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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Sean Hinton was booked into jail and charged with possession of a narcotic drug for sale after allegedly selling 185 counterfeit Oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to …
Former high school football coach busted selling fentanyl Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto courtesy of Robert Jagielski with the Downey Unified School District: Each school in the Downey Unified School District in Southern California has several doses of Narcan available and trained …
‘Urgent crisis:’ School districts stockpile Narcan as fentanyl kills more students Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Prosecutors allege Ignacio Miranda was high on fentanyl when he led police on a high-speed chase through Safford and Thatcher in July. He has been charged with …
Man who fled from cops doing 100 mph in a 35-mph zone charged with multiple felonies Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Jesus Duarte was sentenced to 46 months in prison for attempting to smuggle hard drugs into the country from Mexico. He was already incarcerated locally on a …
Pima man sentenced to 46 months for attempting to smuggle hard drugs into the country Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Border Patrol agents assigned to the Campo Border Patrol Station found roughly 250 pounds of fentanyl inside a black, 2015 GMC truck after …
Border Patrol agents seize roughly 250 pounds of deadly fentanyl Read More
TweetPinShareDamien Allen Sparks, 20, of Safford, plead guilty May 25 to possession of drug paraphernalia, and resisting arrest – both Class-6 felonies and theft – a Class-1 misdemeanor. He is …
Bicycle thief who scuffled with cops pleads guilty Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Mercedes Taryn Curry,30, has been charged with multiple drug offenses. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Failure to stop at a marked stop sign led to the …
Moving violation leads to drug charges Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Sadie Boivin was booked into jail on multiple drug charges after being pulled over for traffic violations. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A woman was apprehended …
SPD busts mother for drugs with baby in car Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: William Kindred, 44, was booked into jail on charges of possession of a dangerous drug, possession of a dangerous drug for sale, transportation of a dangerous drug …
Traffic stop leads to large meth and fentanyl bust Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection: Nearly 880 pounds of meth and more than 110 pounds of suspected fentanyl were seized at the Mexico border hidden in an RV …
CBP Port of Lukeville officers seize massive meth/fentanyl load Read More