Anchorage man sentenced for selling explosives

A 39-year-old Anchorage man will spend 17 months in prison for selling four one pound bricks of explosive material to an FBI informant, according to federal court records.
In early-June, Reginald Jesse Hawley sold the materials illegally for $2,000, at $500 per brick, according to a criminal complaint. Purchased with FBI agent cashier funds, federal law enforcement captured the exchange on video.
Hawley, who was convicted of sexual assault in 2009, was originally charged for being a felon in pos