Disclaimer: The following story contains graphic descriptions of a sexual assault.
After a six-day trial that concluded on July 23, a jury found 37-year-old Alec Thomas Kameroff guilty of three counts of first-degree Sexual Assault, four counts of second-degree Sexual Assault, eight counts of third-degree Assault against his former wife, and one count of Assault in the Third Degree against his sister.
Over the course of the trial, a Kenai jury heard that the defendant and victim were married from approximately 2016 through late 2021. The jury heard throughout the course of their relationship; the defendant engaged in repeated acts of domestic abuse against the victim, including a prior physical assault for which he was convicted in January 2019. The jury further learned that the defendant engaged in a pattern of coercive, demeaning, and controlling behavior against the victim, who has worked hard to overcome limitations associated with an intellectual disability.
The jury was told how, on January 13, 2020, the defendant and victim were in Kenai visiting family. After being left alone at the family residence, the defendant, who was heavily intoxicated, demanded that the victim perform oral sex. The victim initially refused, but after being threatened with physical violence, ultimately acquiesced and performed a brief act of oral sex. The defendant thereafter ordered the victim to lie down on the floor, where he then engaged in an act of penile-genital penetration without the victim’s consent. When the defendant again demanded oral sex, the victim continued in her refusal. The defendant thereafter struck the victim in the face and ear, forcing her again to perform oral sex. While forcing her to perform the act, the defendant taunted the victim, asking her, “Is this rape? Is this rape?” as she cried through the act.
The violence continued over the course of the night into the next morning as the defendant and victim drove back to their home in Willow. At one point prior to leaving the residence in Kenai, Kameroff pulled out a knife and held it towards the victim, threatening her with it. During the drive to Willow, Kameroff again hit his wife in the face.
On arrival in Willow, the defendant continued his assault of the victim, kicking her in the side and ultimately placing her in a headlock, resulting in her loss of consciousness. The defendant’s sister, who had been picked up by the couple in Anchorage, attempted to intervene. The defendant thereafter punched his sister in the jaw.
The jury was presented with extensive documentation of the victim’s injuries obtained over the first four days of the investigation. In addition to the heart-wrenching testimony of the victim, the jury also heard from multiple law enforcement officers with the Alaska State Troopers, Anchorage Police Department, and Kenai Police Department. The jury also heard testimony from two medical providers who treated the victim.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 6, 2024, at 10:00 AM. As this is the defendant’s second sexual felony conviction, he faces a presumptive minimum sentence of at least 55 years, with a potential sentence of up to 99 years.
The case was prosecuted by District Attorney Scot Leaders and Assistant District Attorney Julie Matucheski, with the assistance of paralegals Anna LaRoche and Minna Bogard and law office assistant Kenzie Powell. The case was investigated by the Alaska State Troopers with assistance from the Kenai Police Department. Lieutenant Todd Moehring was the primary investigating officer, with assistance from Trooper Toma Caldarea, Trooper Mariano Barela, Trooper Christopher Werschey, and Sergeant Austin MacDonald.
Sergeant Ryan Coleman with the Kenai Police Department also provided investigative assistance. Officer Quinton Fiscus, with the Anchorage Police Department, also testified about his investigation of the 2019 assault involving the same two parties.
Advocacy support was provided to the victim throughout the course of the trial by the Lee Shore Center.