Law & Order

Most Wanted 6-17-13

FROM STAFF REPORTS

As a public service, the Yuma Sun is publishing the names and photographs of the following people sought by the Yuma County Adult Probation Department or the U.S. Marshals Service as probation absconders. If you have information that would lead to... Full story

Two witnesses take stand in Bustamante murder trial

BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert

Testimony began Wednesday in the first-degree murder case against Manuel Bustamante, with the first two witnesses taking the stand to testify about how they had been involved in selling drugs. In his opening statements, prosecutor John Tate told jur... Full story

Two sought in Sunday brawl at confluence

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - @YS_CMCDANIEL

Sheriff's deputies are searching for two men in connection with the Sunday brawl at the confluence of the Colorado and Gila rivers in which five people were stabbed.They are Matthew “Sapo” Jimenez, 26, and Jesse Ramirez, 25.Jimenez is 5 f... Full story

Neighborhood loses power after car crashes into power pole

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - @YS_CMCDANIEL

Residents of a Yuma neighborhood lost electricity for about three hours Wednesday after a car smashed into a power pole on 5th Street near Avenue C. There were no injuries reported. According to the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office, at about 11:15... Full story

Woman found in parked car identified

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - @YS_CMCDANIEL

Updated 5 p.m. Wednesday - The woman found dead Tuesday inside a vehicle in the parking lot of an area grocery store has been identified by Yuma police. The woman was 39-year-old Yadhira Monjardin. The cause of her death has not been released to the... Full story

Jury selection begins in baseball bat death

BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert

Jury selection began Tuesday in the first-degree murder case against Manuel Bustamante, who is charged in connection to an April 18, 2012, murder in what turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.In all, 160 potential jurors were summoned to the Y... Full story

Woman's body found in parked car

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - @YS_CMCDANIEL

Detectives with the Yuma Police Department are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found Tuesday evening inside a vehicle parked at an area grocery store. According to YPD, at about 6:20 p.m., officers were dispatched to the ... Full story

Teen who brought unloaded gun to school gets jail time

BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert

Jacob David Allen, the 18-year-old who brought an unloaded gun onto a school campus, has been sentenced to six months in jail, with five months and 10 days suspended, three years of unsupervised probation and ordered to undergo a behavioral counselin... Full story

Police, family seek missing local teen

Not heard from in over 4 months

BY CHRIS McDANIEL - @YS_CMCDANIEL

The Yuma Police Department is searching for a local teen who hasn’t been in contact with her family for more than four months. Emily Lynn Hieber, 19, is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs about 130 pounds and has a light complexion, light brown hair... Full story

Five hurt during fight at confluence

BY JAMES GILBERT @YSJamesGilbert

Deputies from the Yuma County Sheriff's Office responded to a disturbance at the confluence of the Gila and Colorado rivers Sunday evening in which five people were wounded.According to Alfonso Zavala, a YCSO public information officer, at about 7:23... Full story

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