Crime & Courts

As of Friday afternoon, the jurors had yet to return a verdict.

“Blood & Myth,” which premieres Sept. 4, looks into a real-life violent crime case in Northwest Alaska

The class action lawsuit alleges the state has placed foster kids at risk and seeks system-wide reforms.

The state prosecutors and Jeffrey Fultz’s defense attorneys gave their closing arguments Friday. It was their last chance to show what all the testimony was intended to prove — or disprove – and to sway the jurors to their side. 

The association says former U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred, who resigned last year amid a widespread scandal, should be prevented from practicing law.

Jeffrey Fultz testified that he performed legitimate procedures while working at Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in Juneau.

ICE officials say they detained Santiago “Diego” Martinez, 30, for having a drunken driving conviction. Martinez’s attorney said ICE later told her they made a mistake, but they won’t release him.

Friday marked the end of the third week of a sexual assault trial against former SEARHC chiropractor Jeffrey Fultz, who stands accused of abusing patients in Juneau between 2014 and 2020. 

The department says it also plans to release the body-worn camera footage from the incident at the end of this month. 

This was the second week of testimony in the trial against Jeffrey Fultz, a former Juneau chiropractor who is accused of assaulting more than a dozen women under the guise of medical care.