Tucson, Arizona Ranchers Have Police Radios Due to Invasion of Illegal Aliens

[From article]
Southern Arizona ranchers who often encounter drug smugglers and other dangers have a new way to get help in emergencies: sheriff-issued radios usually reserved for police that connect them directly to 911 dispatchers.
So far 31 ranchers along the Arizona-Mexico border have taken the new handheld radios issued by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff Mark Dannels obtained them through private funding in an effort to improve safety along the rural areas that often lack strong cell phone coverage. He said the 2010 murder of rancher Rob Krentz led to increased security and more communication between ranchers and authorities. Authorities believe Krentz was fatally shot by drug smugglers.
"I don't think there's a better form of community policing out there than having them have a form of communication with us in their time of need," Dannels said.
The sheriff's office also has a team dedicated to patrolling ranch areas and an advisory group composed of law enforcement and ranchers.
John Ladd, whose family ranch sits along 10 miles of the international border, says the radios will come in handy when he's out in remote parts of his ranch.
Ladd said that the illegal immigration landscape has changed a lot in the past decade. He used to see hundreds of migrants on his land daily, but that number is down to nearly zero now. Instead, it's the drug smugglers and their lookouts who travel through his ranch. His house has been burglarized countless times, he says.
"If you live in the rural area, that's your big concern every day. You still have to realize that I can't just walk into my house anymore. I gotta look around and see what's going," Ladd said.

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Border ranchers with few options now have police radios
By ASTRID GALVAN

June 9, 2016

Two Policemen Shot at Arizona Walmart, Suspect Shot Dead

[From article]
Two officers were shot after being called to remove a trespasser from a Chandler, Arizona, Walmart Saturday morning.
The officers are in stable condition, although one is in surgery but expected to recover.
The suspect is dead, authorities said.
Police were called around 6.30am regarding a trespasser at the store, said Chandler police spokesman Seth Tyler.
The officers encountered the unidentified male suspect at the front of the store, just past the greeters' area.
According to witnesses, the first officer entered the store and was fired upon immediately by the suspect, Tyler said.
The second officer, who was in close proximity, was also shot but was able to return fire.
It is uncertain if the first officer discharged his weapon. Both were wearing bulletproof vests.
'I guess you can call it what you want. It sounds like an ambush to me,' Tyler said.
The Walmart Supercenter was open for business at the time but is now closed.
Cynthia Ayala was on the other side of the store in a dressing room when she heard the gunfire but didn't at first realize what she heard.



'I thought it was like pallets falling. I never thought it would be gunshots,' Ayala said.
She said the shots came one after another and then it became apparent they were bullets.
'I was just really scared as to where they would fall,' Ayala said.
She came out of the dressing room when things calmed down. She said employees then escorted her and other shoppers to the store's garden center.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555329/2-officers-shot-suspect-dead-Walmart-n-Phoenix-suburb.html

Two officers are shot and a suspect is killed at an Arizona Walmart after police are called to remove an early-morning trespasser
Police were called to assist with a trespassing situation at around 6.30am on Saturday
Witnesses said a man ambushed the officers, who were able to return fire The suspect is dead, according to a Chandler, Arizona, police spokesman
The officers are in stable condition and one is undergoing surgery
By KALHAN ROSENBLATT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 13:00 EST, 23 April 2016 | UPDATED: 22:05 EST, 23 April 2016

Joe Garagiola, Dead at 90

Joe Garagiola, left, with Yogi Berra

[From article]
Joe Garagiola, a Major League Baseball legend who successfully moved from the field to the broadcast booth, has died at the age of 90, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced Wednesday. The cause of his death was unclear.
Garagiola entertained audiences for 58 years with a sharp sense of humor and a seemingly endless trove of stories. Popular with those who followed sports and those who didn't, his personality transcended games and landed him a pair of stints on the "Today" show, a slot as a guest host in Carson's seat on "The Tonight Show," spots as a game show host and almost a decade on Westminster dog show telecasts.
His longtime friend, Yogi Berra, died last year.
A 20-year-old rookie with the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals in 1946 — he had more hits and RBIs in the seven-game matchup against Boston than Ted Williams — Garagiola spent nine seasons in the majors as a catcher. He was a career .257 hitter, then really became a star once he stopped playing.
Garagiola's first broadcast job was alongside the famed Harry Caray with the Cardinals. He later with Curt Gowdy and Vin Scully on NBC broadcasts, mixing in keen insights gleaned from his playing days along with funny stories he picked up along the way.
[. . .]
Garagiola recalled a pitcher "who will remain nameless" who threw only a fastball. But when Garagiola put down the sign for the fastball, the pitcher kept shaking it off. Finally, an exasperated Garagiola went out to the mound.
"I go out there and said, 'What do you want to throw?'" Garagiola recalled. "He said a slider. I said, 'You don't throw a slider.' He said, 'That's why I'll get him out, he won't be lookin' for it.'"
He remembered a time when Dusty Rhodes, known for his clutch hitting, came to bat. The fidgety pitcher, Cliff Stein, was concerned about how to work. "Dusty," Garagiola said, "was known to take a drink now and again."
"I said I don't care what you are going to throw," Garagiola said, "but don't hit him in the back pocket or we'll have Jack Daniels all over home plate."
[. . .]
Garagiola said his fondest memory was the 2001 season when the Diamondbacks, with his son, Joe Garagiola Jr., as the team's general manager, beat the New York Yankees in the World Series.
"Baseball, it hasn't changed that much," Garagiola said. "You still have to hit the ball and you still have to catch it. Good players will win and bad players will lose. Winners win and losers make excuses. It's as simple as that."

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Hall of Fame sportscaster, MLB catcher Joe Garagiola dead at 90
Published March 23, 2016

FoxNews.com
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Two Arizona High School Girls Found Shot Dead

[From article]

Two 15-year-old girls are dead after a shooting at a Glendale, Arizona, high school this morning, police said.
The shooting was reported at Independence High School, about 12 miles outside of Phoenix. The two teenagers were shot just before 8 a.m. in an "isolated" area of campus, Glendale police said.
Officers found both girls dead at the scene from a single gunshot wound, Officer Tracey Breeden, spokesperson for the Glendale Police Department, said at a news conference. She said this was not an active shooter situation.
The girls were found together with a weapon near them, Breeden said. Both girls were in the 10th grade, she added.
Police do not believe there are any outstanding suspects, Breeden said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/double-shooting-reported-arizona-high-school/story?id=36893176

Two Teen Girls Dead in Shooting at Arizona High School
By EMILY SHAPIRO

Feb 12, 2016, 12:44 PM ET

Sarah Palin Sells Arizona Home

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has put her luxury Arizona mansion on the market for $2.5million which includes a lighted sports court

[From article]
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has put her luxury Arizona mansion on the market for $2.5million.
The six-bedroom estate, which boasts its own private heated swimming pool and spa, lighted sports court and even a wine cellar, is located in acres of equestrian grounds in Scottsdale.
Behind a private gated entrance, the 7971sq ft home showcases includes 6.5 bathrooms, a six car garage and offers stunning mountain views from virtually every room.
The 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate bought the property in 2011 for $1.7 million.

It has been a happy time for Palin who met her newborn granddaughter, Sailor Grace on December 23, after she was born to her daughter Bristol, 25.

On Christmas Eve, Bristol used her personal blog to share a note from her mother about Sailor Grace’s birth, in which she calls the baby ‘the best gift ever!’.
The letter read: ‘Thank you, Bristol, for your strength and good heart and your love of life. The most important people in Bristol’s life were there to witness the miracle of Sailor Grace Palin’s arrival last night.
‘Thank you for sharing the miracle with Piper, Marina, and me, Bri! And we thank Todd for taking care of the rest of the family during this most precious beginning of a great new chapter!’
Sarah Palin spoke in November about Bristol's pregnancy, second chances, screwing up and the excitement of bringing another baby into the world.
'Well, the cool thing about puttin’ your faith in God is, He certainly is a God of second chances – and third, and fourth and fifth chances. I screw up all the time,' she told CBS.
Announcing the happy news on her Instagram account on Christmas Eve, the daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin revealed that she welcomed the baby on Wednesday December 23, one day before her due date.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3379538/Sarah-Palin-s-luxurious-Arizona-six-bedroom-mansion-boasts-private-swimming-pool-sports-court-wine-cellar-goes-market-2-5million.html

Sarah Palin's luxurious Arizona six-bedroom mansion which boasts its own private swimming pool, sports court and wine cellar goes on market for $2.5million
The six-bedroom estate boasts its own private heated swimming pool and spa, lighted sports court and wine cellar
Behind a private gated entrance, the 7971sq ft home showcases includes 6.5 bathrooms and a six car garage
Inside the home is finished to a high standard with luxury fittings, fireplaces, chandeliers and a media theater
The 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate bought the property in 2011 but has placed it on the market for $2.5million
By Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:45 EST, 30 December 2015 | Updated: 21:51 EST, 30 December 2015

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Northern Arizona University Freshman Shoots Dead One, Injures Three

[From article]

A fight that broke out between two groups of students at Northern Arizona University’s Flagstaff campus left one person dead and three hospitalized after one of the students opened fire on the others.
The shooter has been identified as Steven Jones, an 18-year-old freshman at the school, who has been taken into custody by campus police, according to NAU police chief Greg Fowler.
Colin Brough has been identified by the school as the student who was killed in the incident, and Nicholas Prato, Kyle Zientek and Nicholas Piring were named as the individuals who were shot but are being treated at Flagstaff Medical Center.
Brough and the three young men who were injured were all members of the Delta Chi Fraternity, according fraternity rep Justin Sherman.
"The alleged gunman, Steven Jones, is not a member of Delta Chi," Sherman said in a statement sent to ABC News.
[. . .]
Fowler noted that the Arizona Board of Regents prohibits students form carrying guns around campus but students are allowed to store them in their cars. The specifics about the handgun in this case were not known.
The state school's Flagstaff campus has more than 20,000 students enrolled.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-shooting-reported-northern-arizona-universitys-flagstaff-campus/story?id=34363113

Northern Arizona University Campus Shooting Came After Fight Between Two Groups of Students
By MEGHAN KENEALLY

Oct 9, 2015, 4:20 PM ET

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Supreme Court of US Affirms Independent Arizona Commission to Set Congressional Boundaries

[From article]
The case challenged a state constitutional amendment adopted in 2000 by Arizona voters which created a politically neutral commission drawing new boundaries for the state’s congressional districts every ten years. Before the amendment, the state legislature, as in many states, had been responsible for setting and adjusting district lines.
[. . .]
Affirming the district court’s decision, the Supreme Court also rejected the Arizona legislature’s “wooden” interpretation of the Election Clause. In doing so, the Court preserved a valuable tool used by citizens across the country to reform redistricting practices.
[. . .]
Efforts to adopt similar sorts of reforms are currently underway in Illinois, Ohio, and South Dakota – with Arizona and California frequently serving as models for proposed reforms.

https://www.brennancenter.org/legal-work/arizona-state-legislature-v-arizona-independent-redistricting-commission

Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (Amicus Brief)
June 29, 2015

Candidate Ben Carson Views Drug Cartels Operating In Arizona Controlling US Land

[From article]
Among other things that Babeu showed Carson and Breitbart News on this helicopter tour were how this far inside the border on high ground there are scores of scout sites where cartel operatives serve as lookouts for smugglers bringing drugs, people and other contraband into the country.
“If they can operate up to this degree, 70 miles north of the border, in law enforcement we call that a clue,” Babeu said in a brief exclusive interview outside the helicopter after landing back at the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. The lack of United States sovereignty this deep into the country is highly concerning to Carson, who told Breitbart News that this shouldn’t be happening.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/19/exclusive-az-sheriff-takes-dr-ben-carson-on-helicopter-tour-of-cartel-sites/

EXCLUSIVE — AZ SHERIFF TAKES DR. BEN CARSON ON HELICOPTER TOUR OF CARTEL SITES
by MATTHEW BOYLE
19 Aug 2015
Florence, AZ

Arizona Planned Parenthood, Mandatory Reporters, Failed To Report Serial Rapes of Minors

[From article]
A Planned Parenthood counselor intentionally noted a rape by an allegedly prolific teen sexual predator as consensual to avoid the 'hassle' of reporting it, according to a police report.
The encounter allegedly involved Tyler Kost, 18, from San Tan Valley, Arizona, who has been charged with sexually assaulting 11 girls between October 2009 and April 2014 - although cops believe he may have attacked as many as 18.
One of his alleged victims was a 15-year-old girl who became pregnant following the assault and when she underwent an abortion through Planned Parenthood last December, her mother told a member of staff about the attack, FoxNews.com reported.
'The counselor intentionally miscoded the assault as a consensual encounter,' a police report states.
'The counselor told them that they did not want the hassle of having to report the assault to law enforcement as they were a mandatory reporter.'



Planned Parenthood Arizona told Fox they have contacted the Pinal County Sheriff’s Department and said, if the allegations are true, it would be a 'serious violation' of its policies.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu added that he was 'troubled' by the allegations about Planned Parenthood and said they had been forwarded to state officials by the victim's mother.
'If this is true, they should absolutely be held accountable,' he said.
Kost has been indicted on nearly 30 felony counts, including multiple counts of sexual assault with a minor, sexual abuse with a minor and sexual conduct with a minor. He also faces a count of child molestation.
Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles said the victims in the crimes alleged in the indictment issued Wednesday ranged from 12 to 17 years old.
Voyles said the offenses - which involved victims that Kost dated or knew - occurred between October 2009 and April 2014 meaning that Kost was 13 when the first offense allegedly took place.
[. . .]


Arrested: He allegedly told one of the girls to kill herself - and she tried to take her life.
Kost, a senior at Poston Butte High School, would face between 147 and nearly 334 years in prison if convicted of all the charges in the indictment, the prosecutor said.
[. . .]
In another case, a girl became pregnant after she was allegedly raped by Kost and ended up getting an abortion, the station KPHO reported.
'He would assault these young female victims in their own bedrooms, in his bedroom, in the desert, at a community pool, at community parks,' Babeu said.
Detectives said because he looked young and innocent, many people didn't perceive him as a threat. His alleged victims included girls he had dated.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628108/Planned-Parenthood-counselor-intentionally-noted-rape-teen-sexual-predator-consensual-avoid-hassle-reporting-it.html

Planned Parenthood counselor 'intentionally misclassified rape by a teen sexual predator as consensual to avoid the hassle of reporting it'
Tyler Kost, 18, allegedly assaulted as many as 18 girls aged 12 to 17
One of the alleged victims became pregnant and got an abortion - but when her mother said she had been attacked, the counselor 'miscoded it'
Kost also allegedly threatened another girl and told her she should kill herself - and she was hospitalized after a suicide attempt
By LYDIA WARREN and SNEJANA FARBEROV
PUBLISHED: 07:38 EST, 14 May 2014 | UPDATED: 11:05 EST, 14 May 2014

Illegal Immigrant Deported Six Times Drives Away After Hitting Two Toddlers in Arizona

Manuel Perez-Vasquez
Photo: Pinal County
Paging Mitt Romney, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton and The White House. Hello? Anybody home?

[From article]
A six-time-deported illegal immigrant is charged in the felony hit-and-run of an Arizona mother and her two young children. The man allegedly admitted to being high on marijuana while causing the severe lacerations to a five-year-old boy. The five-year-old and a two-year-old were both taken to an area hospital.
This tragedy comes within one week of two separate incidents involving previously deported illegal immigrants allegedly murdering women in two U.S. states: California and Texas. The California case involved a young woman in San Fransisco taking photos with her father on a pier when an illegal immigrant who had been deported five time prior allegedly murdered her. The Texas case involved an illegal immigrant who had been deported four time prior. Police say the man admitted to murdering his wife with a hammer.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/07/illegal-immigrant-deported-6-times-charged-in-felony-hit-and-run-of-family-that-injured-young-children/

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT DEPORTED 6 TIMES CHARGED IN FELONY HIT-AND-RUN OF FAMILY THAT INJURED YOUNG CHILDREN
By BRANDON DARBY

7 Jul 2015

Missing Arizona Couple Found Buried In Neighbor's Yard

Michael and Tina Careccia

[From article]
A missing Phoenix-area couple were killed and buried in the yard of a man who told investigators he was high on methamphetamine when he shot the husband and wife, authorities said Thursday.
The disclosure came after the bodies of Michael Careccia, 44, an airline pilot, and his wife, Tina, 42, an accountant, were discovered on the Maricopa property of suspect Jose Valenzuela.
[. . .]
The couple was reported missing June 22 by Michael Careccia’s son after Tina Careccia didn’t show up at the construction company where she worked.
Authorities went door to door, launched air and ground searches and used dogs to try to track their scent.
Sheriff’s officials served a search warrant Wednesday at Valenzuela’s residence, and deputies were seen digging on the property before the bodies were found.
Valenzuela told investigators that he and the couple have been acquainted for the past two years and used methamphetamine together.

http://nypost.com/2015/07/02/bodies-buried-in-yard-could-be-missing-couple/

Man on meth killed married couple and buried them in his yard: cops
By Associated Press
New York Post
July 2, 2015 | 3:35pm

Grand Jury Refuses To Indict Woman Charged With Flashing Breasts At Bar Mitzvah Celebration

COURTESY SCOTTSDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Lindsey Radomski allegedly exposed her chest to teenage boys at a bar mitzvah and allowed them to fondle her.

[From article]

An Arizona grand jury declined to indict a yoga instructor accused of brandishing her new breasts to a roomful of teenage boys at a bar mitzvah and performing oral sex on a 15-year-old.
Lindsey Ann Radomski, 33, was arrested in March on felony charges of sexual misconduct with a juvenile and indecent exposure. The woman had allegedly exposed her recently enhanced breasts and allowed boys at the bar mitzvah to fondle them.
After the boys left the room, she was accused of performing fellatio on a teenager.
Her attorney, Jocquese Blackwell, says his client was slipped a date-rape drug at the party, according to The Republic newspaper.
The alleged acts occurred after up to 100 guests had left the party that was held at a private home
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Arizona grand jury declines to indict yoga teacher accused of sexual misconduct at bar mitzvah
BY DEBORAH HASTINGS
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 5:05 PM

Christian Family Band Engages Arizona Police in Walmart Parking Lot

[From article]
A Cottonwood police video released Friday appears to show an officer shooting a man who was laying on the asphalt in a Walmart parking lot after fighting with a downed officer.
Cottonwood Police Chief Jody Fanning said that Enoch Gaver, 21, had disarmed Sgt. Jeremy Daniels and had shot him in the leg. He said Gaver was still armed with Daniels' gun when Officer Rick Hicks started hitting him with a baton.
After Hicks determined the baton had no effect, he resorted to shooting Gaver to death, Fanning said.
Hicks also shot and wounded David Gaver, who also had been on top of Daniels and had charged towards Hicks, Fanning said.
[. . .]


Photos: YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Peter Gaver, Ruth Gaver, Nathaniel Gaver and Jeremiah Gaver were arrested in the brawl.
The incident began when a female Walmart employee tried to use a women's restroom and was prevented from doing so when she was pushed out of the way.
Nathan Gaver told police that his mother, Ruth, was using the restroom, and that he and his brother Jeremiah were guarding it.
Police are seen in another video snippet arriving at the scene, where a large group of people are standing near a Chevrolet Suburban. The brawl ensues almost immediately after the third and fourth officers arrive.
Fanning said he still does not understand why the Gavers chose to fight his officers, rather than simply speaking to them. He said the likely outcome of the call would have been a misdemeanor citation with no one going to jail if the Gavers had not escalated the incident.
[. . .]
The officers and the Gavers are seen punching each other on the video. At some point, an officer attempts to use a stun gun to bring the Gavers under control, but that appears to have little effect.
After Daniels is seen on the ground, struggling with one of the Gavers, Hicks is seen using the asp to strike the man. Later, Hicks pulls out his gun. The video captures the flash from the gun's muzzle.
But even the fatal shooting doesn't end the brawl. Additional officers arrive on the scene and fight with other members of the Gaver family to bring them under control.
Five Gavers were arrested by police and booked into the Yavapai County Jail on a variety of charges, including aggravated assault on a police officer, hindering prosecution and resisting arrest.
The family was well-known in Boise, where at least three members played in a Christian band outside an Albertson's supermarket, where they would post a sign with a Biblical verse. The band was known as Matthew 24 Now, an apparent reference to the Second Coming.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2015/04/10/cottonwood-walmart-brawl-video/25598875/

Cottonwood police video captures deadly shooting

Jim Walsh

The Republic

azcentral.com

9:30 p.m. MST April 10, 2015

Fleas Test Positive For Plague in Arizona

[From article]
Coconino County officials are taking precautions after finding fleas collected in Picture Canyon northeast of Flagstaff have tested positive for plague.
[. . .]
Officials are advising residents to take precautions such as using insect repellent and to avoid handling sick or dead animals.
Symptoms of plague appear within two to six days after initial exposure. They can include fever, chills, swollen lymph glands and muscle pain.

http://www.azfamily.com/story/28724768/fleas-test-positive-for-plague-near-flagstaff?autostart=true

Fleas test positive for plague near Flagstaff
Posted: Apr 05, 2015 2:13 PM EDT

Arizona State University Threatened to Fire Campus Policeman After Arrest of Black Woman Professor

The Rev. Jarrett Maupin (left) speaks to ASU police Officer Stewart Ferrin during a "lemonade summit" at Lolo's Chicken and Waffles in Phoenix on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015.

(Photo: Tom Tingle/The Republic)
[From article]

The same civil-rights activists who threatened two weeks ago to march on Arizona State University if a White campus police officer was reinstated after arresting a Black professor, switched course Tuesday and mended their differences at a "lemonade summit."
Now they want Officer Stewart Ferrin reinstated.
The Rev. Jarrett Maupin of Phoenix and a half-dozen community activists met with Ferrin, who is facing termination after his controversial arrest last year of an ASU assistant English professor.

[. . .]

The May 20 arrest drew national attention after a video of the arrest went viral. Civil-rights activists claimed Ore was targeted for her race.
A dashboard-camera video of the arrest shows Ferrin repeatedly telling Ore to put her hands behind her back. When she refuses, he tells her he will "slam" her on the police car, according to the video. Footage shows the officer tackling her to the ground. A police report says she kicked the officer in the shin.
The police report says the 33-year-old Ore argued with Ferrin after he stopped her for walking in the middle of the street and told her to get on the sidewalk. She refused repeated requests to show identification, the report says.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2015/01/27/civil-rights-activists-want-asu-officer-reinstated/22432119/

Civil-rights activists want ASU officer reinstated
 

Anne Ryman

The Republic

azcentral.com

10:37 p.m. MST January 27, 2015

Arizona Gentlelady, Sentenced to Life For Killing Husband With Help of Her Children

Accessory: Steven Gibson Jr., 17, was sentenced to 22 years prison in July last year for stabbing his father, Steven Gibson Sr., 39 (together-right), to death, as part of a plot organized by his mom

Deadly siblings: Alysa Gibson and Steven Gibson Jr. have been separately charged in the murder

[From article]
An Arizona mom who was convicted of the 2013 murder of her husband - having enlisted the help of her two children and their friends to kill him - was sentenced to life is prison for the crime on Friday.
The case of 43-year-old Michelle Dawn Gibson is eerily similar to that of Pamela Smart, the New Hampshire woman who infamously conspired with her 15-year-old lover and three of his friends to murder her husband in 1990.
Dawn was found guilty in November of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Her husband, Steven Gibson Sr., was beaten with a baseball bat, stabbed multiple times and had his throat slit, police said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2943475/To-Die-killer-sentenced-Mom-43-enlisted-son-daughter-friends-murder-husband-case-eerily-similar-Pamela-Smart-gets-life-prison.html

Mom who enlisted her own son, daughter and their friends to murder her husband while she set up widow dating profiles gets life in prison
Michelle Dawn Gibson, 43, of Peoria, Arizona, was sentenced Friday
Found guilty of the murder of her husband, Steven Gibson, 39, in 2013
She conspire with her children, Alysa Gibson, 16, and Steven Gibson, 17, and two other teenagers to beat and stab the man to death
They have all been charged separately
Gibson claimed her husband was violent and was going to kill her
Pamela Smart seduced her 15-year-old lover and three of his friends to kill her husband in New Hampshire in 1990
By JOEL CHRISTIE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 20:38 EST, 6 February 2015 | UPDATED: 09:01 EST, 7 February 2015

Suspects in Cleveland Murder Of Elder Couple Arrested In Arizona, Others Sought

Doyle and Lillian Chumney

Photo: AP
[From article]
Clark has been charged with one count of murder in the deaths of 88-year-old Doyle Chumney and his 79-year-old wife, Lillian. Their remains were found inside their torched car on a country road Jan. 22, the day after they were reported missing from their home.

http://nypost.com/2015/02/05/suspect-in-crime-spree-murder-of-elderly-couple-arrested-after-manhunt/

Suspect in murder of elderly couple caught after ‘crime spree’
By Associated Press
New York Post
February 5, 2015 | 11:28am

Prescott, Arizona Policeman Shot Dead

Robert W. Smith, 28, killed Officer Tyler Stewart before killing himself.

[From article]
The Flagstaff Police Department is currently investigating an officer involved shooting which has resulted in the death of one subject and the death of a Flagstaff Police Department Officer. The incident occurred at approximately 1330 hours in the 800 block of W. Clay.
On 12/27/2014 at 1330 hours, Officer Tyler Stewart was attempting to make contact with a subject who was earlier involved in a domestic violence investigation. Preliminary information indicates the subject shot at the Officer multiple times, and then shot himself. Both the Officer and the subject succumbed to their injuries. The subject is identified as Robert W. Smith, 28 years old of Prescott.
Officer Tyler Jacob Stewart, 24 years old was less than one year on the Department. Tyler Stewart graduated from Boulder Creek High School from Anthem Arizona, and Concordia College in California.

http://www.prescottenews.com/index.php/news/current-news/item/24722-prescott-man-shoots-kills-flagstaff-police-officer

Sunday, 28 December 2014 00:00
PRESCOTT MAN SHOOTS, KILLS FLAGSTAFF POLICE OFFICER FEATURED
Sgt. Margaret Bentzen

Woman Convicted of Murdering Her Husband For Money

Pam Phillips and Gary Triano
David Bean Photography 

[From article]
But all that glitters is not, well, you know the story. After seven years of marriage, things fell apart. Gary Triano was pushed out of Indian bingo and his personal gambling debts skyrocketed.
"Your husband, he owed a casino in Las Vegas several millions dollars, $1.8 million to an ex-wife, $91,000 to an attorney ... hundreds of thousands of dollars to a group of Mexican investors who people said were involved in criminal activity," Van Sant commented to Phillips.
"Probably" she replied.
In 1993, Pam and Gary separated and eventually divorced. She moved to Aspen.
He stayed in Tucson until Nov. 1, 1996 - the day when Triano was murdered in an explosion just five days before his 53rd birthday.
[. . .]
They were socialites with connections, like their celebrity pals Donald and Marla Trump.
[. . .]
Gene Reedy is a Pima County investigator.
"Gary was definitely was a target," Reedy said. "Gary suspected he was being followed ... he told people he was being followed by an individual that was driving a green Jeep-type SUV."
[. . .]
But the Tucson detective had another lead. In December 1996, just weeks after Gary Triano's murder, his ex-wife, Pam Phillips, filed a life insurance claim -- a big one.
"There was a $2 million insurance policy," said Gamber.
[. . .]
Gamber questioned Phillips. She told him she divorced Gary Triano, escaped from Tucson and fled to Aspen all because she was terrified.
"There was things happening with him that I couldn't understand," Phillips explained. "He was off the wall. Off the wall."
"And you moved because?" Van Sant asked.
"Because our lives were threatened. I mean, our lives were threatened," Phillips replied. "Gary feared everything. Gary was totally in fear, goin' around with a gun."
[. . .]
For nine years the case languished. Then, in 2005, it heated up. Bomb expert Tony May and Agent Tom Mangan of the ATF were reviewing cold cases and took another look at murder of Gary Triano.
[. . .]


Pima County Sheriff's Department 

For Detective Gamber, this case was becoming one of sex, lies and audiotape. But it all came together when an obscure police report from 1996 turned up - that was the same year Gary Triano was blown up.
Back then, a rented van was found abandoned in Southern California. No one knew it at the time, but that van would contain some important circumstantial evidence. The van was rented by Ron Young.
"They find, basically, a map of Tucson ... as far as we know Ron Young has no relationship to Tucson," Gamber explained. "There were several notes -- one that lists out ... people that are very close to Gary Triano. We find a receipt for a local hotel ... we find where he stayed there for 18 days under the name of Phillip Desmond. ... Then we find some of the divorce paperwork from Pam and Gary's divorce."
With this new evidence that Young was in Tucson prior to the bombing stalking Triano, Gamber now believed he had a case. In October 2008, 12 years after the bombing, Ron Young was charged with Gary Triano's murder. And Pam Phillips was next in Gamber's sights.
[. . .]
It would take a year before Phillips was tracked down in Europe -- now in Austria -- and arrested. It would be another year before she was extradited to the United States in 2010.
As all this was happening, Pam's partner, Ron Young, stood trial. He denied everything, and never implicated Phillips. But in the end, those records and audio tapes did him in. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder.
Now back in Arizona, it was Pam Phillips' turn. But then, there was a major delay. Her lawyers claimed she was mentally unfit to stand trial.
"Pam, is it true that you once believed that you have some sort of computer chip or brain implants put in that was controlling your thoughts and actions?" Van Sant asked.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-hit/

The Hit
48 Hours
CBS News

OCTOBER 11, 2014, 10:00 PM
Why was a colorful entrepreneur with powerful friends blown up in his car? His ex-wife speaks out for the first time to "48 Hours" Peter Van Sant.

Vote Fraud in Arizona

[From article]

“A person wearing a Citizens for a Better Arizona T-shirt dropped a large box of hundreds of early ballots on the table and started stuffing the ballot box as I watched in amazement,” said A.J. LaFaro, chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Party…
…LaFaro said it all happened as he was working with the elections staff during early ballots processing. The team in charge of processing the ballots got “way ahead” so the information systems coordinator convened an extended lunch period from 11:30- 1:00 p.m.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2014/10/caught-on-tape-dem-operative-stuffs-ballot-box-in-arizona-video/

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Dem Operative Stuffs Ballot Box in Arizona (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft
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