Prosecutors Wait to Decide on Appeal of Dismissed Charges Against Kookesh

Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – JuneauProsecutors will wait before deciding whether to appeal the dismissal of a fishing citation against State Senator Albert Kookesh.A judge on Thursday threw out charges alleging Kookesh and three others overfished their subsistence permits while harvesting sockeye salmon last summer.District Attorney Doug Gardner says officials will wait for a written ruling due out in about a week.Kookesh and the other defendants, all Angoon residents, argued that the state failed to follow its own rules for setting harvest limits.Download Audio (MP3)