Anchorage DA’s Office Charges Ibrahim Jaama Akal with Sexual Assault
Update May 18, 2023:
From the Attorney General’s Office:
Today, the Anchorage grand jury indicted 24-year-old Ibrahim Jaama Akal for the May 2, 2023, sexual assault of a 52-year-old female patient in the emergency department of a local hospital. Mr. Akal faces three charges of sexual assault in the first degree and three charges of sexual assault in the second degree.
The sexual assaults are alleged to have occurred after Mr. Akal, a Providence Alaska Medical Center employee at the time of the incident, transported the victim from a medical scan to an emergency department room. The alleged sexual assaults occurred inside the patient’s room.
If convicted at trial, Akal faces a minimum sentence of 20 years with a maximum of 99 years of imprisonment.
Arraignment for Mr. Akal in Anchorage Superior Court is scheduled for Monday May 22 at 1:45 pm.
All of the charges against Mr. Akal are only allegations and are not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial at which the prosecution must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
From the Attorney General’s Office:
May 8, 2023 (Anchorage, AK) – Today, the Anchorage District Attorney’s Office filed charges of sexual assault in the first degree and sexual assault in the second degree against 24-year-old Ibrahim Jaama Akal. The charges of sexual assault relate to an incident occurring on May 2, 2023, where Akal is alleged to have assaulted a victim without her consent while she was a patient at Providence Alaska Medical Center. At the time of the alleged sexual assault, Akal was an employee at the hospital and his duties included transporting patients from one area of the hospital to another.
If you believe you, or someone you know, are a victim of Ibrahim Akal, please contact Detective Gabriel Brown at (907) 786-8914.
The charges in the case against Ibrahim Akal are allegations of criminal conduct, and the defendant is presumed innocent of all charges.
