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Nome grand jury indicts Savoonga man on eight counts of sexual abuse of a minor
A grand jury in Nome on Thursday indicted a 31-year-old Savoonga man on eight counts of sexual abuse of a minor involving three juveniles, the Alaska Bureau of Investigation said Friday.
The abuse is alleged to have happened in Savoonga, on St. Lawrence Island, between June and November 2025. The man was on supervised probation for a past sexual abuse conviction at the time, according to the bureau's daily dispatch.
He has been jailed at Anvil Mountain Correctional Center in Nome since November 2025.
The indictment includes one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, the most serious of the four degrees in state law. It also includes four second-degree counts and three third-degree counts.
The dispatch doesn't list a next court date. The charges are accusations, and defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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Source: Alaska Department of Law, Alaska Department of Law: Savoonga man indicted on multiple sexual abuse charges, released .
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