Alaska
Yakutat Man Sentenced to Twenty Years for Murder
Yakutat, Alaska (KINY) – John Stapleton was sentenced to twenty years to serve yesterday for the October, 2018 homicide of John Fergerson. Stapleton was convicted of Homicide within the Second Diploma following a three-week jury trial that concluded on January 28, 2022.
The fees arose from an incident in Yakutat, Alaska after the 2 traveled from Seattle to Yakutat for a fishing journey. Throughout the early morning hours of October 15, 2018, Yakutat Police responded to a number of 911 calls from a feminine caller who requested help on the Nationwide Climate Service’s transient residing quarters. Upon arrival, officers noticed a male, later recognized as John Fergerson, unresponsive on the ground of the housing unit. Officers discovered Fergerson had suffered a number of stab wounds to his chest. Stapleton was additionally contacted and noticed to be visibly intoxicated. Stapleton initially claimed he didn’t know what occurred to Fergerson and denied a bodily altercation. The Alaska State Troopers responded to analyze the matter and interviewed Stapleton a number of hours later the place he then claimed he pushed Fergerson, not realizing he had a knife in his hand.
At sentencing the State requested the court docket impose a sentence of 30 years to serve with a further 30 years suspended. A number of members of the sufferer’s household had been additionally in attendance, together with Fergerson’s twin brother, his granddaughter, and his spouse. Collectively the household described the ache and damage Stapleton precipitated. His granddaughter famous that amongst Fergerson’s best hopes was that he would in the future watch her stroll throughout the stage for her high-school commencement, however because of the actions of Stapleton he by no means bought that likelihood. She requested the court docket to impose the utmost sentence. For the sentencing, the household wore shirts in remembrance of John with a quote that learn, partially, “The toughest goodbyes are those you don’t see coming.”
In imposing sentence, Decide Amy Mead’s discovered Stapleton’s prospects for rehabilitation to be guarded as a result of his legal historical past consists of cases the place he drinks to extra and has anger administration points. She described that he was “on discover” of these points. In the end, she imposed a sentence of 20 years to serve, with a further 25 years of suspended time and positioned Stapleton on probation for a interval of 10 years following his launch.
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