Anchorage man who used sledgehammer in beating death, then stuffed body in tote, sentenced to 55 years

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – An Anchorage man was sentenced Friday to serve 55 years in jail four years after he beat another man to death with an eight-pound sledgehammer, then stuffed his body in a plastic tote and hid it in an east Anchorage garage.

Adam Darius Pringle, 44, was sentenced to 55 years of active jail time by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Peter Ramgren for the 2022 death of 27-year-old Keenan Wegener.

Pringle was convicted last December by a jury, which found him guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter…

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