Tempe Man Accused of Attacking "Friend" With a Hedge Trimmer

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A 49-year-old Tempe resident who was kicked out of a friend's house is accused of threatening to kill that friend, before attacking him with a hedge trimmer.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, Jeffrey Bergstrom and the unidentified "friend" have been in several physical fights before, but the hedge trimmer incident is the first one that warranted police involvement.

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Phoenix Cop Daryl Raetz's Alleged Killer Admits Being Drunk, High on Cocaine on Night of Crash

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Jesus Cabrera-Molina admits he was drunk and high on cocaine the night his SUV struck and killed Phoenix Police Officer Daryl Raetz, but he denies he was behind the wheel, according to court documents obtained by New Times.

Phoenix police have been fairly mum about the reasoning behind Molina finally being charged with manslaughter, more than two weeks after the fatal hit-and-run, but court documents reveal the details police found that tied Molina was to the crash. He was seen on surveillance footage in the drive-thru of a liquor store.

See also:
-Jesus Cabrera Molina Charged in Death of Phoenix Cop Daryl Raetz
-Molina Owns the SUV That Struck and Killed Raetz

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Jesus Cabrera Molina Charged in Death of Phoenix Cop Daryl Raetz

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Someone has finally been charged in the death of Phoenix Police Officer Daryl Raetz, and it's the guy cops suspected all along.

Jesus Cabrera Molina, 24, has been charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident more than two weeks after his green SUV hit and killed Raetz, who was at the scene of a DUI stop.

See also:
Jesus Molina Owns the SUV That Struck and Killed Phoenix Cop Daryl Raetz


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Jesus Molina Owns the SUV That Struck and Killed Phoenix Cop Daryl Raetz, Police Say

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The SUV that killed Phoenix cop Daryl Raetz.
Police have identified the owner of the SUV that hit and killed Phoenix Police Officer Daryl Raetz on Sunday.

The problem is, at the time of this post, neither the owner of that SUV, 24-year-old Jesus Cabrera Molina, nor anyone else has been charged in Raetz's death.

See also:
-Phoenix Cop Daryl Raetz Killed by Hit-and-Run SUV-Driving Scum


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Floyd Stilwell Gets $250,000 Fine for Upgrading Airplane Engines for Venezuelan Air Force; Former Exec With Mesa's Marsh Aviation Keeps Money Made in Deal

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Floyd Stilwell, former president of Marsh Aviation in Mesa, has been sentenced to a $250,000 fine and five years' probation for upgrading military aircraft engines for the Venezuelan Air Force. He gets to keep most of the $1.8 million he made on the deal.
Upgrading airplane engines for Venezuela's air force in violation of an arms embargo has resulted in a $250,000 fine and five years' probation for Phoenix resident Floyd Stilwell.

The 87-year-old former owner of Marsh Aviation in Mesa knew he shouldn't have been doing such work for Venezuela after the 2006 ban, but did it anyway -- and pocketed $1.8 million personally.

He was able to keep the money -- minus the fine -- because the deal was "completely legitimate" and legal when Marsh Aviation and Venezuela entered into it, says Stilwell's Tucson lawyer, Walter Nash. Only specific actions that occurred after the ban resulted in two criminal charges for conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act, he says.


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Bryan Teague Pleads Guilty to Starting 5,220-Acre Fire in Tonto Forest With Propane Tank; Faces Potential Jail Sentence

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Bryan Teague confers with his public defender, Milagros Cisneros, and an unidentified woman following his guilty plea to starting last summer's 5,220-acre Mistake Peak Fire.
Bryan Teague of Peoria pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts related to the 5,220-acre wildfire he caused last August in the Tonto National Forest by putting a propane tank in a campfire.

Teague, 56, faces the possibility of up to six months in prison, a $5,000 fine, and five years of probation on each of the two misdemeanor counts, according to the plea agreement read in court by U.S. Magistrate Judge Bridget Bade.

Still unclear is whether he kicked the 16-ounce can into the fire with the intention of watching it explode, which it did, or whether he kicked it in by accident and failed to get it out in time.

See also: Bryan Teague of Peoria Accused of Starting 5,220-Acre "Mistake Peak Fire" With Propane Tank in Tonto National Forest

See also: Bryan Teague Got Off Easy in 2011 Firearms Case, Started 5,220-Acre Fire in Tonto Forest Months Later


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Gerald Culverson, Suspected in Girlfriend's Death, Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver; No Apparent Connection, Cops Say

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Gerald Culverson, following his March 29 arrest in connection with the death of his girlfriend. A week after being released for lack of probable cause, Culverson was the victim in what cops say was an unrelated hit-and-run collision.
Gerald Culverson of Chandler walked out of jail without charges earlier this month after being accused of killing his girlfriend, but ended up in a hospital one week later following a hit-and-run collision.

No apparent connection exists between the collision and the earlier arrest of Culverson, Chandler police say.

Regardless, it's sure been a heck of a month for Culverson, whom police had accused of killing and mutilating his girlfriend, Deborah Courtney.

See also: Gerald Lee Culverson of Chandler Released from Jail Without Charge; Cops Back Off Murder Accusation, Retract Worst Details of Victim's Bitten Breasts


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Douglas Earl Leach of Peoria to Serve Two to Four Years in Federal Prison for Child Porn

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The feds are bringing another child-porn watcher to justice with the recent guilty plea of Arizona resident Douglas Earl Leach.

When Leach's Peoria home was raided on September 5, 2012, following an FBI investigation, agents found nearly 4,000 child-porn pictures, mostly of young boys engaged in sex acts. At least one of the pictures depicted children in "sadistic and/or masochistic conduct."

Federal prosecutors got Leach, 65, to plead guilty on April 12 to possessing one of the images: a picture of two prepubescent boys having anal sex.


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Ripoff Crew Dressed Like SWAT Team Steals $60K From Kidnapped Would-Be Pot Sellers; One Victim Leaps from Trunk on Way to Desert

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Edward Alvarez, one of five people arrested in a violent robbery on March 24.
A group of men dressed up like a SWAT team and armed with assault rifles robbed and kidnapped three people connected to a pot-selling scheme last month in Litchfield Park.

One of the terrified victims jumped from the trunk of a Jaguar going 60 mph while being taken to a desert location.

The victim survived and was hospitalized with severe cuts, bruising, and road rash.

Five of the estimated seven or eight suspects were arrested over the next several days, including one busted Monday at his home in El Mirage. They include: David Anthony Ybarra, Edward Alvarez, Victor Vasquez-Duarte, Johnny Ray Fernandez, and Frank Ybarra.


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Richard Miller, Acting "Crazy" at a Mesa CVS, Attacks Cop to Protect Bag

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Richard Miller attacked a Mesa police officer this morning when he was confronted for hanging out in front of a CVS Pharmacy acting "crazy."
No cop is going to look into this bag, Richard Miller must have thought early this morning at a Mesa CVS Pharmacy.

A Mesa officer arrived at the CVS, 305 East Brown Road, about 4 a.m. after receiving reports of a troublesome trespasser. He found Miller, walking in circles and talking to himself near a "no trespassing" sign on the property.

Miller was "acting crazy" and kept dipping his hand into a bag he was carrying, Mesa police spokesman Sergeant Tony Landato says. The officer, wary of his safety, asked Miller to stop reaching into the bag. But Miller persisted, so the cop reached out and tried to snatch the bag away from him.


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