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Vic Kohring waves farewell

Before turning himself in to begin a three-and-a-half-year sentence on public corruption charges, former Valley legislator Vic Kohring stood Monday morning at the edge of the Glenn Highway, waving goodbye to his constituents.

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Kohring waves goodbye as he heads to prison

Convicted former state Rep. Vic Kohring spent the early morning waving to commuters on the Glenn Highway next to a sign that said "Thanks Alaska." He turns himself in to begin serving a 3.5-year prison sentence for corruption this morning.

Video: Raw feed: Kohring, June 30. Part One

Video: Raw feed: Kohring, June 30. Part Two

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Kohring plans Eklutna overpass wave

Former state Rep. Vic Kohring plans to spend the hours before he starts a federal prison sentence on Monday waving to morning commuters on the Glenn Highway.

Kohring can't postpone prison, judge rules

A federal judge has denied former Wasilla state Rep. Vic Kohring's request to wait 60 more days before he has to go to prison on corruption charges.

Video: Kohring after the ruling (KTVA)

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Kohring to report to California

Former state Rep. Vic Kohring is scheduled to begin serving his 3 1/2-year sentence June 30, but in California, not Oregon as he wanted.

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Kohring assigned to California prison; Bobrick set for release

Former state Rep. Vic Kohring, a Wasilla Republican, had hoped to serve his three-and-a-half-year sentence at a federal prison in Sheridan, Ore. Instead, he said, he's been assigned to a facility in Taft, Calif. Kohring is headed to the prison that former Anchorage lobbyist Bill Bobrick is about to be released from.

Kohring's attorney withdraws

Seattle defense attorney John Henry Browne has withdrawn as former state Rep. Vic Kohring's lawyer.

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Kohring sentenced to 3½ years in prison

A federal judge sentenced former Wasilla state Rep. Vic Kohring to 3½ years in prison Thursday for taking bribes in a scheme to keep Alaska oil taxes down.

Sympathy hard to find in the Valley

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Video: Kohring addresses the media

Sympathy hard to find in the Valley

WASILLA -- Jim Garhart and Bill Stanfill believed in Vic Kohring.

Judge rejects Kohring request to talk to juror

Former state Rep. Vic Kohring has suffered another legal setback ahead of his sentencing Thursday.

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Friends of Kohring urge judge to go easy

Former state Rep. Vic Kohring was naive and accepted gifts of cash from a man he thought was his friend, but he didn't do special favors in return, his lawyer says in a sentencing memorandum to the judge filed Friday.

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Remorseful juror contacted Kohring after verdict

A juror on the panel that convicted former state Rep. Vic Kohring of corruption charges last year was distressed by the outcome and tried to reach him to talk about it, says Kohring's lawyer.

PDF: Defense motion to interview juror

Judge dismisses Kohring's bias claim, sets sentencing date

U.S. District Judge John Sedwick on Monday rejected former state Rep. Vic Kohring's accusations of bias and set sentencing for May 8 for his convictions on bribery, conspiracy and attempted extortion.

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Kohring makes bid to overturn conviction

Former state Rep. Vic Kohring filed two dozen documents in federal court this week to bolster his argument to throw out his conviction or win a new trial.

Prosecutors scorn Kohring allegations

"Nothing more than wild conjecture based on erroneous and stale information." That's how federal prosecutors sum up accusations of bias by former Rep. Vic Kohring.

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Kohring in limbo on plea for trial

A federal judge on Wednesday said he couldn't consider former House Rep. Vic Kohring's request to have the judge overseeing his case step down.

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Kohring accuses his trial judge of bias

Late last week, just days before his scheduled sentencing on corruption charges, former state Rep. Vic Kohring accused the federal judge presiding over his case of bias and asked that a jury's guilty verdicts be thrown out.

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High-profile sentencings delayed

Two sentencing hearings in unrelated federal cases have been rescheduled.

Conviction snagged on one point

The reason jurors found former state Rep. Vic Kohring not guilty on one of the four corruption charges against him boils down to a technical requirement of a federal law that dates back more than 60 years.

FBI wire taps

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'Little fish' Kohring gets sympathy

Kohring superceding indictment

Kohring superceding indictment

Prosecutors' final words: Allen was 'Human ATM'

'Little fish' Kohring gets sympathy

FBI wire taps

FBI tape shows Kohring with hand out

Editor's note: On March 30 of last year, then-state Rep. Vic Kohring of Wasilla went to the Juneau hotel suite of Veco executives Bill Allen and Rick Smith and asked them for help paying off a $17,000 credit card debt.

Defense rests without Kohring's testimony

The defense case for former state Rep. Vic Kohring consisted of two witnesses who on Tuesday spent just an hour on the stand between them: Kohring's 19-year-old nephew and a longtime Kohring friend and political adviser from the Mat-Su area.

Pete Kott's call for new trial disputed by federal attorneys

Bill Allen testimony

Press conference (courtesy whatdoino-steve.blogspot.com)

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Eric Muser on the Mike Procaro Radio Show (audio)