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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Frank Garcia was booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility on three counts of excessive speeding, possession of stolen property, theft of means of transportation, reckless …
Man flees cops in stolen truck, goes 100 mph through school zones Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Joseph Ratliff: Officers surrounded Walgreens on Monday morning to secure the area after an alleged shoplifter claimed to have a gun and would not follow officers’ commands. Police …
Officers use TASER on shoplifter who claimed she had a gun Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Mathew Pierce, 35, was arrested and booked into the jail on charges of aggravated assault, endangerment, and disorderly conduct after a domestic dispute that was followed up …
Thatcher man’s armed standoff with police ends without incident Read More
TweetPinShareThatcher Police Photo: From left, Thatcher Police Chief Shaffen Woods, Sgt. Kevin West, and officer Brian Ellsworth display the 144 gallons of hand cleanser it received from Tito’s Handmade Vodka …
Thatcher Police hand out hand cleanser in partnership with vodka maker Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Black Friday doesn’t have anything on a horde of shoppers fighting for toilet paper during the COVID-19 epidemic it …
Multiple police agencies called in to quell toilet paper riot at Walmart Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: The occupant of a red Tacoma pickup truck that ended up on its side after a collision Monday morning speaks with a Thatcher detective and officer …
Collision slows westbound traffic on U.S. 70 through Thatcher on Monday Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Olivaz Cruz was mistakenly identified as a Thatcher domestic violence suspect when he ran from police. However, he ended up having a felony warrant of his own …
Man mistaken for DV suspect runs from cops; ends up having a felony warrant Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Staff Reports The Graham County Sheriff’s Office and Thatcher Police Department have announced their benefit of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Grants. Graham County …
Local police departments announce Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Grants Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Johnny Sanders was booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility on two counts of criminal damage. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Officers from the Safford …
Man jailed for criminal damage after reportedly attempting to break into multiple cars Read More
TweetPinShareBilly Bishop, 68, was arrested and booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, luring a minor for sexual exploitation, aggravated luring …
Joint covert police operation nets online sexual predators Read More