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TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from Dec. 3, 2018, through Dec. 9, 2018. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
Booking Report December 3 – 9 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Michael Holmes was arrested and booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility on charges of possession of a dangerous drug, possession of a dangerous drug for …
Lack of insurance, parking skills lead to drug bust Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PIMA – After months of discussion and evaluation, the Pima Town Council unanimously passed its hands-free distracted driving ordinance at its Tuesday, Dec. 4 meeting. The …
Pima passes distracted driving ordinance Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A 14-year-old male informed officers that a person who he believed was an adult female was blackmailing him over nude pictures he had sent …
Juvenile blackmailed after sending nude pictures on social media Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: An ex-employee of Circle K has been banned from all of its area stores. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The new mega-Circle K in …
Ex-Circle K employee banned from area stores Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Nathaniel Sanchez, left, and Tyree Coleman pleaded guilty Nov. 7 to three counts of aggravated assault in the Sunrise Mobile Home & RV Park shooting Aug. 27 …
Sunrise shooters sentenced to five years in prison Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Beau Pender: A black bear walks near residences Wednesday. Beau Pender walked the bear off his property and toward the Stockton Wash area. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM …
Black bear spotted near residences south of Safford Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man allegedly assaulted the mother of his child for hours after he became enraged after seeing something he didn’t like on her cell …
Man assaults woman for hours; disseminates picture of her performing a sexual act Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Arizona Western College: Yuma’s Arizona Western College announced Wednesday that it has opted to cut football, following the lead of the Maricopa County Community College District and Pima …
Arizona Western eliminates football, leaving only EAC in state with sport, for now Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: The murder of former Pima resident Cassy Marie (Brooks) Farrington at the hands of her estranged husband, Bradley Scott Farrington, will be the focus of a ‘Dateline NBC’ …
Former Pima resident’s murder to be profiled on NBC television show Read More