Case
Arthur Sammy Heckman, Sr.
Year:
2025
State:
ALASKA
Case Type:
CRIMINAL CONVICTION
Fraud Type:
MISCELLANEOUS
Outcome:
Arthur Sammy Heckman, Sr. was indicted on eight felony charges and eight misdemeanor charges for misconduct involving the 2022 and 2023 Pilot Station municipal elections while Heckman was serving as the Acting Mayor of Pilot Station. After the death of the former mayor, Heckman should have served as Acting Mayor only until the Oct. 2022 municipal election, but immediately after that election, Heckman ordered the ballots placed in a locked filing cabinet and not counted. In Oct. 2023, he refused to allow an election to be held in Pilot Station. He was investigated by the Alaska Office of Special Prosecutions and state police when concerned citizens and City Council members reported Heckman’s misconduct. Heckman pleaded guilty to one felony charge of unlawful interference with an election for inducing or attempting to induce an election official to fail in the official’s duty by force, threat, intimidation, or offers of reward. In exchange, the other seven felony charges and eight misdemeanor charges were dropped. Heckman was sentenced to 12 months’ incarceration with 12 months suspended, and five years’ probation.