July 2009
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Attempted Kidnapping Suspect Spotted Again in Flagstaff
On July 25, at about 11:20pm, a heavy-set, hispanic man in a small, tan SUV drove into the Wicked AZ coffee drive-thru. The man was masturbating in the vehicle as he sat at the window of the business.
Minutes after this crime, witnesses described a heavy-set “hispanic male with a big belly” in the same tan [...]
Early Morning Vehicle Roll-over Accident on I-40
Early this morning a single vehicle roll-over accident sent three people to the hospital.
At approximately 2:30 in the morning the Arizona Department of Public Safety (D.P.S) and Summtt Fire Department responded to the accident just east of Flagstaff on Interstate-40 near the Cosnino road off ramp.
Additional crews were called in to help extricate the female [...]
Dillinger’s Derringer Nets $95,600 at Auction
DALLAS (AP) — A gun once carried by bank robber John Dillinger has brought $95,600 at a Texas auction.
Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas reports the winning bid for the Remington .41-caliber double derringer was more than double the pre-auction estimate. The gun sold Saturday to a Los Angeles area collector.
A statement from the auction house [...]
Gates at Ariz. Army Installation to Be Upgraded
FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. (AP) — Three gates at the Fort Huachuca Army installation in southeastern Arizona are getting upgraded.
Construction on the $8.5 million first phase of the project begins next month.
Initial work will include putting up canopies and guard booths, as well as electrical and fiber-optic capabilities.
The gates will eventually allow for an automated installation [...]
Convictions Reversed for Three Arizona Hospital Workers
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has reversed the convictions of three Scottsdale hospital employees found guilty of failing to report a sexual-abuse case.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Kreamer on Tuesday reversed the Scottsdale City Court’s misdemeanor convictions of the employees — Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Vice President Susan Livengood, psychiatrist Patricia Crellin and nurse practitioner [...]
Tucson Police Searching for Homicide Suspect
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a 20-year-old man in a shopping center parking lot.
Police say 20-year-old Rosendo Ortega was sitting in a parked car with a family member last night when a man approached on foot and shot him, then fled the scene in a [...]
Marana Man Seeks Aid for Transient Refusing Help
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Russell W. Dove first noticed her nearly two months ago — a barefoot young woman wearing khaki pants, a tank top, a thick silver bracelet and bright orange scarf.
She was living in his driveway, sleeping under one of his employees’ old trucks.
Dove saw her every afternoon, sitting with one knee pulled [...]
Body of Missing NAU Student Found in Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon, Ariz. – At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 25, search teams found a body believed to be that of overdue backpacker Bryce Gillies in the Bonita Creek drainage on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
On Tuesday, July 21, the National Park Service (NPS) was notified that one or more hikers [...]
Big Rig Crash Kills Texas Woman, Injures Husband
PICACHO PEAK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Texas woman driving a tractor-trailer was killed and her passenger husband injured Friday when the big rig carrying hazardous materials rolled over and burst into flames on an Arizona highway.
Officials with the Arizona Department of Public Safety say the rig owned by Saia Trucking was traveling from [...]
Three Suspected Illegal Immigrants Freed After Sweep
PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says the federal government released three illegal immigrants arrested in a crime sweep because their arrests didn’t fit new Department of Homeland Security policies.
Because the three people had committed no other criminal or civil violations, the deputies were instructed by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to [...]
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