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May 29, 2026 • PRESS RELEASE
(Fairbanks, AK) – Today, on May 29, 2026, Superior Court Judge Schwalm sentenced Rychart to a 50-year sentence for Attempted Murder in the First Degree.
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May 29, 2026 • PRESS RELEASE
(Fairbanks, AK) – On May 28, 2026, Superior Court Judge Bennett sentenced Endeavor Ryan Riley to 70 years with 30 suspended for the Murder in the Second Degree.
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May 29, 2026 • PRESS RELEASE
(Anchorage, AK) – On May 26, 2026, an Anchorage jury convicted 45-year-old Andrew West James of two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree and five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree.
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