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TweetPinSharePhoto By Emily Maj/Cronkite News: Gov. Katie Hobbs said she created an independent prison oversight commission to address “really serious corrections issues and a lack of urgency to deal with …
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs creates an independent prison oversight commission Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from Nov. 1 – 7 2022. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While the …
Jail Booking Report for November 1 – 7 Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: The $25 million, 68,000-square-foot-detention-facility was completed in November 2017. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – No matter how new or technologically advanced a detention facility …
Inmate overdoses on fentanyl in jail Read More TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from Aug. 9 – 15, 2022. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While the …
Jail Booking Report for August 9 – 15 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Charles Dankworth was given an assault charge while serving time in jail after an altercation with another inmate. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – When one …
Spat over jail commissary ends with assault charge Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Tyler James Goucher, 39, was booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of …
Wanted man arrested after alleged shooting south of Safford Read More
TweetPinShareMan initially pulled over after failing to stop at an intersection while riding a bicycle Contributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Jason Morris allegedly concealed methamphetamine in his mother’s prescription capsules. By Jon …
Man allegedly hides meth for sale inside mother’s prescription pill capsules Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: An inmate refused to leave his cell upon being released from jail and was subsequently booked back in on a trespassing charge. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Man refuses to leave jail upon release, booked for trespassing Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Michael Pena was booked into jail on charges of aggravated assault, burglary, disorderly conduct involving a weapon, misconduct with a weapon, theft, and endangerment. By Jon Johnson …
Homeless suspect steals firearm, discharges it in Auto Zone parking lot Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Ruben Arriaga, 38, of Safford, was arrested and booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility after fleeing from a traffic stop. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM …
Wanted man busted after fleeing from traffic stop Read More