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November 25, 2025 • PRESS RELEASE
(Kenai, AK) – On Nov. 19, Kenai Superior Court Judge Lance Joanis sentenced 33-year-old Jeremiah Barton to serve 15 years with 8 years suspended, leaving 7 years to serve, following his guilty plea to a consolidated count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree.
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November 24, 2025 • PRESS RELEASE
(Kenai, AK) – Today, Superior Court Judge Jason Gist sentenced 29-year-old Kris Overlander to serve 40 years with 15 years suspended, leaving an initial active term of confinement of 25 years, following his guilty plea to a consolidated count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree.
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November 24, 2025 • PRESS RELEASE
(Anchorage, AK) – On Nov. 20, Superior Court Judge Peter Ramgren sentenced 43-year-old Andrew Byrd to serve 25 years for two Sexual Assault in the First-Degree convictions stemming from a 2015 sexual assault.
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