Substitute Teacher Investigated for Assault on Student
A substitute teacher in Phoenix has been accused of assaulting a student when he pushed the eighth-grader to the ground. However, the teacher’s attorney says that the act was committed in self-defense after the student attacked the teacher, according to recent reports. The only part of the incident that appeared on video was the teacher’s…
How To Fight A DUI Charge
If you are charged with DUI in Arizona, you may be facing stiff penalties if convicted, including fines, jail time and probation as well as loss of your driver’s license and insurance. This means that it is critical for you to have the help of an attorney who has a deep understanding of DUI law…
Wrong-Way Driver Crashes in Tempe DUI Accident
A driver who is accused of being under the influence of alcohol crashed her car in Tempe. Arresting officers measured her BAC at .15 percent, according to recent reports. Cheyenne Wheeler, 21, was arrested after officers received several calls that a dark sedan was traveling south in the northbound lanes of Loop 101 near McDowell…
Stabbing Suspect Arrested At Hospital
A man accused of stabbing another man was arrested outside the hospital where the victim was being treated, according to recent reports. Mario Raul Martinez, 27, was allegedly high on heroin when he was discovered in the hospital parking lot with three children in his car. He had been in a fight earlier with Alex…
Prison Term Set for AZ Man in Fatal DUI Case
An Arizona man convicted of manslaughter in connection with a 2014 fatal DUI crash was sentenced to seven years in prison, according to recent reports. Joseph Richard Baird, 54, was accused of causing an accident by turning left in front of an oncoming motorcycle while under the influence of alcohol, leading to the death of…
Father Charged in Child’s Heat-Stroke Death
A father has been charged with leaving his toddler in the family’s car, leading to the child’s death by heat-stroke, according to recent reports. James Koryor, 41, is accused of leaving 2 ½-year-old Alpha in the vehicle for over two hours. The boy was pronounced dead at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where police placed the…
Interagency Sweep Nets 300 Fugitives in AZ
A cooperative effort by the U.S. Marshals Service along with police agencies from Maricopa County, Pinal County and Pima County netted more than 300 fugitives accused of “high-level felony” crimes, according to a recent report. The task force was organized in order to target violent criminals and gang members and cited a need for “quantity…
Family of Man Killed in Police Custody Filing Suit
The family of a man who died while in the custody of the Phoenix Police Department are filing a $7 million lawsuit against the city, according to recent reports. Police arrested Edgardo Figueroa for DUI, but sometime between his arrest and his travel to the police station two miles away, he stopped breathing. Family members…
Five Family Members Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
Five members of the family were killed in an apparent murder-suicide, according to reports. Phoenix police believe that the argument began over a family business. The fighting escalated to the point that one of the men shot the other victims then himself. In all, three brothers, one of the brother’s wives and the men’s mother…