Hailstone, who said he, his daughter and the officer had a second encounter days later, contended the contact was unnecessary and, on July 20, 2011, made a request with Kotzebue Magistrate Brooke Alowa for a restraining order on behalf of his daughter. In the indictment, Trooper Gordon Young said Bitz "deflected her right arm and put her wrist and arm in a hold" and informed the teen she would be taken to jail if she touched him. The trooper, he said, responded by grabbing her right hand and moving to put her into a submissive hold. At one point during the interview, he said his daughter extended her arm toward Trooper Christopher Bitz while talking. Hailstone's conviction stems from an incident in mid July, 2011 in which he alleges a state trooper physically assaulted his then 17-year-old daughter and then took actions that left his family in fear of bodily harm.Īccording to an indictment handed down by a Kotzebue grand jury, Hailstone was charged following a Jincident involving another family in Noorvik in which Hailstone claimed a resident had pointed a rifle at his daughter after an altercation involving his son, Jonathan Carter, and several others.ĭuring the subsequent interview with troopers, Hailstone admits tensions flared in regard to actions that should be taken in regard to injuries his son had suffered. He could face a multi-year prison term at his sentencing hearing. NOORVIK - A Noorvik man was convicted of two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements to law enforcement officers last week in the Second Judicial Court in Kotzebue.Įdward "Chip" Hailstone was found guilty by a jury of all four charges against him on Friday, July 27.