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    Arturo Mondragon-Lopez, Jr. (right) attends a change of plea hearing related to the October 2023 fatal shooting of Brianna Hetrick on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, at the Homer Courthouse in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Mondragon-Lopez sentenced for death of Homer woman
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Arturo Mondragon-Lopez, Jr. accepted a plea deal in February for the shooting of Brianna Hetrick.

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    State of Alaska Department of Law logo. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Law
    Homer woman sentenced for 2020 murder
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 9, 2025 1:30 am

    Sarah Dayan was convicted in December for the murder of Keith Huss.

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    Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Homer Middle School teacher arrested on charges of...
    March 20, 2025 2:30 am

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    Homer man sentenced for illegally transporting black bears
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Travis Larson pleaded guilty to four counts of violating the Lacey Act in October 2024.

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    Mondragon-Lopez enters guilty plea
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Arturo Mondragon-Lopez, Jr. pleaded guilty Feb. 5 to manslaughter for the October 2023 death of Brianna Hetrick.

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    Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Homer man convicted of burglary and theft
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 31, 2025 1:30 am

    Sentencing is scheduled for May 19.

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    Josiah Kelly, right, appears for a superior court arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Competency exam scheduled for Kelly
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 23, 2025 1:30 am

    Josiah Kelly was arrested in November for three shooting incidents in Homer.

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    The Homer Courthouse. (Homer News file photo)
The Homer Courthouse. (Homer News file photo)
    Plea change hearing scheduled for Mondragon-Lopez
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 16, 2025 1:30 am

    Arturo Mondragon-Lopez Jr. was charged in October 2023 for the murder of Brianna Hetrick.

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    A memorial for Drew Brown with his photo, flowers and a heart sculpture was installed at the site where he died in a car crash on the Sterling Highway, as seen here on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Homer man sentenced in drunk driving death
    By Emilie Springer • November 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Tyler Cordes on Thursday was sentenced in the Homer Courthouse for driving while intoxicated and crashing his vehicle in 2021

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    State of Alaska Department of Law logo. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Law
    Homer man sentenced for sexual assault
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Allen Gonzalez was convicted by a Homer jury in June

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    The Homer Courthouse. (Homer News file photo)
    Homer man indicted on attempted murder charges
    By Delcenia Cosman • September 26, 2024 1:30 am

    Gregory Arthur Bottjen was arrested last month for strangling a man at Homer Harbor

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    State of Alaska Department of Law logo. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Law
    Homer man sentenced for attempted sexual assault
    By Delcenia Cosman • September 5, 2024 1:30 am

    Vance Wolford was convicted by a Homer jury in May

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    The Kenai Courthouse is photographed on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Soldotna man found guilty of attempted indecent viewing...
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 15, 2024 1:30 am

    Isaac Davis was arrested in 2022 for photographing women and girls at Skyview Middle School pool

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