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Homer woman says she contacted Don Young, got no answer. Really? We checked.

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Homer woman says she contacted Don Young, got no answer. Really? We checked.

WHEN TRUTH GETS IN THE WAY OF A GOOD CAMPAIGN STORY

Partisans use the media all the time to score points. In Homer last week, a liberal ceramic artist who supports Alyse Galvin for Congress gave a public broadcasting news reporter a doozy of a quote — one that scores as a whopping “Four Pinocchios” from Must Read Alaska.

The woman told KBBI that she had contacted Congressman Don Young’s office several times and never got a response. Her quote was then picked up by Ms. Galvin, who is using it in a campaign ad.

But it didn’t have an authentic ring. In the interest of journalistic integrity, MRAK made the call for the reporter to verify what she had been told.

Must Read Alaska contacted Congressman Don Young’s office and asked if they had ever heard from a “Ruby Haigh” of Homer. Perhaps there was an explanation. Perhaps the woman just didn’t remember correctly. Perhaps she was right. Or perhaps she was fabricating something for partisan reasons.

Here’s the reply Must Read Alaska received regarding the quote, which originally appeared on the KBBI website story about Galvin’s campaign stop in Homer:

“Congressman Young takes constituent service very seriously, and prides himself on responding to constituent concerns in a timely matter. In the last two years, Congressman Young has received over 110,000 calls and letters, and works hard to ensure they are responded to.

Per our office’s electronic record software, the constituent quoted in the article contacted Congressman Young once this year regarding the current impeachment proceedings on November 26, 2019; Congressman Young responded to her concerns on December 2nd – a response just 2 business days after the Thanksgiving weekend. 

Prior to that, this constituent contacted Congressman Young on April 6, 2010 regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC, and received a response on April 16, 2010.

This constituent also contacted Congressman Young about health care reform on March 30, 2010 and received a response on April 23, 2010.

They contacted Congressman Young again about health care reform on August 3, 2009 and received a response on August 7, 2009.

A phone call regarding the bailouts of financial institutions from this constituent was received on October 1, 2008.  They received a phone call back from our office on October 10, 2008.

Finally, they are subscribed to Congressman Young’s eNewsletter and have received 64 of them via email, but have only opened three. The last time they opened one was 2013.

In our DC office, there are just six staffers who — in addition to meeting with Alaskans, attending hearings, briefings, and working late hours helping to draft legislation on behalf of Alaskans – are responsible for working with Congressman Young to ensure that the more than 110,000 constituent letters, emails, and phone calls receive a response. That our office was able to respond to their concerns in a matter of days is proof of just how hard Congressman Young and his staff work on behalf of Alaska.

Had the article’s author opted to scrutinize the original claim and contacted our office, the full story could have been quickly revealed. As always, constituent service is Congressman Young’s #1 priority, and he encourages all Alaskans to contact our office by phone, email, or U.S. mail to share their concerns and policy priorities. Citizens have every right to petition, criticize, or praise policy decisions of lawmakers, and our offices in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Washington, D.C. are always happy to make sure Alaskans’ voices are heard.”

The moral of the story: If you’re going to give a candidate a quote that she can use in her campaign, be sure you’re telling the truth. These claims are far too easy to verify for a reporter — if he or she takes the time to do so.

Josh Kindred heads to vote for federal judgeship, against wishes of liberal lawyers

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Josh Kindred heads to vote for federal judgeship, against wishes of liberal lawyers

HE ISN’T BACKING DOWN

Josh Kindred sailed through his Senate Committee hearing on Wednesday, evidently unfazed by the less-than-kind marks given by the liberal legal establishment in Alaska.

Although Kindred has worked in the private sector, in state government, and at the federal level, and although he has testified in front of congressional committees and has been involved in some of the most important cases facing Alaska, the grades he got from his fellow attorneys were essentially akin to an “F,” — just like the treatment they dished out to the last Trump nominee for the United States District Court for the District of Alaska.

Kindred is the regional solicitor for the Alaska Region of the U.S. Department of the Interior in Anchorage. Before that, he was environmental counsel to the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, was an Assistant District Attorney and Violent Unit Supervisor for the State of Alaska, and is a graduate of both University of Alaska Anchorage and Willamette University School of Law, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Willamette Law Review.

“I first met Josh a decade ago … when I was Alaska’s Attorney General,” said Sen. Dan Sullivan, as he introduced Kindred to the committee. “He was working with me as a prosecutor in the Criminal Division. I was impressed then, and continue to be impressed, with his fierce commitment to equal justice under the law, respect for all, and (his) deep understanding of Alaska’s unique legal landscape.”

The thing that evidently irks the lawyer community of West Anchorage is that at 42, he’s too young, and the Alaska Bar Association poll participants marked him down for his age.

That same ageism discrimination made the first nominee, Jonathan Katchen, withdraw his name from consideration last year, in spite of the fact that he had a more “blue blood” education — Boston College BA and MA and University of California Hastings College of Law JD.

Likely, the real reason the two were marked so harshly by the Alaska legal establishment had to do with blocking a Trump nominee, embarrassing the president, and denying him a victory.

But Kindred didn’t withdraw, and although just 15 percent of those Alaska lawyers voted him “extremely” or “well” qualified, he muscled through the insult and went to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he received no pushback.

The Alaska Bar Association polls its members and makes a recommendation on judgeships. This can go both ways, but generally, the Alaska Bar Association is a bastion of liberalism, and a Trump nominee is not going to poll well.

Kindred is the son-in-law of the late Sen. Chris Birch, a Republican. His nomination is to fill the seat vacated by Judge Ralph R. Beistline, who took senior status in December of 2015.

The committee has not yet voted on Kindred’s nomination; if he passes muster, his name will be sent to the full Senate for confirmation, which will likely go along party lines for the same reasons — Democrats will try to deny the president another judge confirmation.

Sen. Dan Sullivan introduces Josh Kindred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

As of Dec. 5, the Senate has confirmed 172 judges nominated by President Trump, including two Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, 48 judges for the United States Courts of Appeals, 120 judges for the U.S. District Courts, and two judges for the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Alaska Life Hack: Cut your own Christmas tree this way

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Alaska Life Hack: Cut your own Christmas tree this way

Maybe you are going stir crazy this winter and want to bundle up the kids and venture out to cut your Christmas tree.

Black and white spruces in Alaska can make good holiday trees, although they’ll never be groomed to perfection the way a commercial tree is. But the more spindly the tree, the more room for those gigantic handmade ornaments, right?

Alaskans may cut their own trees on State lands; no permit or fee is required, and the maximum height is 15 feet with a limit of one per household. Remember, you don’t have to cut the whole tree — you can actually cut the top five feet of one. Then, once you get home, get out some garden clippers and trim off all dead twigs and the leggiest of branches.

The Department of Natural Resources offers multi- agency maps and information for harvesting Christmas trees in Southcentral and Interior Alaska at this link.

As temperatures drop, it’s important to remember that the colder the weather, the more brittle the branches, twigs and needles. Try to wrap your tree in a tarp if you have to drag it. You don’t want to sacrifice needles before you get it into your living room, because that’s what living room floors are for, right?

As for keeping it alive indoors, research conducted by the University of Alaska School of Agriculture and Land Resource Management in 1985 compared the needle retention of black and white spruce in three solutions: water, water-bleach, and water-bleach-corn syrup.

Of these, the trees in plain water exhibited the best needle retention, with black spruce averaging 17 days and white spruce averaging 25 days before moderate needle loss occurred.

Both tree species in the other solutions began to lose their needles in moderate amounts after only 7 days. So no corn syrup or bleach.

It also was found that needles stay on longer in a more humid house. That’s challenging in dry Southcentral or Interior winter air, but you can increase the humidity around the tree with a portable humidifier, and by keeping the tree far away from heat sources. So not next to the wood stove.

Depending on how long it is from cutting the tree to bringing it in the house, you may want to follow the usual advice and cut an inch or two off the trunk base before putting it in its stand, as this allows the tree to start drinking water. A fresh tree will take up a lot of water the first few days, and going from 12 degree weather to a 68 degree house can be a shock to a tree, so the basin may need to be filled every few hours during the first 24 hours.

Tom Stokes named director Division of Oil and Gas

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Tom Stokes named director Division of Oil and Gas

Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige confirmed her appointment of Tom Stokes as director of the Division of Oil and Gas on Tuesday, following two months during which he served as acting director.

As director, Stokes supervises exploration licensing, lease sales, unit management, permitting, royalty accounting, royalty audit, resource evaluation, commercial activities, and the State Pipeline Coordinator’s Section. His division employs approximately 99 people.

Before stepping into the director’s role, Stokes served the department as the State Pipeline Coordinator. He had previously worked 28 years at Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. in support, compliance, and operational assignments, including director of the Valdez Marine Terminal, and director of compliance.

“Tom brings an impressive combination of oil and gas industry and management experience that will serve the division and department well,” said Feige. “He’s stepping into busy and exciting times at the Division of Oil & Gas, and we look forward to continuing to support him and the dedicated and talented work force that makes this division such a tremendous asset to the state.”

Stokes earned a bachelor’s from the University of Southern California and and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of South Dakota. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army.

The Division of Oil and Gas manages state lands for oil, gas, and geothermal exploration and development in a fair and transparent manner to maximize prudent use of resources for the greatest benefit of all Alaskans. The division has been led by acting directors since the departure of Chantel Walsh in March. Walsh, hired by Gov. Bill Walker in 2016, went on to sign the petition to recall Gov. Michael Dunleavy.

Alaska’s energy economy must be defended

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Alaska’s energy economy must be defended

By JOHN PENCE

America is in the midst of an energy renaissance thanks to President Trump, allowing Alaska to develop a durable energy infrastructure that will generate prosperity for years to come. 

I’ll be in Anchorage on December 6 for the Alaska Republican Party’s Unity Gala, and I invite you to join us as we celebrate the revival of Alaska’s energy industry.

Every Alaskan knows the importance of energy security — thousands of working families in the state rely directly on local energy production, and every resident benefits from the state’s oil dividend, which paid out $1,600 per person in 2018. Alaska plays a crucial role in preserving our country’s energy independence, helping America to become a net exporter of oil and refined fuels for the first time since 1973. 

Energy is the key to Alaska’s future, as well, considering that Alaska has the sixth-largest crude oil reserves in America, including Prudhoe Bay, which easily ranks among the country’s 10 largest oil fields.

This historic energy rebound didn’t happen by accident. Unlike his predecessor, who used the Environmental Protection Agency to bludgeon the U.S. energy industry, President Trump has focused on strengthening this vital sector of our economy, eliminating draconian regulations that did nothing but destroy jobs. 

“President Obama has aggressively blocked oil production … Every single move he’s made is to block the production of oil and natural gas,” then-candidate Trump pointed out in 2016. “He’s taken huge percentages of the Alaska petroleum. And you take the reserve, he’s taken it off the table. He’s taken it completely off the table.”

One of the President’s first priorities was to roll back onerous restrictions on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) — something he accomplished within just a few months of taking office by opening up about 1.6 million acres of the 19.3 million-acre area for fossil fuel extraction. His efforts to strengthen the U.S. energy sector haven’t diminished since then, paying huge dividends for Alaska. Just last month, the federal government awarded Anchorage a $25 million federal grant to help build a new petroleum and cement terminal at the city port. Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues to explore new ways to boost drilling in remote regions of Alaska — a move that would make the state even more prosperous. 

The President’s pro-growth economic policies have also triggered a renewable energy boom, helping green energy companies expand without punishing workers in industries that still rely on fossil fuels. In late November, Renewable IPP officially opened the largest solar farm in Alaska — a $1.5 million project that will create jobs while reducing carbon emissions by about 2 million pounds per year. 

Sadly, not everyone in Washington values Alaska’s ongoing energy renaissance. Almost every Democrat running for president in 2020 has pledged to burden America’s energy industry with radical environmental policies inspired by the $93 trillion Green New Deal. 

To make matters worse, several Democrat candidates have vowed to ban fracking and eliminate fossil fuels — a deeply misguided approach that would devastate the entire U.S. economy. 

Alaskans deserve to have a future of economic growth and prosperity, and President Trump is providing just that with his common-sense approach to energy policy. I hope you’ll join me in celebrating this winning agenda on December 6 in Anchorage. Together, we can protect the Great Frontier from out-of-touch Democrats who are intent on dismantling the backbone of this state’s economy. 

John Pence (@JePence) is a Senior Adviser to the Trump 2020 campaign. He is an alumnus of The College of William & Mary and holds a law degree from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and a business degree from New York University.

Pearl Harbor Day challenge: Gather the stories

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Pearl Harbor Day challenge: Gather the stories

The generation that remembers Dec. 7, 1941 is slipping away from us. Some of them were children when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor 78 years ago. If they were five or older, they likely remember vividly where they were when they learned of the attack, and what happened next in their lives.

Today’s MRAK challenge: Call someone you know who is in their 80s or 90s, and ask them where they were when they heard the news of the attack. Write down the details of their account. Send the story to [email protected], and I’ll compile them for Saturday’s online edition of Must Read Alaska. Thank you!

First story is in!

BEND, OREGON: Marlys was a 12-year-old child in Bend. Her father, Bob Prentice, was a minister at the Presbyterian church and he and his wife Doris were at the church for their pastoral duties on Dec. 7, 1941, a Sunday, while Marlys was sick at home. At about noon, Marlys turned on the radio, tuned to the only station they had — KBND — and heard news of the attack crackle through the tubes. “I was laying in my bed and I was horrified. I was scared. When I heard my parents’ car pulling into the driveway, I leaned over the banister looking straight down the steps and shouted: ‘The Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor!'” That’s how my parents heard the news.

“I didn’t say Japs — we were trained not to say things like that. Then the downstairs radio went on and we never left the radio that day. The president’s voice — I won’t forget when he came on the radio and said ‘We are at war.'”

“It drained our little town of all the young dads and lads overnight to create a big Army and Air Force. One of the members of the church — my father’s best friend and hunting buddy — signed up right away, and was killed in action, and so was my piano teacher’s son. The church was packed on Dec. 14, as people came to hear what my dad, the preacher, had to say.”

Send your story here.

Mississippi students leapfrog past Alaska kids in reading

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Mississippi students leapfrog past Alaska kids in reading

By BOB GRIFFIN

For decades, Mississippi was synonymous with poor student achievement. Not anymore. In 2013, Mississippi passed legislation and adopted new reading policies which led to it now being one of the top-performing states in the country.

With the release of the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores, Mississippi ranked No. 3 in the U.S. for low-income (those kids who qualify for free or reduced lunch) fourth grade reading, and No. 8 for upper/middle-income (kids who don’t qualify for free or reduced lunch). Alaska fourth graders have ranked 51st (dead last, behind every state and Washington, D.C.) in both upper/middle-income and the low-income fourth grade reading in since 2017.

Kids who are identified as poor readers by the end of third grade rarely keep pace with their peers in later grades. Much more often, they fall further behind, year after year. These kids are much more likely to drop out of school or develop coping mechanisms that manifest in bad behavior.

But there’s hope for Alaska’s kids. As recently as 2013, Mississippi ranked 45th and 40th, respectively, in reading for low-income and upper/middle-income students. Just six years ago, Mississippi’s fourth grade NAEP scores were pretty similar to those of Alaska. But by 2019, low-income kids in Mississippi posted NAEP scores two-and-a-half school years ahead of low-income kids in Alaska. Upper/middle income Mississippi students were one-and-a-half years ahead.

I’m convinced Alaska kids are just as bright, our teachers are just as dedicated and our parents love their kids just as much as parents in Mississippi. It’s public policy that accounts for the greatest difference in our outcomes. The greatest improvements in reading scores in the U.S. have occurred in states like Mississippi and others that adopted reading legislation pioneered by Florida.

In 2002, Florida adopted a new reading model, a multi-faceted early childhood literacy program that focused on staff training in science-based reading instruction and strongly incentivized identification of and targeted intervention for poor readers, as early as kindergarten.

The Florida reading protocol dramatically reduced the number of kids who were struggling readers in fourth grade and beyond. As an added benefit, Florida saw significant K-12 cost savings through a 56% reduction in special education referrals after a few years. As it turns out, thousands of kids in Florida who were previously labeled “disabled” were actually just kids who had not been properly taught to read.

Some have blamed ethnic minorities in Alaska as the cause of our disappointing test scores. That offensive narrative ignores the fact that white students in Alaska ranked 50th in the US in fourth grade NAEP reading compared to other white fourth graders in 2019. In fact, white eighth graders in Alaska posted NAEP scores that were only about one-half school year ahead of white fourth graders in Washington, D.C. (a Florida model jurisdiction since 2012).

In 2003, Florida was 28th in the U.S. in NAEP low-income fourth grade reading scores. By 2009, Florida was No. 1, a position they’ve maintained for the past 10 years. In Washington, D.C., low-income students were perennially the lowest achieving in the US in fourth grade NAEP reading scores. As recently as 2007, low-income Washington, D.C. kids were a full school year behind low-income Alaskan fourth graders. By 2019, they’d surged one-and-a-half years ahead of Alaska. Upper/middle income fourth graders in Washington, D.C. have gone from 39th in 2011 and have been No. 1 in the nation since 2015.

If there is a more important task for any education system than making sure kids are ready to “read to learn” by age nine, I’m not aware of it. Reading is foundational to success in every other subject a child will be exposed to in their K-12 career.

Being more than a full school year behind Mississippi in fourth grade NAEP reading scores should be a wake-up call for all Alaskans. The good news is that there’s no need to adopt radical or unproven solutions when the Florida reading model has demonstrated time and again to produce the excellent results our kids deserve.

Bob Griffin is the Senior Education Research Fellow for the Alaska Policy Forum and a member of its Board of Directors. He’s a retired USAF fighter pilot and former Chair of the Budget Advisory Commission for the Municipality of Anchorage and the Anchorage School District and a current member of the Alaska State Board of Education and Early Childhood Development.

New general counsel named for GCI, as Tina Pidgeon takes flight for new ventures

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New general counsel named for GCI, as Tina Pidgeon takes flight for new ventures

GCI CEO and Co-Founder Ron Duncan named Rebecca Windt Pearson as general counsel, succeeding veteran GCI executive Tina Pidgeon.

For the past two years, Pearson has served as the municipal attorney for the Municipality of Anchorage. She served as GCI senior director of real estate and land use counsel from 2015 to 2017, and was previously a shareholder at Ashburn and Mason, P. C. and a law clerk for Judge Morgan Christen, then an Alaska Supreme Court Justice. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and her bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, and was one of Alaska’s 2018 Top Forty under 40.

Duncan said, “I am pleased to welcome Becky back to GCI to fill this critical senior role. Tina has distinguished herself as a valued strategic leader and leaves big shoes to fill. I’d like to thank her for all that she has done on behalf of GCI and wish her the very best in her future endeavors.”

“Becky has distinguished herself with her skills, professionalism and her commitment to Anchorage,” said Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. “She is exceptionally talented and the kind of compassionate, strategic thinker that makes Alaska an even better place to live. We will miss her a great deal.”

For close to a decade, Pidgeon has guided many GCI strategic and advocacy initiatives and during that time, she launched GCI’s first women’s professional development organization. Her contributions to GCI and the telecommunications industry have earned her numerous business honors, including Multichannel News’ Wonder Woman Award and multiple Cablefax awards. Pidgeon moved to Alaska with her family nine years ago to assume her current role, and previously served as GCI vice president of federal regulatory affairs and as GCI outside counsel with Drinker Biddle. She is returning to the Philadelphia area to pursue new career challenges and be closer to family.

Pidgeon will remain in her role through the end of the year and continue to advise GCI through April 15, 2020. Pearson begins her new role, reporting to Duncan, on Feb. 1, 2020.

‘Pirate’ is back in Fairbanks, and some are concerned

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‘Pirate’ is back in Fairbanks, and some are concerned

A man once accused of kidnapping and savage sexual assault of a woman he took to his cabin in Manley Hot Springs in 2015 has been spotted in Fairbanks again.

Daniel Lloyd Selovich, who has legally changed his name to Pirate, had been extradited to Nevada in 2016 after the Alaska case against him was dropped, when the victim died of unrelated causes.

At the time, Nevada authorities had connected Pirate via DNA to a Las Vegas rape some 12 years earlier. Selovich had also been convicted of rape in California in 2004.

Mo Duncan, a woman who lives in the Fairbanks North Star Borough but who has a cabin in Manley, wants both communities — and particularly women or those who care for mentally disabled women — to be aware that Pirate has made his way back to the Interior.

Duncan drove to the McDonald’s restaurant in Fairbanks where Pirate had been spotted, and took photos of him as he sat in the restaurant. She called him out by name and asked him what he was doing back in Alaska. She posted it all on Facebook.

Ms. Duncan said the restaurant manager seemed unconcerned — to the manager, the slim-built, toothless, tattooed man was just another homeless person using the restaurant as a day camp.

He obviously didn’t know the history, Duncan said.

But Duncan is concerned. She says she observed Pirate’s behavior for years because she has a cabin in Manley and has spent a lot of time there, and thinks that a subset of women who have low self esteem are attracted to the toothless man whose face is covered with Maori-style tattoos.

In fact, a woman he allegedly assaulted in Las Vegas was bipolar and disabled from spina bifida, a serious spinal cord condition that can affect the brain and has profound physical problems associated with it.

THE MANLEY INCIDENT

In September of 2015, Pirate allegedly picked up a woman at the Fairbanks Airport after she had flown north to have a type of unwise sexual escapade with him. They had allegedly met in an online sex group. Pirate, 37 at the time, got a charter flight to take them both to his remote cabin near Manley Hot Springs, where he allegedly beat her, duct taped her to him so she could not escape at night or even use a toilet without him, bit her, and used a belt on her. The woman later told investigators he raped her several times a day. She said he tied her to a roof beam and put a noose on her, held a knife to her face and threatened to cut her face off.

Kristi Buchanan, 43, said she was held for five weeks, but finally was able to contact friends through Facebook and asked them to help her. Alaska State Troopers arrived the next day, Nov. 8, 2015, in a helicopter, and Buchanan was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Troopers found a Gerber knife, several rolls of duct tape, and rope attached to the small, squat cabin’s roof beam.

Pirate was charged with sexual assault, kidnapping, and felony and misdemeanor assault, and he was scheduled for trial on Aug. 22, 2016.

But then Buchanan died. Her body was found on July 21, 2016; there was no evidence of foul play. The Fairbanks District Attorney’s Office dropped the charges because they had no victim.

THE LAS VEGAS INCIDENT

Rather than being released from Fairbanks Correctional Center, however, Pirate was extradited to Nevada, where he was wanted for sexual assault, kidnapping, and battery for a case that dated back to 2004, when he allegedly raped and beat the victim with a belt after breaking into her room at the Ambassador East Motel on Fremont Street in Las Vegas.

Authorities had linked his DNA with evidence in the CODIS system, a national “Combined DNA Index System,” that law enforcement uses to solve violent crimes. Because of the nature of his alleged crimes in Alaska, Pirate’s DNA had been entered into CODIS, and Las Vegas police matched it. A warrant was issued.

In July of 2018, he pled guilty to one count of sexually motivated coercion and was sentenced to up to five years for the crime that had been committed in February, 2004. By then, that victim had also died of unrelated causes.

THE CALIFORNIA INCIDENT

In 2010, Pirate was charged with raping a woman under a bridge in Redding, California, on Dec. 16, 2004, according to the Redding Record Searchlight. There was also biting, slapping, and duct tape involved in that rape. At the time, he was going by his former name, Daniel Selovich and he didn’t have face tattoos. He legally changed his name in 2013.

Pirate was sentenced June 2010 to four years in prison after pleading no contest to assault. 

[Read: Transient arrested for rape under bridge]

In 2009, he was convicted of assault in Washington state. Other encounters with the law included vandalism, panhandling, and disturbing the peace in Tennessee, Florida, and Nebraska.

According to the the Redding Searchlight, a nationwide DNA index system came back with a match after Selovich was arrested in Florida in 2007, but he was not returned to Shasta County, California.

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