Kramer and Cosgrove

02/04/2026

Robert Gagner had just settled a lengthy custody dispute with the child’s mother when the boy was killed in October 2024. Her trial on murder charges is scheduled for May.

02/04/2026

Victim in Fairbanks child s*x abuse case sues Bible Baptist Church
KUAC | By Patrick Gilchrist

Image caption: Snow lines the roof of Bible Baptist Church Jan. 21, 2025, in Fairbanks, Alaska. Patrick Gilchrist / KUAC.

A lawsuit filed earlier this month claims Bible Baptist Church in Fairbanks has created an environment that lets men in positions of power abuse church members.

The plaintiff suing the church is the victim in a criminal child s*x abuse case that involves former Bible Baptist youth pastor David Duffett. Duffett pleaded guilty in that case in August, accepting an agreement that convicted him on one count of attempted second-degree s*xual abuse of a minor.

The guilty plea came about a year and a half after he was charged for having repeated s*xual encounters with the victim in 2008, when she was 16 and he was 29. According to a sentencing memo, Duffett taught her at a bible camp while working as a youth pastor for Bible Baptist Church, which she also attended.

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04/09/2025

We were honored to help Dr. Carey demonstrate to the Judge and the Medical Board that he is a good surgeon and a good person.

Judge says serious accusations are unfounded, nature of some complaints “reflects poorly on others in the medical community”

03/26/2025

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2025/03/26/final-member-of-fairbanks-four-in-wrongful-conviction-lawsuit-against-city-settles-for-115-million/

The four men spent nearly 20 years in prison before murder charges filed against them in connection to a teen’s 1997 death were overturned.

03/26/2025

https://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/fairbanks-settles-for-11-5-million-with-marvin-roberts-closing-a-chapter-on-the-fairbanks/article_b81f388d-4e71-4436-9bf7-4cdcc8900501.html

Marvin Roberts was one of four men arrested and convicted of the beating death of teenager John Hartman in 1997. The men — called the Fairbanks Four — were sentenced,

03/26/2025

Marvin Roberts of the Fairbanks Four Settles Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit for $11.5 million

11/13/2024

This tragedy should not have happened. When someone is thrown in jail they have a right to be protected from a variety of harms that they cannot protect themselves from. Did this building have a functioning sprinkler system? Why wasn't someone watching these inmates, or close enough nearby so they simply could have opened the door to the cell and let them escape?
One person is dead and another is traumatized by what should have been a preventable cause. Whoever runs that jail should be held accountable.

A fire at the Mountain Village Police Department killed a man in custody and injured a village police officer early Friday morning, authorities say.

08/20/2024

This may be the first time Alaska State Troopers have ever been charged with assault. Body Cams are a necessary tool to protect citizens from some forms of police misconduct. Without cameras, these troopers would have gotten away with viciously assaulting an innocent man and lying about it on their official police reports. They would have continued lying at this poor man’s trial, and Mr. Tikka would have been convicted of crimes he did not commit.

Commissioner Cockrell should be commended for accurately admitting what the Troopers did to this poor victim. AG Skidmore, however, has predictably applied a double standard as to what constitutes felony assault. Shoving a man’s face into broken glass while kicking and tasing him, breaking bones, and directing an uncontrollable attack dog to bite his face clearly would result in felony assault charges for anyone other than a police officer. A person commits assault in the third degree (class C felony) by: recklessly causing physical injury to another person with a dangerous instrument, recklessly placing another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury with a dangerous instrument. It is a class B felony to: intentionally cause physical injury to another person with a dangerous instrument, or recklessly cause serious physical injury to another person.

The Troopers' unprovoked attack broke Mr. Tikka’s scapula and his face was severely lacerated. It was intentional and it caused serious injury. It would be a felony for anyone other than a police officer. Mr. Skidmore's office has pursued felony charges for much less serious conduct.

We are not all treated equal under the law.

Joseph Miller Jr. and Jason Woodruff are each charged with fourth-degree assault. Both have served as troopers for more than a decade.

07/02/2024

This past week, at the Anchorage Courthouse, we had the privilege of meeting Jet and his handler Cynthia from the NATIONAL Crisis Response Canines. They were there to provide support to people experiencing intense emotions during difficult times. Thank you both for your incredible service!

06/14/2024

Kramer and Cosgrove has filed a lawsuit to compel the Anchorage Police Department to release the body camera videos of APD killing Kris Handy.

06/14/2024

We are pleased to have successfully freed Benka Lake.

Following the Judge's order to remove the fence, hundreds of Alaskans have gotten to enjoy the lake.



https://www.facebook.com/groups/benkalake/

05/17/2024

Anchorage Police Department killed Kristopher Handy and then fabricated justification.

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/05/16/he-never-pulled-gun-up-neighbors-release-video-man-shot-killed-by-anchorage-police/

APD has a pattern of publishing false information to cover up constitutional violations and avoid accountability and liability. They have resisted using body cams for years, then when forced to finally use them, delayed another two years. Fortunately for Anchorage citizens, its police force has been wearing body cams since March 2024, and lying by APD has become more difficult to get away with. If Mr. Handy's neighbor had not published their video, we would probably have never learned the truth about this apparently unjustified police shooting. We will see if APD ever releases the body cam footage. It's going to be difficult to claim that all four body cameras were not operable.

Did the interim chief actually look at any body cam footage before she issued her false press release? If she did, she shouldn't be chief. If she did not, she also shouldn't be chief.
And who was the "witness" who saw Mr. Handy allegedly raising the gun? Was that false fact simply made up or did one of the four officers spread that lie, and APD, in an effort to protect them, decide to identify them as a "witness" instead of as an officer who shot Mr. Handy.

OSP and internal affairs almost always tries to justify unlawful uses of force. This investigation will take months and eventually there will be a short statement released saying the killing was justified and APD will offer no additional comment.

Transparency is required here, and APD needs to come clean about the real facts of this apparently unjustified use of deadly force against someone who was only reported to be involved in a verbal dispute. Police cannot shoot at a misdemeanor suspect simply walking away from them in a non-threatening manner. They also shot 10 times, hitting him only once while spraying the remaining bullets into an apartment building housing 13 children.
Regardless of whether APD is ever held accountable, there is at least one young child now without a father, and future victims, or witnesses, of potential domestic violence will now hesitate to report it to police for fear of the suspect being killed by the responding police.

Alaska’s News Source reviewed video of the final moments of 34-year-old Kristopher Handy’s life before he was shot and killed by Anchorage police officers and interviewed multiple neighbors about that deadly night, painting a different picture than what the Anchorage Police Department said.