Wasilla man sentenced to 40 years for sexual abuse of a minor

A Wasilla man convicted of sexual abuse of a minor has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Jeremy Strunk, 40, was charged and ultimately convicted of multiple accounts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree. Judge Michael Wolverton handed Strunk the sentence Feb. 28 in superior court in Anchorage.

Anchorage assistant district attorney Betsy Bull said the evidence revealed that Strunk had sexually abused three minor victims over a decade, according to a news release issued by the Anchorage Police Department.

Strunk’s full sentence is 50 years, with 10 years suspended. When released, Strunk will hve to register as a sex offender for the remainder of his life and will have another 10 years of felony probation.

Strunk was arrested by Anchorage Police Department in May of 2018 on three counts following incidents with a relative. All three charges are unclassified felonies, and involve a victim under the age of 13.

According to court documents, Strunk admitted to APD that he had inappropriate physical contact with a minor over the course of three years. The abuse occurred in multiple places including his car, the building of a former employer in Wasilla and a relative’s home in Anchorage. Strunk also admitted to showing the victim pornographic videos five times.

A relative observed Strunk inappropriately touching the victim in an Anchorage home April 28, 2018, according to court documents. Strunk claimed the victim was not feeling well, but the victim admitted to family members later that night that Strunk had been touching the victim inappropriately just before witnesses walked into the room.

Strunk told the victim that they could not tell anyone or he would go to jail.

Law enforcement monitored a call that Strunk made on May 2, 2018, where he admitted to the abuse, but claimed that it had only happened over the last year-and-a-half. That day in 2018, Strunk was brought in by police after being contacted outside of a Wasilla business.

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