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Posted Jun 28, 2022, 6:56 am
Tracy Abiaka
/Cronkite News
The Supreme Court decision Friday to eliminate a constitutional right to an abortion has “unleashed chaos” for abortion providers in Arizona, where there is little agreement on where the law stands now. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 7, 2022, 10:51 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County Attorney's Office has tapped veteran prosecutor Julia Kaiserman to lead an expanding unit dedicated to fighting fraud, officials announced Tuesday.... Read more»
Posted May 11, 2022, 9:14 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County officials are looking into claims that Constable Deborah Martinez forged signatures on her election nominating petitions and lied about where she was living, saying "there is a reason to believe felony offenses may have occurred."... Read more»
Posted Mar 9, 2022, 2:34 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Saying that her policy to reduce crowding and decrease COVID-19 risks at the jail was "undermined," Pima County Attorney Laura Conover will resume filing charges in minor drug cases, in order to direct people to treatment via court.... Read more»
Posted Feb 27, 2022, 7:33 pm
Joel Feinman
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
When a police officer kills someone in Arizona they benefit from a very special justice system, guided by unique laws and practices granted only to police. TPD fired Officer Ryan Remington after he shot a man 9 times in the back, but three months have passed and charges have yet to be filed against him.... Read more»
Posted Feb 8, 2022, 6:00 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Constables serving court orders on the owners of mobile homes should not forcibly enter to carry out an eviction, Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said, walking back advice about a shift in longstanding procedures provided last month. ... Read more»
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Posted Feb 2, 2022, 6:42 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Pima County Attorney's Office told constables they have a legal "responsibility" to remove tenants from mobile homes they own when evicted from rented lots, upending a long-standing policy recognized across the state.
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Posted Jan 18, 2022, 6:32 am
Kylie Cochrane
/Cronkite News
Native Americans are 1.8 times as likely as white Americans to be booked into a Pima County jail, which is why the county in 2016 started to address the drivers of its jail population with such solutions as pretrial behavioral-health diversion programs and warrant resolution. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 14, 2022, 4:25 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
After reviewing 115 incidents of local voters casting multiple ballots in the 2020 election, the Pima County Attorney's Office said Friday that the incidents were the result of "confusion" and did not warrant criminal charges.
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Updated Jan 5, 2022, 1:47 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A Tucson police officer who fatally shot a man in a wheelchair in the back in November has been fired after an internal review. Ryan Remington still faces a criminal investigation in the death of Richard Lee Richards.... Read more»
Posted Dec 19, 2021, 2:02 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
A stealth tax hike, an affordable housing plan and a "land declaration" that'll irritate the "U.S.A!" crowd are a part of a schmorgasbord of agenda items before the Tucson City Council and Pima County supervisors this week.... Read more»
Posted Dec 14, 2021, 2:38 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
With COVID-19 cases again spiking, Pima County Attorney Laura Conover announced Tuesday that she'll no longer be prosecuting many drug cases, to avoid potential exposures in the county jail. Cases that involve other felonies will still be brought, she said.... Read more»
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Posted Dec 10, 2021, 2:15 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County prosecutors will begin reviewing the fatal shooting of a man in a motorized wheelchair by a Tucson police officer two weeks ago, County Attorney Laura Conover said Friday. The officer faces potential criminal charges and is being fired by TPD.... Read more»
Updated Nov 30, 2021, 6:49 pm
Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.com
A Tucson police officer has been fired after he shot a man in a wheelchair at least nine times in the back Monday evening, killing him as the officer responded to a report of a theft of a toolbox. Officer Ryan Remington faces a criminal investigation.... Read more»
Updated Nov 24, 2021, 3:01 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County is moving ahead with a lawsuit against Tucson over an increase in water rates for customers who live outside the city limits, following a 3-2 vote by the Board of Supervisors.... Read more»
Posted Sep 29, 2021, 4:30 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Chris Straub, a top staffer for the Pima County Attorney's Office for more than 30 years, was found dead a few miles north of Sedona by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office. Straub had gone fly fishing in Oak Creek Canyon on Tuesday but did not return that night. ... Read more»