[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Nogales is only 180 miles south of Phoenix, but there is a world of difference between the two cities. Nogales shares with other border towns in Arizona, and in other...
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How angry were you that your invoice wasn’t paid?
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] All of us have been presented at one time or another with a bill – for services or for materials – that we considered outrageous. And after receiving a bill that knocks you...
Police Say Suspect Attempted to Flush Pot down the Toilet
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] We’ve all watched scenes on TV showing someone trying to flush drugs – usually a small bag of pot or other drugs, or maybe some pills – down the toilet. The scene often...
Criminal Threats vs. Extortion
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] A recent report from the Associated Press says that a former prison guard in Arizona is facing charges of extortion. According to the police, the guard, along with an...
Sentencing in Arizona Sex Case
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] A Craigslist ad marked the beginning of yet another saga involving illegal behavior. Ads appeared last year indicating various employment possibilities, including...
Alleged DUI Crash Leads to Second Degree Murder Charge
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] A crash that took place last month in Phoenix has resulted in second degree murder and other charges against a man who police say was driving drunk. According to reports,...
Carjacking in Arizona
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] We read on a regular basis about alleged carjacking in Phoenix and surrounding areas in Arizona. The term is used to describe numerous actions, usually involving...
Phoenix Crash Leads to Manslaughter, DUI Charges
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] A single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 last week has resulted in numerous charges against the driver of the vehicle, 34-year old Edwin Hurt. Police say Hurt was driving...
Douglas Middle School Students Hospitalized from Prescription Drugs
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] The abuse of prescription drugs has been described as an epidemic by both the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But when most people think...
Attorney General Says Tucson Firearms Ordinance Unenforceable
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is taking a lot of heat for a recent opinion by his office that says two recently-passed Tucson ordinances are unenforceable. We have...
How Much Do You Want Your Case Adjourned?
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Trial lawyers understand that adjournments and re-scheduling of motions, trials and the like are part of everyday life in the courthouse. And we’ve heard of people going to...
DUI Patrols Blanket Tempe, ASU
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] If you drink and drive, you subject yourself to some harsh penalties, even if your actions do not result in a collision. Your chances of being charged in the area of the...
Sentencing in Hit and Run
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] In October of last year, a fatal hit and run accident occurred in Fountain Hills. The victim was Dr. Marwan Maalouf, a Scottsdale neurologist who worked at Barrow...
30 Beers + Stolen Car = DUI and More
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Drinking thirty beers during the course of an evening would cause many of us to become quite ill, to pass out, or at least to become incapable of walking, let alone driving...
Police Misconduct and Debra Milke Retrial
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] Criminal cases often take years to come to a complete resolution. The Debra Milke case is an example. MIlke was arrested in 1989, charged with the murder of her 4-year old...