By Ryan Gahris on April 12, 2010
GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Tom Hicks is a former Army paratrooper and military police officer. He’s also a third-degree black belt in karate and teaches classes in Gilbert.
What’s even more amazing is that Hicks is legally blind.
The 43-year-old married father of seven said getting involved in martial arts was his way of protecting his family [...]
Posted in Arizona News | Tagged Army paratrooper, black belt, Blind, First blind American veteran to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Former, Gilbert, Inspiration, Third-degree, Tom Hicks |
By NAZ Today on February 8, 2010
DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a 45-year-old Gilbert woman has been arrested after trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico with 112 pounds of marijuana concealed in her car.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stopped the woman at the port of entry in Douglas late last week. They say a drug-sniffing dog alerted to [...]
Posted in Arizona News | Tagged Border, bust, Customs, dope, Douglas, Gilbert, marijuana, pot, pounds |
By NAZ Today on February 1, 2010
GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Dozens of people are paying their respects to a Gilbert police officer killed during a traffic stop at a makeshift memorial outside the strip mall where he was shot.
Lt. Eric Shuhandler, 42, was shot in the face Thursday night in a parking lot near the southeast Phoenix suburb of Gilbert after [...]
Posted in Arizona News, Top Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged authorities, fallen, fund, funeral, Gilbert, killed, Lt., memorial, Officer, police, shootout, Shot, Shuhandler, traffic stop, veteran, visit |
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