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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Aaron Sean Maddock, 25, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling fentanyl. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man who sold a large number …
Fentanyl dealer sentenced to 10 years in prison Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com WILLCOX – An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper is being treated at a Tucson hospital after being shot by a suspect during a traffic stop …
DPS trooper shot, suspect killed during a traffic stop on I-10 near Willcox Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Detectives with the Safford Police Department and Arizona Department of Public Safety located fentanyl pills like these shown on a wanted felon after …
Wanted felon caught with more than 700 fentanyl pills in Safford Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Armando Avalos By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A collision involving a blue suburban and a silver Mercedes convertible ended with the SUV on top of the …
SUV ends up on top of Mercedes in crash south of Safford Read More
TweetPinShareStaff Reports BYLAS – A three-vehicle collision resulting in at least two fatalities has closed both directions of U.S. Highway 70 west of Bylas. The closure began at about 1:13 …
Fatal collision closes U.S. 70 west of Bylas Read More
TweetPinShareA passenger who was ejected from an SUV in a rollover on Safford/Bryce Road on Thursday and was found deceased at the scene has been identified as Rene Richard Villescas, …
Safford/Bryce Road fatal crash victim identified Read More
TweetPinShareMelissa Walker died Monday afternoon after being ejected from her SUV during a rollover crash on Bryce/Eden Road. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PIMA – The woman who tragically died after …
Woman in fatal single-vehicle collision identified Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Dylan Dewane Waters, 21, pleaded guilty to transportation of a narcotic drug for sale and possession of drug paraphernalia. The plea is in response to an undercover …
Duncan man pleads guilty to transporting fentanyl but judge defers acceptance until sentencing Read More TweetPinShareThe driver in a fatal head-on collision tested positive for having meth in his system. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GREENLEE COUNTY – Methamphetamine use may have contributed to a fatal …
Driver’s blood in fatal crash on “The Stretch” that killed two tests positive for meth Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Dylan Waters, left, and Aaron Maddock were found in possession of 1,000 fentanyl pills and nearly two ounces of heroin. Operation seizes 1,000 fentanyl pills and nearly …
Undercover DPS operation busts large fentanyl/heroin dealing ring Read More