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Man Shoots Ex-Boyfriend at Jamba Juice and Later Shoots Himself at Hospital
May 14, 2013 in Valley Fever
An angry lover tried to kidnap and kill his ex-boyfriend from a local Jamba Juice, and later shot himself at a hospital. The 28-year-old suspect (police have not released any names)...
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Loose Cannons Motorcycle Club and Rival Gang Shoot It Out in Apache Junction
May 13, 2013 in Valley Fever
Loose Cannons club houseTwo motorcycle gangs shot it out in the early morning hours Sunday at a party at the Loose Cannons Motorcycle club house in Apache Junction. Four people were...
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Lana Meadville Allegedly Kills Cat and Hurls It at Her Mother, Authorities Say
May 10, 2013 in Valley Fever
MCSOMCSOMohave County found its own version of the feline hurling "Crazy Cat Lady." Authorities arrested 47-year-old Lana Rennee Meadville Thursday after she allegedly killed a cat and heaved it at her...
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Sanctions Placed on Eight Sinaloa Cartel Bosses Operating Along the Border
May 10, 2013 in Valley Fever
The U.S. Department of Treasury placed sanctions on eight Mexican cartel bosses in the north of the country, each of whom controls smuggling routes and cities for the Sinaloa Cartel...
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U.S. Marshals and Tempe PD Nab Second Ketamine Raper in Atlanta
May 08, 2013 in Valley Fever
Tempe PDU.S. Marshals working with Tempe PD arrested Mazen Diamond in Atlanta Monday, after the fugitive had been on the lam for more than 10 years for drugging, raping and...
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Valley Woman's Dog Shot in the Snout by Forest Service Officer
May 07, 2013 in Valley Fever
Shannon Liska says her pitbull Trax didn't deserve to be shot by a U.S. Forest Service officer while on a camping trip in March. Shannon Liska's 2-year-old pitbull still has a...
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Matthew Pape Faces Murder Charge for Allegedly -- and Accidentally -- Killing His Close Friend
May 06, 2013 in Valley Fever
Peoria PDThe Peoria PD arrested Matthew Pape two days ago after he allegedly -- and from what witnesses say and what's indicated in the police report, accidentally -- killed his...
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Family Buries Alexander Wilson, 16-Year-Old Shot By DPS Officer
May 02, 2013 in Valley Fever
Weston PhippenThe family of Alexander Wilson, the 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head by a DPS officer, was buried yesterday at a packed service that was as much...
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Frat Party Gone Awry: Five Arrested After a Baseball Bat Beating, Gun Slinging Fight
April 30, 2013 in Valley Fever
Tempe PDCaleb EverettPolice arrested five suspects after a fight with ASU frat boys -- involving baseball bats and shots fired from two handguns -- all just blocks away from the...
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Luis Gonzales Murillo Busted with 13 Pounds of Cocaine in Duffel Bags: Dimwit or Mastermind?
April 26, 2013 in Valley Fever
CBPCustoms and Border Patrol arrested a man who just tossed his cocaine into a duffel bag in the backseat of his car in an attempt to smuggle it across the...
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U.S. Marshals and Tempe PD Catch Fugitive Ketamine Raper in Miami
April 26, 2013 in Valley Fever
Authorities in Miami working with Tempe PD finally nabbed Antonio Julio Sanchez, a fugitive who has been on the run for 10 years, convicted of slipping Ketamine into women's drinks...
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36 Taken Into Custody at Suspected Drop House, and Other Drop House Tips
April 25, 2013 in Valley Fever
Arizona DPSIt's drop house season.Federal agents and local law enforcement took 36 suspected undocumented immigrants into custody after serving a search warrant Wednesday on what they believe is a drop...
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Senator Don Shooter on Camera Barging Into School
April 23, 2013 in Valley Fever
Last month, Republican State Senator Don Shooter made an unannounced and unwanted appearance at a Yuma charter school. He burst into a classroom after he slipped past the front desk and...
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DPS Officer Arrested for Refusing to Leave Women's Restroom
April 17, 2013 in Valley Fever
Something interesting was happening last Saturday during Country Thunder in Moonshine Willy's women's bathroom, because DPS officer Steven Svestka refused to leave it. Pinal County Sheriff's Department received a call around...
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Alexander Wilson, Killed by DPS, Used No Weapon in Past Armed Robbery
April 16, 2013 in Valley Fever
A look at court and police records shows a fuller portrait of Alexander Wilson, a kid shot by a DPS officer more than a week ago at a west Phoenix...
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Family Questions Why DPS Officer Had to Shoot and Kill 16-Year-Old Alexander Wilson
April 12, 2013 in Valley Fever
Alexander Wilson's family wants to know why the 16-year-old had to die after a DPS officer stopped him while driving a stolen vehicle. On Thursday, more than 30 people marched at...
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Arsonist Sets Peoria Beauty School Ablaze
April 11, 2013 in Valley Fever
redstate.comPeoria PD is looking for an arsonist with a grudge against a beauty school. A fire broke out Wednesday night around 11 in the 11000 block of North 99th Avenue and...
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Frat Boy Andrew Kent Pleads Not Guilty to Tossing Everclear Into Fire That Burned Two Women
April 10, 2013 in Valley Fever
Andrew Kent, who police say admitted to his frat friends and to the father of a victim that he threw a bottle of Everclear into a bonfire that burned two...
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DPS Officer Shoots And Kills 15-Year-Old In Stolen Vehicle
April 08, 2013 in Valley Fever
Arizona DPSAn Arizona Department of Public Safety officer shot and killed Alexander Wilson at a gas station, who had decided to ram the officer's vehicle in order to escape, police...
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Arpaio Uses Murder of West Virginia Sheriff for Self-Promotion
April 05, 2013 in Valley Fever
There's no end to how Sheriff Joe Arpaio can spin anything for a bit of shameless self-promotion. In West Virginia Thursrday, Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot while in...
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Louis Taylor Is Free After Four Decades in Prison for Burning Down A Hotel
April 03, 2013 in Valley Fever
CBSAfter nearly 42 years in prison, Louis Taylor is adjusting to the world as a free man. Taylor cried Wednesday morning when talking about his new found liberation and says he...
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Cardinals Get Carson Palmer From the Oakland Raiders
April 02, 2013 in Valley Fever
cbssports.comCarson Palmer of the Oakland Raiders is on his way to the desert. The Associated Press reports that the deal includes a swap for this year's sixth-round pick for Oakland's seventh-round...
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Cardinals Expected to Get Carson Palmer From the Raiders
April 01, 2013 in Valley Fever
espn.go.com It looks like the Arizona Cardinals are getting quarterback Carson Palmer from the Oakland Raiders. The final decision hasn't been made, but an anonymous source told USA Today that the trade...
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Don't Tread On Me, I'm DON SHOOTER!: Senator Allegedly Assaults Teacher
March 29, 2013 in Valley Fever
wepartypatriots.comOne Arizona school may need to hire guards to protect itself -- not from gang violence or fear of school shootings, but from Yuma Republican State Senator and advocate of...
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Permanent Scarring For Women Burned By Flaming Everclear; No Remorse From ASU Frat-Boy
March 27, 2013 in Valley Fever
Tempe PDTwo women burned by a bottle of Everclear flung into a fire will have permanent scarring, and frat boy Andrew Kent, who is believed by police to be the...
