The Kodiak man who was recently convicted and sentenced for the 2012 double murder at the Coast Guard Communication Station in Kodiak filed a notice with the court on Friday that he plans to appeal the case. James Michael Wells was convicted in the murder of two co-workers in an October 2019 trial, and sentenced for life on each of …
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UPDATED Jan. 8 to include background information in an audio version of story. A Kodiak man will spend his life in prison after being sentenced to six life terms in the 2012 murders of two co-workers at the Coast Communication Station in Kodiak. KMXT’s Maggie Wall has more. Click arrow to listen to report, or continue reading below. …
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by Alaska Public Radio Network Staff, with special thanks to Casey Grove A jury has again handed down guilty verdicts for 68-year-old James Michael Wells, charged in the 2012 murders of two coworkers at a U.S. Coast Guard communications station in Kodiak. Wells was accused of fatally shooting his fellow civilian antenna rigger, Richard Belisle, 51, and their supervisor, Petty …
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Story written and provided by Casey Grove with Alaska Public Media A jury will again deliberate the fate of a man charged in the 2012 murders of two co-workers at a Coast Guard Communications Station in Kodiak. It’s the second trial of 68-year-old James Michael Wells on charges that he shot to death his fellow civilian antenna rigger, Richard …
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The fate of a Kodiak man accused of the 2012 double-murder at the Coast Guard Communication Station is now in the hands of an Anchorage jury. James Michael Wells is on trial for the shooting deaths of two co-workers at the Coast Guard ComSta at Buskin Lake. Closing arguments concluded earlier today in the case that is being retried based …
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Closing arguments are expected Monday in the double-murder re-trial of a Kodiak man, after which the case will go to the jury for deliberations, according to legal documents posted online by the prosecution. James Michael Wells is on trial for the 2012 murder of two co-workers at the Coast Guard Communication Station at Buskin Lake. In the first trial, Wells …
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The prosecution rested its case Wednesday in the retrial of Kodiak resident James Michael Wells in connection with the 2012 deaths of two men at the Coast Guard Communication Station in Kodiak. The government rested its case at approximately 11 a.m. according to court documents posted online. Then the jury left the Anchorage court room. The jury trial was slated …
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Today is Day 9 of an appeal being heard in Anchorage in the case of a Kodiak man convicted more than five years ago of killing two co-workers at the Kodiak Communication Station located on Anton Larsen Bay Road. Click link below to hear Maggie Wall’s report. Jury selection for the retrial for James Michael Wells began Sept. 9. …
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Volunteers enter an investigator’s phone number into their cell phones. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Well over a hundred volunteers, mostly Coast Guard members and family, gathered early this morning at the Communications Station to help the FBI search for evidence related to the murders of Petty Officer 1st Class James Hopkins and retired Chief Petty Officer Richard Belisle. The …
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