Holly Solomon Pleads Not Guilty to Running Over Husband for Not Voting Against Obama

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Gilbert resident Holly Solomon pleaded not guilty today to charges related to what was quite possibly the nation's biggest overreaction to President Obama's re-election -- allegedly running over her husband with her Jeep for not voting against the president.

Daniel Solomon -- who may have "permanent disfigurement" as a result of the incident -- told police that his wife started arguing with him the weekend after the election over his "lack of voter participation," specifically in the presidential race.

See also:
-Man Run Over by Wife for Not Voting Against Obama May Be Permanently Disfigured
-Holly Solomon Blames Husband for Obama's Re-Election, Rams Him With Her Car

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Man Run Over by Wife for Not Voting Against Obama May Be Permanently Disfigured

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Holly Solomon
The Gilbert man run over by his wife this weekend -- as she allegedly blamed him for President Obama's re-election -- may have "permanent disfigurement" as a result, according to court documents obtained by New Times.

Daniel Solomon, who was in critical condition yesterday in the trauma center at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn Medical Center, told police that his wife started arguing with him over his "lack of voter participation" last week, specifically in the presidential race.

See also:
-Holly Solomon Blames Husband for Obama's Re-Election, Rams Him With Her Car


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Video of February Brawl in Downtown Scottsdale Posted on YouTube

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Twenty or more people seem involved in the fight on Drinkwater Boulevard last month.

It was a wonderful night in downtown Scottsdale on February 24 -- until these guys showed up.

Video posted on YouTube, and found by one of our condor-eyed readers this morning, shows the horrors of a gnarly, multi-fighter brawl in the 4200 block of North Drinkwater Boulevard. Behind the brawlers, the prominent sign for the Jackrabbit lounge can be seen.

This video has almost everything you could want in an amateur fight-night: Trash-talking, beat-downs, women crying -- but thankfully, no visible guns or knives.

Scroll down to check it out.

 

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Murder Charge Dropped Against David Appleton, Lawyer Who Fatally Shot Man During Road-Rage Incident

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David Appleton is off the hook -- for now.
The second-degree murder charge against David Appleton, a Scottsdale defense attorney who fatally shot a motorist during an apparent road-rage incident earlier this month, has been dropped, the County Attorney's Office confirms to New Times. However, that doesn't mean he won't eventually be charged with a crime.

"We've asked the Scottsdale Police Department for some additional investigation before making a final charging decision," Jerry Cobb, spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, says.

If you're unfamiliar with Appleton's repeated road-rage incidents -- and his fatally shooting 50-year-old Paul Pearson, a father of three -- click here.

Appleton's attorney, Richard Gierloff, tells New Times he doesn't expect the MCAO to file other charges against his client. According to Gierloff, Appleton -- who once served as the president of the Phoenix Trial Lawyer's Association -- has the law on his side.

"It was clearly a justifiable use of force," Gierloff says. "You have the right to use deadly physical force if someone's trying to kill you."

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David Appleton -- Scottsdale Defense Attorney Accused of Murdering Motorist -- Has History of Road-Rage Incidents

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Attorney David Appleton has been involved in three road-rage incidents since March. His latest ended with Appleton fatally shooting an unarmed motorist.
David Appleton, a Scottsdale defense attorney who once served as the president of the Phoenix Trial Lawyer's Association, fatally shot a motorist last week during an apparent road-rage incident.

Turns out, Appleton's got a bit of a history in the road-rage department.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, Appleton's called Scottsdale police twice this year to report road-rage incidents. In both cases, police determined Appleton was the aggressor.

In March, Appleton -- who always travels with a gun in his vehicle "for protection" -- called 9-1-1 to report that he'd been cut off by another motorist and that he planned on pulling out his gun, presumably to scare or injure the other driver. The 9-1-1 operator advised him not to do it, but Appleton said he planned to anyway. In that case, Appleton didn't shoot anyone, and no charges were filed against him or the other motorist.

In another incident this year, Appleton called police to report that he spotted a woman driving 100 miles per hour. He followed her to her gated community where his pursuit of the woman ended without violence.

Neither Appleton or the other driver was cited, but police determined that based on the 9-1-1 call, Appleton was the aggressor.

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Scottsdale Defense Attorney David Appleton Faces Murder Rap After Road-Rage Shooting

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David Appleton, the former president of the Phoenix Trial Lawyer's Association, fatally shot a man during an apparent road rage incident last night.
"Inconsistencies" in his story about fatally shooting a man during an apparent road-rage incident last night has led to the arrest of Scottsdale attorney David Appleton, who once served as the president of the Phoenix Trial Lawyer's Association..

About 7 p.m. yesterday, Appleton called police to report that he'd shot a man in the parking lot of a Scottsdale pharmacy near Pima and Pinnacle Peak roads.

When police got to the scene, they found Appleton waiting near his Toyota SUV. Also near the SUV was the body of 50-year-old Paul Pearson, whom Appleton admitted to shooting.

Appleton, Scottsdale police say, was cooperative, even as he was taken into custody.

When questioned by police about the shooting, Appleton told detectives he was driving north on Pima Road when he noticed a car tailgating him. He pulled over in the parking lot of a nearby CVS pharmacy to see what the other driver wanted.

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Victim Identified in Last Night's Freeway Shooting. Suspect Still Loose

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Michael Arvallo (right) at Pat's Run.
Phoenix police have identified the victim in a fatal shooting last night on the I-10 -- which forced the highway to be closed until about 8:30 this morning -- as 49-year-old Michael Arvallo.

Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos says the shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. yesterday as Arvallo was driving on the westbound I-10 at 51st Avenue.

Arvallo's truck reportedly crashed into the median -- presumably after he was shot.

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Cab Driver Argues With Man -- Then Runs Him Over With Cab

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A 45-year-old man is in a Valley hospital in "extremely critical" condition after he was run over by a cab yesterday afternoon.

After running the man over, the cab driver just took off -- and there might be a reason: he was seen arguing with the man who was run over just moments before hitting him with his cab.

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Road-Rage Incident: Man Pulls Gun -- but So Did the Other Guy

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When 56-year-old Mitchell Fickes grabbed his gun and jumped out of his pickup truck to express his apparent road rage to the man in the truck in front of him on Saturday, he probably didn't expect his fellow motorist to also have a gun. But this is Arizona, so of course the other driver had a gun -- and he fatally shot Fickes in the face.

Fickes was driving eastbound on Williams Field and Market Square roads near the San Tan Mall, when he jumped out of his Ford pickup truck -- gun in hand -- and approached the driver of the truck stopped in front of him.

Bad move.

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Woman to Cops After Trying to Run Them Over With Truck: "I Freaked Out"

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Police suspect Rebekah Corwin might be mentally ill.
The Maricopa woman who police say used her truck to try and run down several officers -- with three young children in the vehicle -- offered cops the following explanation for her strange behavior: "I freaked out."

Since our post this morning about 29-year-old Rebekah Lynn Corwin's wild ride through north Scottsdale early yesterday morning, during which she injured two police officers and damaged four Scottsdale police cars and a gate to a private neighborhood, we've obtained court documents that indicate the arresting officers think she may be mentally ill.

Click here for details of Corwin's wild ride.

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