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TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from May 14, 2018, through May 22, 2018. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While …
Booking Report May 14 – 22 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Come July 1, the Eastern Arizona Juvenile Detention Facility will no longer detain juveniles, who will instead be shipped to Pinal County. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Juvenile detention facility to close Read More
TweetPinShareCould hemp replace cotton as the staple agriculture product in the Gila Valley? By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PHOENIX – After 81 years of prohibition, industrial hemp will now be legally …
Hemp in the Gila Valley? Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Thomas Tookey was booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility after allegedly getting into a tussle with his family and then the cops. Man jailed for …
Father goes ballistic on family after being angered by Trump Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Sean Whitaker was booked into jail for aggravated assault after having a physical confrontation with his wife over bathroom hygiene product placement. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – …
Placement of bathroom hygiene products leads to husband’s arrest for assault Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article PHOENIX – Community Action programs across Arizona connect thousands of children and families to innovative, responsive programs and services that help lift them out of poverty toward self-sufficiency, …
May is community action month Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: A registered sex offender has been trespassed from a local fast-food restaurant after becoming too friendly with a juvenile female worker and giving her a …
Man calls cops after sexual offender gives money to juvenile daughter Read More
TweetPinShareContributedl Article TUCSON – Wayne Harold Montierth, 54, was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in a federal prison by U.S. District Judge James A. Soto for possession and distribution of …
Safford man sentenced to 17 years in child pornography case Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The ringleader of a group of four men accused of attempting to smuggle 100 pounds of cocaine through Greenlee County pleaded guilty and was sentenced …
Ringleader in Greenlee 100-pound cocaine bust takes a plea, sentenced to 12.5 years Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Valedictorian McCall Thygerson addresses the crowd during Pima’s commencement ceremony Wednesday night. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PIMA – With a flip of their tassels and some …
Pima sends 53 graduates off into the world Read More