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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Randy Morales By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A man who officers believed to be driving under the influence of heroin fled from DUI stops in two …
Impaired driver flees cops in two different vehicles Read More
TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A woman may not have stolen a wallet as alleged but when she offered up her possessions to prove her innocence an officer located …
Theft allegation leads to heroin charge Read More TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: A man allegedly under the influence of heroin crashed his minivan into an unmarked police truck at the Safford Police Department. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Man on heroin crashes into police truck at station Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Marcos Moreno had been on the lam for seven months with three felony warrants before being taken into custody Wednesday, June 13. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD …
Man with three felony warrants caught Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Albert Rodriguez was booked into the jail for theft of means of transportation after allegedly stealing a Nissan Sentra during a four-day drug binge. By Jon Johnson …
Man on meth and heroin charged with auto theft Read More
TweetPinShareA DPS traffic stop on I-10 resulted in the seizure of more than 53 pounds of meth and 2.6 pounds of heroin. Traffic stop on I-10 by a member of …
More than 1 million hits of heroin and 53 pounds of meth seized by DPS in traffic stop Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Anthony Ybarra was booked into the jail for shoplifting. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Serial shoplifter and admitted heroin addict Anthony Ybarra, 53, was booked into …
Heroin addict/serial shoplifter Ybarra taken to jail Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: More than 92 pounds of meth was seized during the traffic stop. Methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin seized, with the amount of fentanyl seized capable of killing more …
Border Strike Force seizes more than 100 pounds of narcotics worth roughly $520,000 during traffic stop Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Anthony Ybarra had his heroin rig confiscated when a Safford officer pulled him over while he was riding a bicycle through the city. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Cop confiscates heroin addict’s rig Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Jose Mendoza-Garcia was booked into the jail on drug and assault charges. “I had to pull the straw from Jose’s mouth,” – investigating deputy. By Jon Johnson …
Man smokes heroin in front of cops after allegedly assaulting girlfriend Read More