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Like the presidential contest, the Senate race offers deep contrasts in a state that’s been divided neatly in half for years. We want to have a lawfully run election,” Lake said. In 2022, Lake challenged her loss to Hobbs, taking it all the way through the Arizona legal system. “It’s going to be a tight race,” Lake acknowledged. In 2018, Gallego rallied alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Phoenix, saying facetiously: “President Trump is going to build a wall.

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☆ Arizona won't extradite the accused SoHo killer to New York, blaming the DA for being soft on crime. NYC's murder rate is half of Phoenix's, Bragg's office says.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Arizona is refusing to extradite a suspect wanted in a murder case in New York City. But the murder rate in Phoenix is actually higher than in New York, according to police data. "Having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York area by the Manhattan DA there, Alvin Bragg," Mitchell said. In his response to Mitchell, Bragg's office, however, noted that the murder rate is actually higher in Phoenix than in New York. AdvertisementStill, whether Mitchell's concerns about extraditing the suspect to New York are justified, they will likely strike a chord with Bragg's critics.

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☆ Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison for murders of her 2 children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“You were involved in and guilty of conspiring to murder … Tammy Daybell, who had children of her own. And as I leave this courtroom today, I choose to never think of you again,” Gwilliam said, addressing Vallow Daybell. Lori Vallow Daybell's children, Joshua Vallow, 7, and his sister, Tylee Ryan, 16, went missing in September 2019, according to the Rexburg Police Department. Police didn’t locate him at the family’s house but were told by Vallow Daybell and Daybell he was staying with a family friend in Arizona, according to authorities. She attempted over the next few months to contact her grandson, but never got any response from Vallow Daybell, she said.

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☆ Lindsey Graham is calling for the US to unleash its 'fury and might' to destroy the Mexican drug cartels
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to unleash the "fury and might" of the US on Mexico's cartels. Graham says the US needs to destroy cartels because too many Americans have died of fentanyl overdoses. Graham said he plans to introduce bipartisan legislation in the coming days, to designate the drug cartels as terrorist organizations. He also said he wants to introduce legislation authorizing the US military to use force to destroy Mexican drug labs. "Not to invade Mexico, not to shoot Mexican airplanes down, but to destroy drug labs that are poisoning Americans," he said.

☆ A major investigation in Arizona yielded $13 million worth of drugs, including 30 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

About 30 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl were found during an Arizona police investigation. A picture of the seized drugs was also released by the authorities. The seized drugs included 4.5 million fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl, 145 pounds of fentanyl powder, 304 pounds of cocaine, 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, and 77 pounds of heroin. Currently, it is one of the top substances leading to lethal drug overdose in the United States. Last year, the DEA in Arizona seized over $22 million in fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills and about 1,100 pounds of fentanyl powder, the press release said.

☆ Armed and masked 'ballot watchers' sat by ballot drop boxes in Arizona late at night, prompting police investigation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Police investigated armed and masked individuals parked near ballot drop boxes in Mesa, Arizona. Local reporters said there were two individuals "dressed in tactical gear, fully disguised" by a drop box. The DOJ is reviewing a report of voter intimidation from Mesa after a voter said he was accused of being a "mule." Late Friday night, deputies were "looking into several individuals watching a voter drop box in Mesa," ABC 15 Arizona reporter Nicole Grigg tweeted, adding that the individuals were "dressed in tactical gear, fully disguised" and armed. "The men in tactical gear had already left but deputies measured to make sure ballot watchers weren't too close," Bontke tweeted.

☆ Family of man in wheelchair killed by officer allege wrongful death
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“The constitutional violations here are obvious and they are on video.”A Tucson, Ariz., police officer was fired after he fatally shot a man in a motorized wheelchair. KVOAThe suit also alleged wrongful death and accused the city of Tucson of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. Remington followed Richards for several minutes, alerting a dispatcher who said an officer with a "less lethal" weapon was en route. As Richards approached an entrance to the Lowe's, Remington could be seen in body camera video telling Richards to stop. Storie has said Remington opened fire after he "perceived a threat" to a Lowe's employee.

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