Press Release

Anchorage Man Convicted for Sexually Assaulting Spouse in 2013

January 3, 2017

(Anchorage, AK) – Today, an Anchorage jury found 29 year old Julio Lopezleon guilty of violently sexually assaulting his wife over four days in 2013.  The jury verdicts come after 25 days of trial and extensive pretrial litigation. Lopezleon was also found guilty for sending his wife to Mexico in order to avoid subpoena service. The victim returned to Alaska in 2016 and testified at trial.

The jury found Lopezleon guilty of two counts of sexual assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree, four counts of assault in the fourth degree, and two counts of tampering with a witness. The jury found Lopezleon not guilty of one count of sexual assault in the first degree, coercion, and assault in third degree. The testimony at trial showed that Lopezleon assaulted and sexually assaulted his wife over four days in March 2013 after he became jealous.

Superior Court Judge Kevin Saxby scheduled sentencing for April 23, 2017. Lopezleon faces a sentence range of 26 ¼ years to 99 years in prison because the jury found that his offenses were crimes of domestic violence. Lopezleon is in the custody of the Department of Corrections and will remain there until his sentencing.

CONTACT: Assistant District Attorney Jason Gist at (907) 269-6300 or jason.gist@alaska.gov.

More information about the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office is available at http://www.law.alaska.gov/department/criminal/adao.html.

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Department Media Contacts: Communications Director Patty Sullivan at patty.sullivan@alaska.gov or (907) 269-6368. Information Officer Sam Curtis at sam.curtis@alaska.gov or (907) 269-6269.