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Prosecutor: Judge accused of sex abuse won’t face charges
Prosecutors will not file charges against an Arizona judge accused of sexually abusing a girl from when she was 13 until she reached adulthood.
 
Prosecutors mull retrial for Border Patrol agent
Prosecutors are evaluating whether to pursue a retrial for a U.S. Border Patrol agent on manslaughter charges after an Arizona jury deadlocked on the lesser counts. A mistrial was declared Monday in the case of Agent Lonnie Swartz.
 
Feds: Backpage.com made $500M from prostitution-related ads
The owners of the classified advertising site Backpage.com, who have already beaten some state charges in a separate California case, are charged in a new federal indictment with ignoring warnings to stop running advertisements promoting prostitution.
 
Prosecutors: Backpage.com made millions in prostitution ads
Federal prosecutors say the classified advertising site Backpage.com ignored warnings to stop running advertisements promoting prostitution, sometimes involving children, because the lucrative enterprise brought in half a billion dollars.
 
Senator’s son to seek new civil trial against Joe Arpaio
Arizona U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake’s son will seek a new civil trial against former Sheriff Joe Arpaio for bringing a criminal case against him in the heat-exhaustion deaths of 21 dogs. Austin Flake lost a lawsuit against Arpaio in December.
 
Prisons chief corrects testimony from his contempt hearing
Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan has corrected his testimony from a hearing over whether he should be found in contempt of court for failing to adequately improve health care for prisoners.
 
Experts: Uber self-driving system should have spotted woman
Authorities investigating a deadly self-driving vehicle crash in suburban Phoenix released video of the Uber SUV striking a pedestrian as she walked from a darkened area onto a street.
 
Arizona could face fines in lawsuit over prison health care
A court hearing this week will focus on whether Arizona will be fined for falling short in improving health care for its prisoners.
 
Lobbyist seeks to cut allegations from bribery indictment
A lobbyist is asking a judge to delete several allegations in an indictment that accuses him of serving as a middle man in a scheme to bribe an Arizona utility regulator on behalf of a water company owner.
 
Man accused in 9 killings had discipline problems in prison
A convicted felon accused in nine shooting deaths in metro Phoenix late last year had a lengthy disciplinary record while he served a prison sentence in Arizona for a manslaughter conviction.
 
Officer says passer-by who killed attacker saved his life
An Arizona trooper who was shot and beaten last year by a Mexican man he was trying to help after a car crash says a passing driver saved his life by killing the man.
 
Lawsuit filed over man’s death in struggle with Phoenix cops
A lawsuit has been filed against the city of Phoenix in the death of a man during a struggle with police officers outside a community center.
 
Ex-Arizona police officer acquitted in fatal hotel shooting
A former Arizona police officer has been acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man nearly two years ago at a hotel in a Phoenix suburb.
 
Prosecutors to seek death penalty in Phoenix serial killings
Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a former city bus driver charged in a string of deadly nighttime shootings in Phoenix.
 
Arpaio hits snag in bid to remove conviction from record
Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio has hit a snag in his bid to have his now-pardoned criminal conviction erased from his record.
 
34 juvenile lifers in Arizona can seek new sentences
Thirty-four men serving life sentences in Arizona for killings committed when they were juveniles can now argue they should one day be freed from prison. The door for new sentences was opened after the U.S.
 
Lawyers make last pitches in trial of ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Prosecutors and defense attorneys have made their final pitches to a judge who will decide whether to convict Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio on contempt-of-court charges.
 
Workers start dismantling jail tent complex in Phoenix
Crews have started to dismantle some of the tents in a controversial outdoor jail complex in Phoenix that’s in the process of being closed by the metro area’s new sheriff.
 
Arizona sheriff to shut down famed Tent City jails complex
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone says he’s shutting down a complex of jail tents that helped make his predecessor Joe Arpaio a national law enforcement figure.
 
Arizona lawsuit: 2 cops made woman take DUI test half-naked
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Phoenix suburb of Avondale and two of its police officers, claiming they made her take a sobriety test along a road while she was naked from the waist down.
 
Sheriff Joe Arpaio closes probe of Obama birth certificate
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has closed an investigation he started five years ago into President Barack Obama’s birth certificate.
 
Tent jails, pink undies: Odd choices for New Arizona sheriff
The newly elected sheriff of metro Phoenix faces steep challenges as he takes over an agency that Joe Arpaio ran for more than two decades with his unusual and contentious practices.
 
Voters oust Sheriff Joe Arpaio after charge clouds campaign
An Arizona sheriff who became a national political figure by cracking down on illegal immigration and jailing inmates in tents has lost after 24 years in office.
 
Trial is expected to reveal polygamous towns’ inner workings
The government also says police failed to investigate crimes against nonbelievers. For example, officers refused to act on nonbelievers’ trespassing complaints against sect members, the lawsuit says.
 
Police say father meant to drive family into Arizona lake
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Sheriff starts testimony at his contempt-of-court hearing
Sheriff Joe Arpaio was questioned for 30 minutes about violations that could expose him to civil fines and possibly a criminal contempt case. The hearings are examining how Arpaio’s office let its officers conduct immigration patrols for 18 months after the judge ordered them stopped.
 
Critics: Immigration law aimed to protect Arpaio’s patrols
Lawyers challenging the law say it was aimed at protecting the contentious immigration crackdowns carried out by Arpaio. They cite emails involving the architect of the bill, Kris Kobach, then an adviser to the sheriff, and the bill’s legislative sponsor, then-Sen. Russell Pearce.
 
Lawyer: Jury at impasse in Arias case; judge says keep going
Arias, now 34, was convicted of first-degree murder in 2013 after a lengthy trial that became a sensation with its tawdry revelations about her relationship with victim Travis Alexander. That jury deadlocked on her punishment.
 
Latinos say cash goes missing in Arizona arrests
Deputy Charley Armendariz found that the driver and another passenger had a small amount of pot and spotted nearly $5,000 in the glove box.
 
In surprise, gay marriage now legal in Arizona
It was a sharp turn. Less than a year ago, Arizona was ground zero in the clash over gay rights after the overwhelmingly Republican state Legislature passed a measure that would have allowed businesses to deny service to gays and lesbians.
 
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