Feds say state can’t prosecute Allen; AG Richards sees end

Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards. (Photo by Josh Edge/APRN)U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has declined to let the state act as federal prosecutors to pursue former VECO owner Bill Allen.
Lynch, in a letter to her state counterpart, says the Department of Justice spent two years investigating Allen for alleged child exploitation before it decided it couldn’t bring charges, due to the weakness of admissible evidence.
Because the feds decided the case did not meet their standards f