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Why is it taking so long for Arizona to count election ballots?

Breaking Local News ReportNovember 12, 20240

TRENTON, NJ — As America watches and waits, Arizona’s vote-counting process has once again stretched into days after Election Day, leaving many wondering: why is it taking so long? The delayed vote count in Arizona is not just a state problem. Right now, it’s affecting the entire country, including the House of Representatives, which has a big impact for many states like New Jersey. New Jersey is a predominantly blue state with many Democrats in Congress. Republican control of Congress is vital to the nearly 48% of voters who want change in America. The outcome of those elections is vital

Columbus Man and Arizona Supplier Plead Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution

Breaking Local News ReportJuly 24, 20240

COLUMBUS, OH — A Columbus resident and his supplier from Arizona have admitted to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute significant quantities of fentanyl within Columbus. Both individuals entered guilty pleas to charges related to the illegal distribution of more than 400 grams of the potent drug. Ontario M. Yarbrough, 26, from Columbus, managed operations from a drug house located in the city’s Hilltop area. According to court documents, between April and October 2023, Yarbrough handled multiple shipments of fentanyl, receiving five direct packages and tracking an additional 13 sent from Arizona. His supplier, Jose Ruben Leyva, 46, from

Joint U.S.–Sonora “Se Busca Información” initiative targets criminal organizations in Northern Sonora and Southern Arizona

Dinesh PatelMay 10, 20240

TUCSON – The United States and the State of Sonora, Mexico announced 10 new criminal targets for their “Se Busca Información” initiative during a press conference at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Arizona The “Se Busca Información” initiative has identified 10 individuals associated with transnational criminal organizations wanted for crimes ranging from human smuggling and narcotics trafficking to murder. The individuals are sought by Homeland Security Investigations and Sonoran law enforcement. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. Border Patrol and Office of Field Operations) and the Mexican State of Sonora, as well as other federal, state, and local

Arizona Man Sentenced to 10.5 Years for Trafficking Fentanyl in Pocatello

Indira PatelMay 8, 20240

According to court records, in August 2022, BADGES Task Force officers received reliable information that Little and his co-defendant, Adrianne Anderson, 44, also of Phoenix, were distributing fentanyl in Pocatello. After a four-month-long investigation, Anderson and Little were stopped by BADGES Task Force officers after they returned to Idaho from Arizona. BADGES Task Force officers searched the vehicle and located approximately 287 fentanyl pills and a firearm. Another firearm was recovered during a search warrant at a storage unit rented by Little and Anderson. BADGES Task Force officers also intercepted a package that Little and Anderson sent through the U.S.

Operation Apollo Producing Results in Arizona

Dinesh PatelMay 3, 20240

NOGALES, Ariz.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Port of Nogales, made four separate weekend seizures of fentanyl and other illicit drugs totaling more than 400 pounds. On April 28, 2024, while conducting Operation Apollo, a 50-year-old Mexican male approached CBP officers assigned to the Mariposa Crossing. Officers referred the man for secondary inspection of his Ford truck and trailer. A physical inspection revealed more than 100 packages within the trailer, which were determined to be methamphetamine. On April 27, 2024, officers also working as part of Operation Apollo made a total of

Arizona Senate Sends Bill To Governor’s Desk Repealing Near-Total Abortion Ban

The Daily CallerMay 2, 20240

Arizona lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday repealing a law from the 1800s that outlaws nearly all abortions in the state, according to The New York Times. The state Supreme Court ruled in April that the law should be allowed to go into effect, meaning that performing an abortion would be punishable by a felony charge of up to five years in prison, with a limited exception to save the life of the mother. The state Senate narrowly passed a bill that would repeal the law entirely, and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected to sign it into law, according to

Arizona Man Convicted Of Operating A Jet Ski In A Negligent Manner At Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Indira PatelApril 30, 20240

United States Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts presided over the two-day bench trial. Bryce Tyrone Verhonich, 47, was found guilty of operating a vessel in a negligent manner, failing to wear a personal flotation device, and failing to attach an engine cut-off switch lanyard. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for August 5, 2024. LAS VEGAS – An Arizona resident was found guilty on Thursday for operating a jet ski in a negligent manner that resulted in the death of a passenger at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. United States Attorney Jason M. Frierson made the announcement. According to court

Arizona Lawmakers Pass Bill Repealing Near-Total Abortion Ban

The Daily CallerApril 25, 20240

Arizona Republicans joined Democrats Wednesday to pass a bill that would repeal a law from the 1800s that places a near-total ban on abortion, according to Axios. Lawmakers had attempted to pass the legislation two times prior this month after the state Supreme Court upheld the ban making it a felony offense to perform an abortion in Arizona, according to NBC News. On the third attempt, three Republicans joined with Democrats to narrowly pass the measure in a 32 to 28 vote and sent it over to the Republican-controlled state Senate, according to Axios. Republicans control the Arizona Senate with

Dems Smell Blood In The Water After Arizona Abortion Ruling. Republicans Are Scrambling To Respond

The Daily CallerApril 22, 20240

On April 9, the Arizona Supreme Court allowed an 1864 law to be enforced that effectively restricted abortion in all cases except when the life of the mother is in danger. The decision has supercharged the issue of abortion amid an already-contentious election year, forcing Republicans running in the battleground state to address not only the ruling, but the legal status of abortion itself. Conversations with strategists and campaigns reveal that many Republicans are acutely aware of the impact the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling could have on races up and down the ballot. However, there is no consensus on how

‘ACT IMMEDIATELY’: Trump Pressures Arizona Legislature To ‘Remedy’ Abortion Law

The Daily CallerApril 13, 20240

Former President Donald Trump pressured the Arizona legislature and governor Friday to reverse a Tuesday ruling by the state’s Supreme Court to uphold a centuries-old ban on most abortions. A four-justice majority of the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 law banning all abortions, except those needed to save the life of the mother, was enforceable, which Trump expressed opposition to on Wednesday. The former president directly called on the legislature and governor to move rapidly to “remedy” the ruling in a Friday Truth Social post, repeating the law goes “too far” in preventing abortions, and that he believes

Trump Opposes Arizona Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion, Won’t Sign Federal Abortion Ban

The Daily CallerApril 11, 20240

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he opposed a ruling by Arizona’s Supreme Court that banned most abortions in the state, and added that he would not sign a national abortion limit if presented to him as president. On Tuesday, a four-justice majority of the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that an 1864 law banning all abortions, except those necessary to protect the life of the mother, could be enforced. Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, on Wednesday indicated that he opposed the law and said that it’s likely to change. “Yeah, they did [go too far] and that’ll

Arizona Attorney General Says She Won’t Enforce State Supreme Court Ruling Banning Abortion

The Daily CallerApril 10, 20240

Democratic Attorney General Kristin Mayes of Arizona announced on Tuesday that she would not enforce a ruling from her state’s supreme court upholding an 1864 law that bans most abortions, according to a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a law criminalizing abortions, except in cases where necessary to save the mother’s life, may be enforced following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022, which ruled that there is no constitutional right to an abortion. Mayes, one of the named parties in the case,

Arizona Supreme Court Rules Near-Total Abortion Ban Can Go Into Effect

The Daily CallerApril 10, 20240

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a law from 1864 banning nearly all abortions can take effect in a landmark decision. The law makes abortions illegal and punishable by a felony charge of up to five years in prison for anyone who either performs the procedures or helps procure one, with a limited exception to save the life of the mother. Planned Parenthood challenged the law in court, but state Supreme Court justices ordered in a 4-2 decision that the law be allowed to take effect. “We conclude that [the law] does not create a right to, or otherwise

Last USS Arizona survivor of Pearl Harbor attack dies at 102

ReutersApril 1, 20240

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. Navy veteran Louis Conter, the last surviving crew member from the battleship USS Arizona, which was destroyed by Japanese warplanes in the attack on Pearl Harbor more than eight decades ago, has died at age 102. Conter, who flew bombing missions as a Navy pilot after Pearl Harbor, succumbed to congestive heart failure on Monday at his home in Grass Valley, California, in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada, his daughter Louann Daley said. Conter was a young sailor standing watch on the quarterdeck of the Arizona when Japanese bombers swarmed

CBP Intercepts 27 Smuggled Amazon Parrots at the Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry

Dinesh PatelMarch 19, 20240

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists at the Area Port of Nogales have made a significant seizure of protected birds. Port personnel inspected a passenger vehicle where they discovered 27 Amazon parrots being smuggled into the U.S. through the Mariposa Crossing. These birds are protected by (CITES) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. In total, two (2) lilac-crowned Amazon parrots (Amazona finschi, CITES I) and (25) white-fronted Amazon parrots (Amazona albifrons, CITES II) were concealed inside a crate, covered by a dark cloth in the passenger

Man Sentenced for Sending Bomb Threat to Arizona State Election Official

Indira PatelMarch 13, 20240

A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to three years and six months in prison for sending a communication containing a bomb threat to an election official in the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. “Those using illegal threats of violence to intimidate election workers should know that the Justice Department will find you and hold you accountable under the law,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “The defendant in this case will spend the next three years and six months in federal prison for threatening an Arizona election official. We will continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute such unlawful threats of

Arizona Man Pleads Guilty to Abusive Sexual Contact of Child in Indian Country

Indira PatelMarch 13, 20240

ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Darwin Chee pleaded guilty in federal court to abusive sexual contact. Chee, 53, of Red Valley, Arizona, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not yet been scheduled. A federal grand jury indicted Chee on Nov. 23, 2022. According to publicly available court records, on Dec. 30, 2021, Chee sexually assaulted 15-year-old Jane Doe at a residence located within the exterior

‘I Would Love To See The Monument Go Away’: Rancher Suing Biden Over Arizona Land Grab Sounds Off

The Daily CallerFebruary 20, 20240

‘I Would Love To See The Monument Go Away’: Rancher Suing Biden Over Arizona Land Grab Sounds Off Harold Hutchison on February 19, 2024 A rancher, who is suing President Joe Biden over the creation of a national monument in Arizona blocking the use of nearly 1 million acres for mining and other uses, told the Daily Caller News Foundation he wants to see it “go away.” President Joe Biden created the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in August 2023, hailing it as a step forward in the effort to “protect tribal

Four dead in Arizona hot air balloon crash

ReutersJanuary 15, 20240

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Four people including the pilot died and another person was critically injured when their hot air balloon crashed into the Arizona desert on Sunday after eight skydivers had successfully jumped out of the basket, investigators said. The Kubicek BB 85 Z balloon went down on Sunday in Eloy, about 65 miles (100 km) southeast of Phoenix, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement on Monday. The cause remained under investigation. “The balloon impacted desert terrain following an unspecified problem with its envelope,” the NTSB said, referring to the outer bag of the

Statement from CBP on Resumption of Field Operations in Arizona, California, and Texas

US Border PatrolJanuary 3, 20240

WASHINGTON — “Beginning Jan. 4, 2024, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Field Operations will resume operations at the following locations: In Eagle Pass, Texas, vehicular processing will resume at Eagle Pass International Bridge 1 at 7 a.m. local time. In San Diego, California, San Ysidro’s Pedestrian West operations will resume at 6 a.m. local time. In Lukeville, Arizona, the Lukeville Port of Entry operations will resume at 6 a.m. local time. In Nogales, Arizona, the Morely Gate border crossing operations will resume at 10 a.m. local time. “CBP will continue to prioritize our border security mission as necessary in

Arizona Man Sought in Animal Cruelty Case Involving 2-Month-Old Puppy

Local News ReportDecember 22, 20230

ARIZONA – Maricopa County authorities are seeking public assistance in locating Lester Paul Richmond, 36, indicted on a felony charge of animal cruelty. Richmond is accused of torturing and killing a 2-month-old puppy, whose body was found with its mouth taped shut and a cord around its neck in an alley earlier this year. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced the indictment, stating Richmond faces a class five felony, the highest level of punishment for animal abuse under Arizona law. This charge can carry a maximum sentence of up to two years and six months in state prison. Richmond and

Arizona governor, a Democrat, orders National Guard to the border

ReutersDecember 15, 20230

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs on Friday ordered National Guard troops to the border with Mexico, saying the U.S. federal government’s recent decision to close a legal port of entry in her state “has led to an unmitigated humanitarian crisis.” It was a notable rebuke of President Joe Biden by a fellow Democrat as border security is shaping up to be a major issue in the 2024 presidential campaign, with Biden seeking re-election next November. “Yet again, the federal government is refusing to do its job to secure our border and keep our communities safe,” Hobbs

Arizona Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Sexual Abuse

Indira PatelDecember 8, 20230

ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Wade Platero was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Platero, 27, of Cove, Arizona, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pled guilty to abusive sexual contact on Jan. 19, 2023. According to court records, on Dec. 28, 2021, officers from the Navajo Police Department responded to a domestic violence call at a residence in Cove, Arizona. Subsequently, one of the parties accused Platero of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old

Arizona Man Charged with Defrauding Local Physician Out of $207,000

Indira PatelDecember 5, 20230

PHOENIX, Ariz. – A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned an indictment against Jeremie Sowerby, 45, of Fountain Hills, Arizona, on November 14, 2023, for wire fraud and transactional money laundering. The indictment alleges that Sowerby scammed a victim-investor, an Arizona physician, out of $207,000 under the guise of a purported risk-free investment opportunity called “Justice Capital.” Sowerby convinced the victim to invest in what he claimed to be an exclusive hedge fund investment opportunity that supposedly used a “bot” algorithm to invest in a product tied to the stock market. Sowerby claimed that the investment and its guaranteed rates

Arizona Woman Is Sentenced To Prison For Defrauding Medicaid Programs In Two States

Indira PatelDecember 5, 20230

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An Arizona woman was sentenced to prison today for participating in a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid programs in North Carolina and Georgia of more than $3.7 million, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced Bree’Anna Harris, 32, of Phoenix, Arizona, to 36 months in prison and two years of supervised release and ordered the defendant to pay $3,971,649 in restitution. U.S. Attorney King is joined in making today’s announcement by Ryan K. Buchanan, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Robert M.