According to a spokesperson for the Alaska Department of Corrections, random drug testing — by staff from the Department of Correction’s Anchorage Pretrial Corrections & Electronic Monitoring (PED) ...

Judge Ramgren imposed a sentence of 85 years with 20 years suspended, to be followed by 5 years of supervised felony probation. Thompson is in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections.

He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and previously managed the network infrastructure for the North Carolina Department of Correction.

At the time of sentencing, family members spoke in support of Welcome and expressed their disagreement with the sentence. Herring is currently in the custody of the Alaska Department of Corrections.