Alaska Department of Law

09/30/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/30/2024 17:43

Gabriel Donnelly of Wasilla Sentenced to 53 Years for Multiple Counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

September 30, 2024

(Palmer, AK) - Today, Superior Court Judge Pro Tem Joel H. Bolger sentenced Gabriel Donnelly to a composite 58 years in jail with five years suspended for a 53-year total term of active imprisonment, 15 years of supervised probation, and sex offender registration and treatment.

On May 6, 2024, after a six-day jury trial, a Palmer jury convicted Donnelly, 41, of multiple counts of First- and Second-Degree Sexual Abuse of a Minor and First-Degree Harassment.

Donnelly sexually abused a young child from 2019-2020. The case was investigated by Alaska State Trooper Investigator Sherry Ferno with the Child Abuse Investigation Unit.

CONTACT: Assistant District Attorney, Melissa Wininger-Howard at 907-761-5648 or [email protected]

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Department Media Contacts: Communications Director Patty Sullivan at [email protected] or (907) 269-6368. Information Officer Sam Curtis at [email protected] or (907) 269-6269.

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