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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GREENLEE COUNTY – Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Antonio V. Montez, 37, has been charged with aggravated assault/domestic violence for allegedly causing a 1-inch laceration to …
Greenlee deputy allegedly assaulted young son with walkie-talkie Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A Graham County man was taken into custody Monday afternoon after a brief standoff with law enforcement that ended with the suspect scuffling …
Man jailed after barricading self following alleged attack on mother Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Ronald Chans Bateman, 33, of Pima, has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of tampering with physical evidence regarding …
Man charged with running over Thatcher Middle School Principal while she jogged Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – An elderly man was arrested and booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility on Nov. 30 after allegedly pointing a loaded handgun …
Elderly man charged with assault after gun incident with dog walker Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Jesse Pedroza Contreras was booked on charges of aggravated assault on a police officer, aggravated DUI, unlawful flight from pursuing law enforcement, criminal damage, and driving on …
Alleged repeat DUI offender rams cop’s cruiser during police chase Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Melanie Foote, 42, was booked on charges of aggravated assault and child abuse. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – Melanie Foote, 42, was arrested and booked …
Woman jailed after beating son with a metal rod Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Steve Carter/Special to the Gila Herald: While most fans were enjoying the high school football game between Thatcher and Pima, some juveniles were behaving like thugs. “They were …
Mom seeks answers after daughter brutally assaulted at football game Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: John Savage was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Wednesday, for the DUI-crash death of El Paso Police Department detective Richard B. Allbee Jr. By Jon …
Man who killed El Paso detective in DUI crash sentenced to 19 years Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GREENLEE COUNTY – When a law enforcement agency is presented with having to investigate one of its own officers, that agency normally turns the investigation over …
Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office investigates own deputy in domestic assault case Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The Graham County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a situation in which a woman allegedly struck her boyfriend and another woman with her car out of …
Woman faces possible assault charges after striking boyfriend and other woman with her car Read More