According to the burglary indictment documents, 35-year-old Shawn Travis Beaird ransacked a pawn shop, a pizza joint and a cooking school in Juneau with a screwdriver.
Crime & Courts
Former Skagway tribal employee sentenced for embezzling $300,000 from tribe
Delia Commander, 64, of Oregon pleaded guilty on one count of embezzlement and must pay almost the entire sum of $297,731 in restitution to the council, according to the office of Alaska’s District Attorney.
Former Ravn Alaska employees charged with stealing 300-plus computers bound for rural schools
Six former Ravn Alaska employees are charged with stealing hundreds of computers sent by mail to village schools.
Southeast salmon seiner forfeits boat for creek robbing
Curtiss Demmert, 32, was sentenced Jan. 10. He must pay a $32,728.79 fine and received 180 days of suspended jail time. He also has to forfeit to the state the Tlingit Lady, skiff, nets, fishing gear and electronics along with the money from that catch.
With two Juneau judges retiring, court system seeks change to relieve bottleneck
Juneau District Court Judge Thomas Nave and Juneau Superior Court Judge Louis Menendez are both retiring on June 29.
Ketchikan man arrested in fatal stabbing
Darrell Taylor Ryan, 38.is charged with the second-degree murder
of Aaron Dixon, 31, who was found with multiple stab wounds to his upper body.
Anchorage woman dies of gunshot wounds suffered in December
Juanita Lolesio, 19, of Anchorage died of gunshot wounds suffered two weeks ago, police announced Monday. Police are investigating the case as a homicide but say they have no new information on a suspect.
Public service lawyers offer free legal help on MLK Day
Free legal advice will be available on Martin Luther King Jr. Day at two locations in Juneau: the Dimond Courthouse downtown and the Alaska Legal Services Corp. office near the airport.
Bethel Police Department launches internal review of officer’s behavior
A Bethel police officer charged with assaulting his girlfriend is taking time off from work. Martin Oulton is using paid vacation days to take some personal time away from the police force.
New pretrial system scales back cash bail, increases monitoring
The state has created an entirely new Pretrial Enforcement Division. Its 60 officers are responsible for monitoring defendants’ compliance with their conditions of release.