http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/crime crime news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/traffic_report/radar-van-locations-traffic-incidents-todays-gas-prices/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/traffic_report/radar-van-locations-traffic-incidents-todays-gas-prices/ 07:23:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Data for the informed commuter. 2012-02-04T07:23:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_naco_drug_arrests/12-arrested-alleged-drug-smuggling-ring/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_naco_drug_arrests/12-arrested-alleged-drug-smuggling-ring/ 00:19:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Twelve people were arrested after being charged with participating in a drug-trafficking organization that allegedly smuggled as much as $15 million in marijuana and cocaine into the country over the past year. 2012-02-04T00:19:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_supreme_court_1070/supreme-court-hear-sb-1070-case-april/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_supreme_court_1070/supreme-court-hear-sb-1070-case-april/ 21:15:00Z Dylan Smith The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, SB 1070, on April 25. The justices will hear an appeal by the state of an appeal’s court ruling that upheld an injunction blocking much of the law. 2012-02-03T21:15:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020312_mex_juarez_police/juarez-police-officers-hiding-after-cartel-threat/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020312_mex_juarez_police/juarez-police-officers-hiding-after-cartel-threat/ 19:33:00Z Simeon Tegel Even by Ciudad Juarez’s grim standards, a threat from a Mexican drug cartel to kill an officer a day until the city’s police chief steps down is being seen as an unusually terrifying escalation in the violence. 2012-02-03T19:33:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-3-years-being-us-illegally/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_borderpatrol_sentence/man-gets-3-years-being-us-illegally/ 18:46:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 27-year-old Guatemalan man was sentenced to more than three years in jail for illegal re-entry of felon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday. 2012-02-03T18:46:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_occupy_tucson/occupy-tucson-sets-up-camp-deanza-park/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020312_occupy_tucson/occupy-tucson-sets-up-camp-deanza-park/ 14:13:00Z Dylan Smith Occupy Tucson members set up tents at DeAnza Park, just north of downtown, Thursday night. Tucson now has the longest-running uninterrupted anti-corporate protest in the nation, an organizer said. 2012-02-03T14:13:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_holder_fast_furious/holder-accused-obstructing-fast-furious-probe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_holder_fast_furious/holder-accused-obstructing-fast-furious-probe/ 02:22:00Z Victoria Pelham House members accused Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday of stonewalling their probe of Operation Fast and Furious, and threatened him with contempt unless the Justice Department hands over thousands more documents. 2012-02-03T02:22:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_loughner/loughner-still-incompetent-trial-hearing-set/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_loughner/loughner-still-incompetent-trial-hearing-set/ 01:26:00Z Dylan Smith A psychologist says accused Jan. 8 gunman Jared Loughner is still incompetent to stand trial. While Loughner’s mental state is improving, he should remain in a prison hospital for another four months, she said. His attorneys agreed. 2012-02-03T01:26:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_kids_truck_beds/bill-ban-children-from-truck-beds-resurfaces/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_kids_truck_beds/bill-ban-children-from-truck-beds-resurfaces/ 00:12:00Z Sara Smith While attempts to bar minors from riding unrestrained in pickup truck beds have failed for years at the Legislature, state leaders have three new reasons to act: Three teenagers killed in recent months after being thrown for pickups, a lawmaker said. 2012-02-03T00:12:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_coyote_guilty/coyote-found-guilty-human-smuggling/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_coyote_guilty/coyote-found-guilty-human-smuggling/ 23:25:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 26-year-old Mexican man was found guilty of human smuggling Wednesday for bringing a group of illegal immigrants across the border in November. 2012-02-02T23:25:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/police_scanners/police-fire-scanners/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/police_scanners/police-fire-scanners/ 23:17:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Monitor local police and fire department radio traffic on our scanner page. 2012-02-02T23:17:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_borderpatrol_drugs/bp-agents-seize-680000-pot-heroin/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_borderpatrol_drugs/bp-agents-seize-680000-pot-heroin/ 22:03:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly $680,000 worth of heroin and marijuana in separate incidents Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said. 2012-02-02T22:03:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_buckmaster/buckmaster-irs-cracks-down-identity-theft-tax-fraud/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020212_buckmaster/buckmaster-irs-cracks-down-identity-theft-tax-fraud/ 21:09:00Z Buckmaster Show Today on Buckmaster - We kick off the show with Democratic Candidate for US Senate Don Bivens. Then, we talk about the IRS crackdown on identity theft with Brian Watson, Special Agent with the Department of the Treasury. Also, Marana Mayor Ed Honea on his town’s new one-stop business center. Plus, attorney Don Loose has an update on the state’s medical marijuana law. 2012-02-02T21:09:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/roadhazards/report-road-hazards-graffiti-other-issues/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/roadhazards/report-road-hazards-graffiti-other-issues/ 21:05:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Is your drive home less than smooth? Use our mapping tool from SeeClickFix to report everything from potholes and graffiti to broken streetlights and overgrown weeds and keep watch over your neighborhood 2012-02-02T21:05:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_ua_campus_guns/ua-president-guns-will-do-nothing-make-our-campus-safer/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_ua_campus_guns/ua-president-guns-will-do-nothing-make-our-campus-safer/ 17:35:00Z Eugene G. Sander I have been a gun owner for all my adult life, and am fully supportive of the right to own a gun. However, having faculty, staff or students bringing weapons into classrooms and other campus activities will do nothing to make our campus safer. 2012-02-02T17:35:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_victim_advocates/pima-county-attorney-seeks-victim-advocates/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_victim_advocates/pima-county-attorney-seeks-victim-advocates/ 03:26:00Z Mariana Dale The Pima County Attorney is looking for volunteer advocates to aid victims of violent crime. Information sessions begin Feb. 16. 2012-02-02T03:26:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_bank_robbery/suspect-sought-bank-robbery/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_bank_robbery/suspect-sought-bank-robbery/ 21:17:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Pima County Sheriff’s deputies are looking for the man who robbed a Chase Bank on Tucson’s north side on Tuesday. 2012-02-01T21:17:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_xrays/drive-by-x-rays-security-screeners-expanding-radiation-use/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020112_xrays/drive-by-x-rays-security-screeners-expanding-radiation-use/ 20:49:00Z Michael Grabell U.S. law enforcement agencies are exposing people to radiation in more settings and in increasing doses to screen for explosives, weapons and drugs. In addition to the controversial airport body scanners,  X-ray devices have proliferated in prisons, on the streets of New York and at our borders. 2012-02-01T20:49:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_gun_walkers/report-officials-allowed-gun-walking-years-az/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/020112_gun_walkers/report-officials-allowed-gun-walking-years-az/ 08:26:00Z Dustin Volz Operation Fast and Furious was the fourth “gun–walking” investigation run by the ATF in the Phoenix area, according to a congressional report released Tuesday. The four operations began in 2006 and let roughly 2,800 firearms walk into the hands of drug cartels and other criminals. 2012-02-01T08:26:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_occupy_mexico/occupy-mexico-how-end-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_occupy_mexico/occupy-mexico-how-end-drug-war/ 00:35:00Z Nathanial Parish Flannery Mexico’s Occupy protesters, who focus on poverty and workers’ rights, have failed to win many followers. The movement has been entirely ignored by Mexico’s mainstream politicians. And most Mexicans are more concerned with an end to drug violence. 2012-02-01T00:35:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_chase_sentence/woman-gets-15-months-prison-high-speed-chase/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_chase_sentence/woman-gets-15-months-prison-high-speed-chase/ 23:39:00Z Janet Rose Jackman A 30-year-old Green Valley woman was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for an August high-speed chase involving the Border Patrol. 2012-01-31T23:39:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_booster_seats/statehouse-sees-new-effort-require-booster-seats-kids/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_booster_seats/statehouse-sees-new-effort-require-booster-seats-kids/ 19:17:00Z Jordan Moon Arizona is one of three states that don’t require booster seats after children graduate from car seats, but a Republican lawmaker said she’s determined to change that despite years of failed attempts at the Legislature. 2012-01-31T19:17:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_sb1070_repeal/az-senate-judiciary-chairman-wont-take-up-bill-repeal-sb-1070/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_sb1070_repeal/az-senate-judiciary-chairman-wont-take-up-bill-repeal-sb-1070/ 19:06:00Z Ivy Morris Calling the measure a “political ploy” and contrary to the wishes of most Arizonans, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday he won’t hear a Democratic senator’s bill to repeal SB 1070. 2012-01-31T19:06:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_napolitano_border/napolitano-touts-border-crackdown-urges-dream-act-support/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013112_napolitano_border/napolitano-touts-border-crackdown-urges-dream-act-support/ 18:49:00Z Dustin Volz Calling the nation’s immigration laws “sorely outdated and in need of revision,” Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano pressed Monday for passage of the DREAM Act, saying it is the most-urgently needed change to immigration policy. 2012-01-31T18:49:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_borderpatrol_pot/more-than-ton-pot-found-with-stolen-suv/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013112_borderpatrol_pot/more-than-ton-pot-found-with-stolen-suv/ 18:40:00Z Janet Rose Jackman Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents found more than a ton of pot and a stolen SUV on Saturday after receiving a tip from an off-duty agent. 2012-01-31T18:40:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_mex_ambassador/mexican-ambassador-kidnapped-released-venezuela/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_mex_ambassador/mexican-ambassador-kidnapped-released-venezuela/ 22:00:00Z Girish Gupta The quick kidnap and release of Mexico’s ambassador to Venezuela Sunday night highlights the country’s issues with security. Caracas is often listed amongst the most dangerous cities in the world, ranked alongside war zones. 2012-01-30T22:00:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_nuclear_risks/loophole-nuclear-bill-may-create-risk-terrorist-bomb/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/013012_nuclear_risks/loophole-nuclear-bill-may-create-risk-terrorist-bomb/ 21:31:00Z Aaron Mehta Nuclear experts have told Congress that a loophole in a bill meant to limit the use of bomb-grade uranium in medical isotopes could undo years of work to curb the risk of a terrorist nuclear bomb. 2012-01-30T21:31:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013012_bbb_taxes/bbb-watch-out-tax-preparation-scams/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/013012_bbb_taxes/bbb-watch-out-tax-preparation-scams/ 19:30:00Z Nick LaFleur Consumers expecting a tax refund might be looking forward to filing their taxes early this year, but the Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona warns to be cautious of tax preparers who claim they can get larger refunds than their competitors. 2012-01-30T19:30:16+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013012_insurance_reform/important-reforms-dont-always-require-grand-vision/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013012_insurance_reform/important-reforms-dont-always-require-grand-vision/ 17:45:00Z Nick Dranias Sometimes important regulatory and tort reforms come in small packages. 2012-01-30T17:45:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012912_hssa_bait_dog/overcoming-odds-pit-bull-pup-finds-home/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/012912_hssa_bait_dog/overcoming-odds-pit-bull-pup-finds-home/ 21:25:00Z Rachel Cabakoff Gleason, an 8-month-old pit bull mix, bears the scars of his days spent as a bait dog for fighting, but the trusting and docile pup is ready for a brighter future in a loving home. 2012-01-29T21:25:49+00:00