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The civil suit filed in Bethel Superior Court on July 18 alleges negligent actions by hunting guide Bruce Werba and two companies under Werba’s control caused Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr.’s death.
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According to a civil complaint filed in Bethel Superior Court on June 12, negligent actions by Anchorage-based Trygg Air placed passengers aboard a March 7 charter flight from Scammon Bay to Anchorage in imminent fear of death.
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Matthew Nicori, 59, was found guilty of one count of second-degree sexual assault and one count of third-degree sexual assault following a weeklong jury trial in Bethel in which he represented himself.
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Rudolf Waska, 32, was initially charged with second-degree murder and a string of other felony charges for the 2021 death of 39-year-old Brian Agwiak. The case remains open for Waska’s alleged accomplice in the crime, 38-year-old Darren Hootch.
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Fifty-seven-year-old Leonard Olrun has been convicted of sexually abusing three children aged 13 to 14 in Mekoryuk in 2020 and 2021.
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Twenty-eight-year-old Allen Amik faces two counts of second-degree murder and two felony counts of tampering with physical evidence for allegedly killing 27-year-old Kari Nicholai and attempting to clean up the scene.
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Fifty-one-year-old Peter Moses faced the lengthy sentence due to having two prior felony sex assault convictions, including a conviction for second-degree sexual abuse of a minor in 1995.
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According to charging documents, 24-year-old Joshua Kelly-Morris was initially charged with first-degree murder following a fight in a Bethel home that left another man dead.
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The burglary case has been separated from a case involving a series of unrelated charges, but a Bethel judge recently barred a key piece of evidence linking the suspect to the missing money.