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Illegal Tweets? Social Media Monitoring Blurs Lines
What started out as a marketing strategy is now being used by police to monitor personal activity, with the result that some groups are challenging authorities’ right to use social media to track so-called criminal activity. Police departments in Great Britain are already using software to monitor “social media risk” and to track the frequency…
Woman Uses Juveniles for Financial Crimes
According to a recent report, police have accused a Phoenix woman of using juveniles to sell coupon books under the guise of fundraising when, in fact, she was pocketing the money herself. The actual organization purported to be represented, Students Against Destructive Decision or SADD, claims to have no knowledge of the fundraiser and alerted…
Could The Pre-Trial Release System Work For Arizona?
If you appear before a judge in one of the five Arizona courts trying out a new pre-trial release program, whether you are released or remanded into custody could be determined by your score according to a new system. While it remains to be seen how well the scorecard will work in Gila, Mohave, Pinal…
Man Arrested for DUI After Crash Into Residence
Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies have made an arrest in connection with a crash into an Arizona home allegedly caused by a drunk driver, according to news reports. Deputies were called to the crash scene and found a Ford F350 truck crashed into the wall of a home with the male driver unconscious and a female…
Navajo Justice: Lawmakers Plead Guilty in Criminal Cases
Two former lawmakers for the Navajo Nation have pleaded guilty of misuse of tribal funds in a case in exchange for prosecutors dropping six counts of bribery. Raymond Joe and Harry Williams, Sr., were pronounced guilty in a case that involves tribal officials acknowledging, for the first time, that they authorized payments to certain individuals…
Getting a DUI Is Easy; Fighting One Is Hard
There is nothing easier than getting a DUI in Arizona. In fact, you can get one without even trying! Arizona has developed a reputation as one of the toughest states in the nation in dealing with DUI, a reputation that in some cases is well-deserved. If you are stopped for DUI in Arizona, you are…
Guilty Plea in “Fast and Furious” Shooting
The man accused of shooting a federal Border Patrol agent during a firefight in what has come to be called “Operation Fast and Furious” has entered a guilty plea and been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes of El Fuerte in Sinaloa, Mexico, will receive credit for time served. He is the…
UA Police Sergeant Accused of DUI
A police sergeant employed by the University of Arizona has been arrested after crashing a department-owned vehicle while on duty. John McGrath, 27, crashed an SUV into a traffic sign and then into a cement wall on a frontage road near Interstate 10. No one was injured, but police sources say that McGrath’s blood alcohol…
Surprise! Traffic Stop Yield $100K Plus Drugs
Sometimes a routine traffic stop turns into much more from a criminal perspective. Such was the case in a recent traffic stop in Yavapai County when a southern California man was arrested with more than $100,000 in cash as well as drugs in his car, according to reports. Karl Harz, 63, was driving south on…