ANCHORAGE – An Anchorage woman was sentenced to six years in prison, with two years suspended, Friday for the sexual assault of a U.S. Air Force airman in August 2012.
Lagina Griffiths, 41, pled guilty in October to sexually assaulting an airman training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
As part of her plea agreement, the three initial sexual assault charges against her were combined and downgraded to second-degree attempted sexual assault.
Judge Michael Spaan, who handed down her sentence, said Griffiths’ threats to contact the 25-year-old airman’s wife and his supervisor played a role in her sentencing.
Griffiths, who holds a PhD and has been married for 10 years, will remain on the sex offender registry for 15 years.