A Fairbanks man with a lengthy history of theft and criminal offenses has been indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing fentanyl that resulted in a fatal overdose earlier this year.
According to court filings, 25-year-old Jacob Ryan Peter allegedly supplied fentanyl to another individual in Fairbanks on March 3, 2025. The following day, that individual died from an apparent overdose.
Peter is charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, a serious federal crime that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and a potential maximum of life behind bars. He made his initial appearance this week before US Magistrate Judge Scott A. Oravec in the District of Alaska.
The case is being investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Seattle Division and Anchorage District Office, in coordination with the Alaska State Troopers and the Fairbanks Area Narcotics Team under the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program.
Court records show that Peter has a substantial criminal background in Alaska. In July, a Fairbanks grand jury indicted him in three separate theft cases following a probe by the Fairbanks Police Department’s Retail Theft Program:
- Fred Meyer (University Ave.) – On April 8, Peter stole 16 electronic devices worth nearly $4,000.
- Lowe’s – Over 2024 and 2025, he is suspected of stealing more than $20,000 in merchandise.
- Home Depot – Attempted to steal $7,539 in goods by bypassing checkout, but was stopped by the store’s asset protection team.
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska is prosecuting the case. A sentencing date will be set if Peter is convicted.
Wow! Here is the direct impact of drugs in our society. Consider too, that this is just one individual’s impact. Consider the vast number of Americans addicted to these deadly drugs- and the similar impact they must be having? Yet, our so-called ‘lawmakers’ on the left want to legalize MORE drugs? Insanity. Apparently, the left won’t be content until America becomes a ‘Mad Max’ hellscape!
The MAGA crowd has no problem with the drug industry in this country as long as profit is made. The Sackler sold billions of dollars of “legal” drugs through false advertisement to doctors and has never been charged with one felony. As long as the capitalists make money who cares about havoc they reap across America. They are responsible for much of the Opioid Epidemic in this country, made billions, and get the live in the lap of luxury as a result of it. The should be lifetime residents of Club Fed.
Bringing drugs into our community to sell to children, then get them hooked. Hang this piece of garbage.
Oregon is a fine example of what happens to a heroine addicted society.
No penalties for nearly all harmful illicit drugs.
Criminals like this have been emboldened. $20K from Lowe’s? I imagine in many of these thefts employees watched him walk out the door. Even if he is arrested, he’ll be released by sympathetic judges. No consequences no changes in behavior. Hopefully this drug law will force change.
I wonder how many houses and cabins he has broken into and looted. He has numerous pals in the same line of work, both in the Fairbanks area and the Mat-Su Borough.
Need to start voting out liberal judges. They are the ruin of society.
Twenty years for a scrawny 25 year old white kid. Some choices are harder to own than others.