Two Men Face Murder Charges in Beating Death

Thursday, March 01 2012

Two men have been charged with homicide, after allegedly beating a co-worker to death.

Denison Soria, age 41, and Leonardo Bongolto, Jr., age 45, were arraigned at the Unalaska courthouse this morning, and both face charges of murder in the first degree. The pair allegedly attacked Jonathan Adams, a 55-year-old Washington man and fellow Bering Fisheries employee, on Tuesday night outside of a company building on Gillman Road. Police received a phone call that a fight was occurring at about 11:30pm and responded immediately, but Adams had already sustained fatal injuries and emergency medical services were unable to resuscitate him.

Neither Soria nor Bongolto appear to have a previous criminal record. The State has asked for bail to be set at $250,000. The minimum sentence for murder in the first degree is 20 years in jail.



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