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Arizona
May 24, 2005 12:58:01 GMT -5
Post by Sher on May 24, 2005 12:58:01 GMT -5
TUCSON, Arizona -- The sudden rise in temperatures led to a rash of deaths among illegal immigrants over the weekend in the Arizona desert, with 12 people reported dead between Friday and yesterday. Scores more were saved in nearly 50 rescue operations, said U.S. Border Patrol spokesmen.
The deaths were scattered along Arizona's border with Mexico. Five of the bodies were were found west of Tucson.
Dozens of rescues, involving about 40 people in all, were conducted by Border Patrol search and rescue agents in the busiest three-day period ever for the Yuma office of the agency, said search-and-rescue supervisor Dan Sprick.
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Arizona
Jun 14, 2005 15:46:43 GMT -5
Post by Sher on Jun 14, 2005 15:46:43 GMT -5
Dozens found inside horse trailer 01:22 PM Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, June 14, 2005
By Claudia Rivero / 3TV reporter
Claudia Rivero reports
At least 70 people, including a 4-month-old baby, were found living inside a horse trailer in a south central Phoenix neighborhood Tuesday morning.
The discovery was made by a Phoenix police officer performing a routine patrol of an alley in the neighborhood near 14th and Polk streets.
The officer, who was not identified, said he spotted a man fleeing from the property along with the horse trailer parked in the back of the property. The officer said he heard an unusual amount of noise coming from the trailer and decided to inspect the situation.
Inside, he reportedly found 72 undocumented immigrants who said they had been traveling for approximately two days. The men, women and children hadn't apparently eaten for two days and hadn't had much to drink.
Nobody was injured and nobody was transferred to the hospital.
The search is still on for the suspect seen fleeing from the property.
The undocumented immigrants were taken to the central immigration office for fingerprinting and identification purposes.
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Arizona
Jun 16, 2005 12:43:58 GMT -5
Post by Sher on Jun 16, 2005 12:43:58 GMT -5
YUMA, Arizona (AP) -- A Marine jet carrying four 500-pound bombs crashed into the backyard of a home during a training exercise, but the pilot ejected safely and only one person on the ground was slightly injured, authorities said.
Nearly 1,300 homes were evacuated Wednesday while a military explosives team dismantled the bombs at the crash site in Yuma, about 185 miles southwest of Phoenix. Most people were allowed to return home by late evening.
The Harrier jet was coming in for a landing at Marine Corps Air Station-Yuma when it crashed and burst into flames about a mile from the base, Marine Cpl. Michael Nease said.
"I was just sitting here. It was a low soaring sound. It got real low, it was like a rumbling, and I heard an explosion," said Marita Jane Wichman, who lives about four houses away from where the crash occurred.
The jet was carrying four 500-pound bombs and 300 rounds of 25-millimeter ammunition, none of which exploded. Two homes had some structural damage, Nease said.
One unidentified person suffered a minor arm laceration but apparently no one else was taken to the hospital as a result of the crash, authorities said.
The pilot, who was based out of Yuma and returning from a training mission, was "up walking around" after ejecting, Nease said. His name was not released.
The Marines were investigating the accident but had not determined a cause, Nease said.
Wichman and her 82-year-old mother-in-law refused to evacuate, even though they were urged to do so by authorities.
"Like I say, I'm 82. I'm ready to go. I don't want to leave my animals," O'Neill said. "My contention is if it was going to explode, it should've exploded on impact."
The AV-8B Harrier, a light attack aircraft that can take off and land like a helicopter, was the fourth such jet from the Yuma air station to crash in recent years. A Harrier crashed in Yuma on December 2 and another two crashed in December 2003. In each of the cases, the pilots ejected safely.
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Arizona
Sept 20, 2005 19:32:46 GMT -5
Post by Sher on Sept 20, 2005 19:32:46 GMT -5
Phoenix police say they have solved a serial rape case that has frightened women across the city for months. David B. Wilson Junior was caught after he parked right next to an undercover officer doing surveillance next to a sprawling north Phoenix housing complex where at least two of 12 rapes happened. Detective Jerri Hubert watched the 32-year-old get out of a truck and start sneaking around nearby condominiums. Lieutenant Frank Milstead says she called more officers to the area of Seventh Street and Greenway Parkway and a Phoenix police helicopter also was sent. Milstead said Wilson was caught in a condo backyard after a young woman called police. She had heard the helicopter, gone downstairs to lock her back door and came face to face with Wilson. She locked herself in a closet and called police, who caught him minutes later. Milstead said he is convinced the woman would have been Wilson's next victim. He said Wilson admitted raping 12 women in the past 14 months. He was booked on 14 counts of sexual assault, three counts of attempted sexual assault, 12 counts of kidnapping and 12 counts of burglary
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Arizona
Feb 24, 2006 1:07:01 GMT -5
Post by Sher on Feb 24, 2006 1:07:01 GMT -5
Ariz. Gunman Takes As Many As 9 Hostages
By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
PHOENIX - A man pulled a gun during a legal proceeding Thursday and took as many as nine people hostage in an office in a central Phoenix high-rise, authorities said.
Police Sgt. Andy Hill said the gunman and hostages were inside a hearing room in a National Labor Relations Board office on the building's 18th floor. The floors immediately above and below were evacuated.
"We are not aware that anyone has been hurt or that any shots have been fired," Hill said.
He said police had been in contact with the gunman, and that the man had been in touch with members of his family. Hill said authorities had successfully negotiated several things with the gunman, but he wouldn't elaborate.
Hostages' relatives and co-workers were at a nearby restaurant, a Fire Department spokesman said.
It was not immediately clear if the man was a participant in the labor proceeding — which an NLRB official called a "litigated trial" — or a bystander.
Cornele Overstreet, an NLRB regional director, told the local Fox TV affiliate that the gunman first "shouted out something" and grabbed a secretary as she was coming out of a bathroom.
Sioux Jeffrey, who works in another office on the same floor, said a man from the labor office came to her workplace "and told us to evacuate. 'There's a man with a gun.'"
Everyone quietly left and walked down the stairs, she said.
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Arizona
Feb 24, 2006 1:11:23 GMT -5
Post by Sher on Feb 24, 2006 1:11:23 GMT -5
Ariz. Gunman Takes As Many As 9 Hostages By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 8 minutes ago PHOENIX - A man pulled a gun during a legal proceeding Thursday and took as many as nine people hostage in an office in a central Phoenix high-rise, authorities said. Police Sgt. Andy Hill said the gunman and hostages were inside a hearing room in a National Labor Relations Board office on the building's 18th floor. The floors immediately above and below were evacuated. "We are not aware that anyone has been hurt or that any shots have been fired," Hill said. He said police had been in contact with the gunman, and that the man had been in touch with members of his family. Hill said authorities had successfully negotiated several things with the gunman, but he wouldn't elaborate. Hostages' relatives and co-workers were at a nearby restaurant, a Fire Department spokesman said. It was not immediately clear if the man was a participant in the labor proceeding — which an NLRB official called a "litigated trial" — or a bystander. Cornele Overstreet, an NLRB regional director, told the local Fox TV affiliate that the gunman first "shouted out something" and grabbed a secretary as she was coming out of a bathroom. Sioux Jeffrey, who works in another office on the same floor, said a man from the labor office came to her workplace "and told us to evacuate. 'There's a man with a gun.'" Everyone quietly left and walked down the stairs, she said. CNN) -- A man who had been holding as many as nine people hostage Thursday on the 18th floor of a building in downtown Phoenix surrendered peacefully, police said. "Everybody is all right, nobody was hurt," Sgt. Andy Hill told reporters. He identified the suspected hostage taker as George L. Curran, 42, of Arizona. The incident began about 3:30 p.m. (5:30 p.m. ET) when a man entered the offices of the National Labor Relations Board, grabbed a secretary and took her into a room where a hearing was being held, said Gordon Jorgensen, who retired last month from the board and had spoken with some of the NLRB employees. "The guy was apparently in our reception area and wanted to talk to someone and ... one of our secretaries walked by. He pulled a gun on her" and escorted her into the room, where a hearing was being held. One woman escaped early in the evening and a second woman was released about an hour before the man surrendered. Dozens of police and fire crews were on the scene, and authorities evacuated the building and sealed the area. The FBI was also involved, Hill said, because the office is on federal property.
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