Doce Fire Near Prescott Has Burned 7,000 Acres

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The fire, as seen from Prescott.


A fire that started yesterday just outside of Prescott has now burned about 7,000 acres, and has caused evacuations in the area.

According to officials from the Prescott National Forest, the fire is human-caused.

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Woman's Naked Body Dumped in Tempe Neighborhood

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Early this morning, someone dumped a naked and beaten body in a quiet Tempe neighborhood and vanished.

Police received a call about 4:30 a.m., saying a woman was lying in the street near Baseline Road and McClintock Drive. When they arrived, they found the beaten body of a Hispanic or Native American woman in her early 20s.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Proof-of-Citizenship Provision in Proposition 200

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An Arizona law requiring people provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections is unconstitutional, says the U.S. Supreme Court.

Even after being recalled from office, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce is still losing, as Pearce takes credit for authoring Proposition 200, which was passed by voters in 2004.

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Russell Pearce's Latest Loss: 9th Circuit Swats Down Racist Provision of Prop. 200


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Jose Gonzalez-Esparza Admits to Beating Girlfriend to Death With Baseball Bat, Police Say

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About 11:20 p.m. Monday, Jose Gonzalez-Esparza called police to report his girlfriend lying unconscious on the floor of their Mesa trailer home. A little while later, police say, Gonzalez-Esparza admitted to beating her to death with a baseball bat.

Emergency responders found Maria Gomez, 45, dead in the living room of the trailer, near Main Street and Loop 202. She had been hit repeatedly in the face and forehead.

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David Walker Flew in From Chicago, Went Straight to His Ex-Wife's House, and Allegedly Beat Her Boyfriend to Death With a Baseball Bat

Man Who Beat Kids to Death With a Baseball Bat in 2008 Is Actually Going to Prison Now

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Andrew Aschenbrenner Stabs Man in the Chest at Glendale Park, Asks for Knife Back, Cops Say

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Cat calling and whistling at passing girls at a Glendale park turned into a fight that led Andrew Aschenbrenner throwing a knife into another man, killing him, police say.

Glendale police arrested Aschenbrenner, 23, Thursday for second-degree murder, after Darrick Hendrix Jr., also 23, passed away at a Valley hospital from a stab wound to the left side of his chest.

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Albert Arias Gets 16 Years in Prison for Stabbing Father to Death

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Although Border Crossings and Apprehensions Decrease, Migrant Deaths in Desert Still High

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Bodies stored at Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner
Despite a steep decline in border crossings and apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrant deaths have increased. And over the past 22 years, at least 2,238 migrants died crossing Arizona's southwestern desert, according to a new study.

The study released Wednesday by Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner and the Binational Migration Institute at the University of Arizona found the typical migrant to perish in the desert is a man about 30 years old from central or southern Mexico who succumbs from exposure while trying to evade law enforcement. Women made up 20 percent of the deaths; teenagers and children as young as 10 accounted for 13 percent of deaths.

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- Ask a Mexican on Legal Immigration and Cheating
- "Gang of Eight" Immigration Deal Outline Released

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Maureen Kerley Pushes for Trampoline-Park Regulations Following 2012 Death of Son at Phoenix's SkyPark

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Ty Thomasson and his mother, Maureen Kerley. Kerley's been pushing for trampoline-park regulations since her son died last year while attempting a flip at the SkyPark in Phoenix.
Maureen Kerley believes that her son, Ty Thomasson, might be alive today if a local trampoline park had adhered to certain standards.

Thomasson, 30, died on February 2, 2012, after jumping into the foam pit at the SkyPark Indoor Trampoline Park in Phoenix about one week after the park opened.

Despite her accusation, Kerley has never filed a claim or lawsuit against the park.

Instead, she's been busy trying to change the trampoline-park industry.

A bill she's pushing with other trampoline-regulation advocates has been advancing through the California State Legislature, and Kerley says she'll be talking with Arizona lawmakers next.


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Francisco Moreno Accused of Attempted Rape, Hatchet Assault, Soda Theft

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After he broke into a Chandler home, police say, Francisco Moreno tried to rape a woman and attacked her with a hatchet, and when that failed, he settled on stealing a Sprite from the refrigerator before fleeing the house.

Moreno, 19, admitted to police that on Saturday, just before 9 a.m., he slit open a window screen, unlocked the door, and sneaked inside the home. He'd been homeless for 20 days and had holed up in a nearby vacant house, where he'd decorated the inside with pornographic photos. He told police his intent was just to rob the place, but that changed when he saw the sleeping woman.

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Stephen Escalante Finds Men With His Girlfriend, Sees Bright Light and Starts Stabbing, Killing One, Police Say

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At 11 p.m. Wednesday night, bleeding out behind a gas station is probably not what Timothy Simpson thought he'd find himself doing when earlier he visited a woman he'd been sleeping with behind her boyfriend's back.

Mesa Police found Simpson with several stab wounds in his stomach, saying he'd been knifed by a man wearing a black shirt and jeans. Emergency responders treated him on the scene near Country Club Drive and McKellips Road in Mesa, and later transported him to a hospital, where he died.

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Frank Banashley's Accused of Stabbing a Woman, Believe It or Not


Ian MacDonald Pleads Not Guilty in Scottsdale Stabbing Death of Tyrice Thompson


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Suspected Prostitute Leaves Kid In the Car While She Arranges to "Service" Undercover Cop

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Ana Perez Garcia
The strains of finding babysitters or daycare reach every mother in every profession -- even the world's oldest.

On Tuesday afternoon, while suspected prostitute Ana Perez Garcia was being arrested during an undercover sting, police found her 1-year-old daughter sitting in the woman's running car.

Officers read Perez her rights, and a police report says she admitted to prostituting herself for the past six months.

She says she works for an agency that arranges four or more "appointments" each day, and she only brought her daughter along because no one would look after the child.

Perez admitted it was wrong, according to the report, but says she thought she would be in-and-out quickly and back to the car.

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Phoenix Prostitution Sting Leads to Alleged Pistol-Whipping Pimp
UnHappy Mother's Day: Top Ten Worst of the Worst Moms in the Valley


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