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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A former FBI agent gave Arizona’s Family new insight into the growing trend of train heists in northern Arizona. “Train robberies have been around as long as there’s been trains. Criminals are always going to look for something to make money for them by violating the law. This just happens to be…
1. Warning: This post mentions human trafficking, child abuse, and child sexual assault. Private investigators have an incredibly unique job where they exist in a gray zone in which they exist as civilians but act like detectives. In TV and movies, P.I.s are sly . They move through the shadows to gain intel, whether investigating…
Texas has executed Sandoval Mendoza , a rapist and killer described by one prosecutor as one of the most “violent, sadistic men” he’d ever encountered.” Mendoza, 40, was executed by lethal injection for the murder of 20-year-old Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson on March 18, 2004, in Farmersville, Texas, just northeast of Dallas. Mendoza is the third inmate…
YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Jose Sanchez, who lives in Yuma, is sounding the alarm after he said he was stopped by Mexican National Guard troops at the Mexico-Arizona border crossing for playing loud music. He said he was asked to get down from his car so they could inspect it while in line at the…
YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Jose Sanchez, who lives in Yuma, is sounding the alarm after he said he was stopped by Mexican National Guard troops at the Mexico-Arizona border crossing for playing loud music. He said he was asked to get down from his car so they could inspect it while in line at the…
A recent immigration enforcement action at a dairy farm in northern Vermont has led to the detention of eight migrant farmworkers, drawing a complex array of emotions throughout the state. On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained eight workers at Pleasant Valley Farms in Berkshire, a family-run dairy farm owned by the family of…
VIOLA, Ark. – Arkansas State Police said a Viola man is facing multiple charges for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material. State police said agents with the Arkansas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, state troopers and Fulton County deputies executed a search warrant at a home in Viola around 6 a.m. after a cybertip…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/KARK) – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced a new financial fraud task force to combat attempts to steal consumers’ money. According to content partner KARK, the group will take a new approach to fighting fraud and tackle common scams that trick people into sending money, such as overdue toll fees, jury…
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – ALL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE CADDO PARISH DA’s OFFICE: A Shreveport man convicted earlier this month of firing a sawed-off shotgun at an SUV and gravely injuring a 2-year-old was sentenced to the maximum prison term, 40 years at hard labor with credit for time served. Robert Whitaker, 24, was…
Over two weeks ago 69-year-old Jose Luis Martinez disappeared while he was being cared for at Heavenly Hands Adult Day Center. His family says they have been searching for him every day since. Caption: KABB “We just don’t know where to search anymore,” Nelida Acevedo said. “I’ve risked myself walking through wooded areas full of…