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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Despite unseasonably warm weather in the Gila Valley, the Christmas spirit shone brightly during the Graham County Recovery Court’s annual holiday celebration on Monday. …
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TweetPinShareWill serve consecutively to federal CSAM charges By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Eric Lavon Williams, 37, of Pima, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for the Oct. …
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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A prison cell will most likely be the final home for an elderly Pima man who pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation charges. Virgil …
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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A local pilot will spend the next 7.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to three amended counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a …
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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Vance Edward Davidson, 34, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexual conduct with his underage niece. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A Pima …
Man who repeatedly sexually assaulted underage niece sentenced to 25 years in prison Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Former Thatcher head football coach Sean Jacob Hinton was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison on Wednesday for dealing fentanyl. Pictured is Sean after a …
Former high school football coach Sean Hinton sentenced to 11.25 years in prison for selling fentanyl Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Graham County’s first native-born attorney By Edres Bryant Barney PIMA – Charles Roseberry Rogers, born Dec. 2, 1888, in Pima, Arizona, was the third child …
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TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Judge Travis W. Ragland rejected a plea agreement for Damian Maldonado regarding the burglary of the Taking Aim Guns & Ammo store. Prosecution to seek …
Judge rejects second twin’s plea offer in Taking Aim Guns & Ammo burglary Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Damian Maldonado took a plea agreement that will send him to prison for 2.5 years, but the judge deferred acceptance until after a review of a pre-sentence …
Second twin pleads guilty in gun store burglary but judge defers acceptance Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo: Judge Travis W. Ragland sent a probation violator to prison for 2.5 years. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man was sentenced to 2.5 years …
Judge sentences probation violator to 2.5 years in prison Read More