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James King – Phoenix New Times - Thu., Jun. 2 2011 at 1:41 PM
The suspect in this morning's shootings in Yuma has been identified as 73-year-old Carey Hal Dyess -- and he's dead.
Yuma police confirm earlier reports that after killing at least five people, Dyess killed himself.
Another victim was injured during the attack and airlifted to a Phoenix-area hospital, police say.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/06/yuma_shootings_suspect_73-year.php
After ABC15 investigation into MCSO, watchdog group calls for better oversight into crime reporting
Christina Boomer – abc15.com – June 2, 2011
PHOENIX - ABC15 showed you how Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office command staff said that a sergeant overseeing its Special Victims Unit ordered cases to be closed by exceptional means to lessen the unit’s case load.
MCSO said more than 400 sex crimes cases were re-opened after it was found they lacked “investigative effort”.
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_phoenix_metro/central_phoenix/after-abc15-investigation-into-mcso,-watchdog-group-calls-for-better-oversight-into-crime-reporting
PHOENIX -- Randall Craig was a prosecutor in the Maricopa County Attorney's Office under Rick Romley. Now, he has a practice in Scottsdale and is defending Mark Goudeau, the alleged Baseline Killer.
Before opening statements on Monday, Craig sat down for an interview with CBS 5. Here are some of the highlights.
http://www.kpho.com/news/28101993/detail.html
DNA, John Doe indictment
undoing of elusive ‘Rock Burglar’
‘In the end, it was
cutting-edge police technology used by my Fountain Hills detectives that led us
to this criminal’Linda Bentley – Sonoran News – June 1, 2011
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Robert James Neese, identified through DNA as the “Rock Burglar,” on the morning of May 27 in south Phoenix.
Neese has eluded law enforcement for over 17 years as he committed burglaries in affluent neighborhoods of Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Carefree and Fountain Hills.
He was dubbed the “Rock Burglar” because he would throw a large rock through a window to gain entry – often through a bathroom window, which was generally not hooked up to the alarm system.
http://www.sonorannews.com/archives/2011/110601/frontpage-burglar.html
National Guard slows the
withdrawal of soldiers from Arizona border
Howard Fischer, Capitol Media – Mesa Tribune -
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 4:39 pmThe National Guard is slowing the withdrawal of soldiers from the border to give more time for the Obama administration to convince Congress to extend the mission beyond the end of this month.
"We have been asked to pause the draw down as long as it is prudent to do so," said Rod Korba, spokesman for the National Guard Bureau in Washington.
"We have no information at this point that tells us we are extending the border mission," he told Capitol Media Services. "However, we know the Department of Homeland Security is trying to reappropriate money," moving it from one area of the agency's budget to another to keep the soldiers in place another three months.
http://eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/article_8e2c6104-8ca8-11e0-b4c8-001cc4c03286.html
A 30-year-old man Mesa man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of molesting two children, Scottsdale police said Thursday.
Scottsdale police arrested Daniel Lavern Stuart after receiving information about a sexual relationship with a minor.
On May 26, police received information that Stuart frequently spent the night in Scottsdale with the family of one of the minors, a girl, and was seen kissing her at their church the previous weekend, according to Scottsdale police.
The 14-year-old girl told an investigator the incidents had started when she was 6, police said. She also told police that Stuart had inappropriately touched another minor while the girl was sleeping over at her house.
Scottsdale police arrested Stuart as he was leaving his home in Mesa. He was being held in investigation of sexual conduct with a minor, child molestation and sexual abuse, police said.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2011/06/02/20110602Scottsdale-Child-Molestation-arrest-abrk.html
Court documents: DNA in
'Rock Burglar' case dates to 1994
Ofelia Madrid - The Arizona Republic - Jun. 2,
2011 10:18 AMInvestigators have DNA evidence linking a man suspected of being the Northeast Valley "Rock Burglar" to crimes dating to 1994, according to court documents.
Robert James Neese, 58, is being held on $1.8 million bond. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said last week Neese is being held on suspicion of being the "Rock Burglar," who got away with about $10 million in loot over a 17-year span by breaking into luxury homes in Paradise Valley, Scottsdale and other parts of the Northeast Valley.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2011/06/02/20110602rock-burglar-case-dna-link-dates-1994.html
New Peoria chief reviewing Police Department operations
Lisa Halverstadt - The Arizona Republic - Jun. 2, 2011 10:37 AM
Peoria Police Chief Roy Minter Jr. has been spotted nearly everywhere since he took the helm in March.
He's attended Chamber of Commerce gatherings, community meetings, business openings and Relay for Life.
There has been a similar approach at the police station: Lots of meetings, some over lunch, and some as early as 6:30 a.m.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/peoria/articles/2011/06/02/20110602peoria-police-chief-reviewing-department-operations.html
