A 53-year old former Haines resident, Brian Kurtzman, was convicted late last month on 11 counts of sexual abuse and sexual assault of a minor.
Kurtzman sexually abused a child he met while he was a raptor handler at Haines’ American Bald Eagle Foundation Raptor Center in 2013 and 2014. His conviction carries a minimum 32.5 and maximum 495 years in prison, according to the Alaska Department of Law. He is scheduled to be sentenced…