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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Jay Curtis Jr., 21, was booked into jail after failing to yield to an officer for a minor traffic violation. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A …
Slight speeding infraction escalates into arrest at gunpoint Read More
TweetPinShareA former corrections officer at FCI-Safford was sentenced to 18 months in prison after having a sexual relationship with an inmate and providing him with contraband items. Staff Reports TUCSON …
Former Safford prison guard who had sexual relationship with inmate sentenced to prison for accepting bribes Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Stephanie Roman was booked into jail on aggravated asault, assault, threatening or intimidating, and disorderly conduct charges all under the domestic violence statute. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com …
Family dispute turns criminal when daughter wields butcher knife Read More
TweetPinShareFollowing is a listing of bookings from the Graham County Adult Detention Facility from April 25 – 30, 2023. All information is gathered from the jail’s booking roster. While the …
Jail Booking Report for April 25 – 30 Read More
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