liang </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal wildlife guide-outfitter scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Chinese national sentenced in illegal wildlife guide-outfitter scheme </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Chinese national was sentenced to two ye... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - 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)State of Alaska v. Ross L. Dow
<h2><br> Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with controlled substance misconduct.<br> </h2><br> <br> On November 12, 2003, two law enforcement officers — Fairbanks Police Officer Bruce Barnett and Alaska State Trooper Teague Widmier — came to the front door of the Fairbanks residence that Ross Dow shared with his girlfriend, Starla Noyes-Norr... More...
$0 (12-08-2024 - AK)United States of America v. William Marsan
<h2>Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating an aircraft without a license.<br> </h2><br> William Marsan, age 57, was accused of operating an aircraft without a license, operating an unregistered aircraft, and operating an aircraft displaying a false aircraft registration mark.<br> <br> Marsan was accused of nearly colliding with another plane ov... More...
$0 (12-06-2024 - 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)Kyle Eyre v. City of Fairbanks, et al.
<h2><br> Fairbanks, Alaska 1983 civil rights excessive force lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Eyre's estate argues that the officers failed to warn Eyre that they might employ deadly force and failed to use less intrusive alternatives. Those factors are relevant in assessing the reasonableness of deadly force, see S.R. Nehad v. Browder, 929 F.3d 1125, 1137-39 (9th Cir. 201... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Brian Corty </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Delta Junction man sentenced for "Bud and Breakfast†fraud scheme </h2></center><br> <br> A Delta Junction man was sentenced to two years in prison ... More...
$0 (05-03-2024 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Joel Rascone </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, an Arizona man sentenced for role in international drug trafficking ring.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> An Arizona man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in an international drug trafficking ring targeting Al... More...
$0 (02-12-2024 - AK)<h1> United States of America v. Jessica Joyce Spayd </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>Anchorage, Alaska Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant with Illegally Prescribing Millions of Opioids Causing Five Deaths</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Former Advanced Nurse Practitioner Jessica Joyce Spayd (52) was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 30 years (360 months) imprisonment for illegally prescribing and dispensin... More...
$0 (01-14-2024 - AK)United States of America v. Jessica Joyce Spayd
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with r illegally prescribing and dispensing opioids outside the scope of legitimate medical practice that resulted in the deaths of five people between 2014 and 2019. <br> <br> A jury convicted Jessica Joyce Spayd, age 52, on October 27, 2022, of 10 crimes including five counts of illegal drug distribution that resulted in de... More...
$0 (06-28-2023 - AK)United States of America v. Cristobal “Cris†Magno Rodrigo, Glenda Tiglao Rodrigo, and Christian Ryan Tiglao Rodrigo
Juneau, Alaska criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the Indian Arts and Crafts Act for crimes committed when they owned and operated several businesses in Ketchikan, Alaska, involving the sale of Philippine produced stone carvings and wood totem poles as authentic Alaska Native produced artwork. <br> <br> Between April 2016 through December 8, 2021, C... More...
$0 (05-08-2023 - AK)Mechele K. Linehan v. State of Alaska
"The judge in a criminal jury trial plays a variety of important roles, including:<br> <br> 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)State of Alaska v. John T. Carlin, III
Anchorage, Alaska criminal law lawyers represented Defendant changed with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â We consolidated these two cases to resolve the following question: What is the effect of the death of a criminal defendant while an appeal is pending? John Carlin III was convicted of first-degree murder. He appealed his conviction to the court of appeals and died... More...
$0 (03-25-2011 - 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. Jared Post and Levi Skulstad
Fairbanks, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy, bank and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.<br> <br> According to court documents, Jared Post, 25, and Levi Skulstad, 26, defrauded multiple banks and individuals they viewed as vulnerable to scams between 2017 and 2021, obtaining at least $500,000. Post and Skulstad contacted individu... More...
$0 (06-28-2022 - AK)United States of America v. Michael Hindman
Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug conspiracy and assault of a corrections officer.<br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Matthew Wilson Moi, aka “Matt Mattâ€
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.<br> <br> Matthew Wilson Moi, aka "Matt Matt,†36, was involved in a drug trafficking enterprise that operated in Alaska between January 2017 and October 2019. The enterprise arranged for packa... More...
$0 (03-16-2022 - 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)David Cooper v. Kenneth K. Bozinoff, Viking Constructor, LLC and Thors Hammer
Anchorage, AK: Personal injury Jones Act lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant claiming to have been injured while working on a shop owned and/or operated by Defendants.<br> <br> 46 U.S.C. 688 - "Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act." <br> <br> § 903. Coverage<br> <br> (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, compensation shall be payable under this Act in respect... More...
$1 (07-23-2021 - AK)United States of America v. Robert John Albaugh
Anchorage, Alaska Lacey Act crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant.<br> <br> 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)United States of America v. Luke Bunting
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/ak/images/anchorage.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Anchorage, AK - The United States of America charged Luke Bunting, age 23, with drug trafficking and money laundering.<br> <br> According to court documents, in 2018, a U.S. Postal Inspector in Anchorage seized three packages that contained various narcotics, which were addressed... More...
$0 (07-17-2020 - AK)United States of America ex rel. Thomas Fidler v. Franklin Ellenson, M.D. and Alaska Neurology Center, L.L.C.
Anchorage, AK - The United States of America sued Franklin Ellenson, M.D. and Alaska Neurology Center, L.L.C. claiming that the violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing for health care services not performed.<br> <br> Alaska Neurology Center LLC and its owner, Franklin Ellenson, M.D., have agreed to pay $2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that the medical practice knowing... More...
$0 (06-09-2020 - 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. 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. Andrew Mac Saunders and Ian David Bowman
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.searchquarry.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/alaska.gif"><br> </center><br> Alaska, AK - Two Fairbanks Men Plead Guilty to Federal Identity Theft Charges<br> <br> Andrew Mac Saunders, 43, and Ian David Bowman, 30, both of Fairbanks, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, to federal identity theft charges. <br> <br> According to c... More...
$0 (03-16-2019 - AK)United States of America v. Bradley Payton Grasser
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/Anchorage_v4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Anchorage, AK - Alaska Man Sentenced for Role in Large Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in Southeast Alaska<br> <br> An Alaska man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in a large scale drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the small community of Craig, Alaska, and t... More...
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