Law & Order

City Report 11-22

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Yuma Police Department, Yuma Fire Department and Yuma Parks and Recreation Department respond each week to a variety of calls for service. Here's a by-the-numbers look at recent activity in Yuma.Yuma Fire Department For the week of Nov. 8-14,... Full story

Road Report 11-22

FROM STAFF REPORTS

ADOT 16th Street reconstruction The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is widening 16th Street between just east of Arizona Avenue and Yuma Palms Parkway/Sunridge Drive. The project is scheduled to take 10 months, with completion... Full story

Project Drive Safe on 1st Ave.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Starting Monday, officers with the Yuma Police Department will be focusing on 1st Avenue, as well as the 16th Street construction corridor, as part of their ongoing Project Drive Safe. Officers will be watching for speeders, as well as turning and... Full story

BP and Cocopah Nation host training conference

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

The U.S. Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector and the Cocopah Indian Nation co-sponsored a three-day national multi-agency gang awareness training conference earlier this week. Also co-sponsoring the annual Operation Safe Streets conference were the... Full story

Man killed in single-vehicle accident near Somerton

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

A single-vehicle accident near Somerton Thursday evening claimed the life of a man estimated to be in his mid-50s. According to Robby Rodriguez, spokesman for the Somerton/Cocopah Fire Department, the accident occurred at about 6:25 p.m. on Avenue... Full story

Pot, cash, illegal reportedly seized during warranat

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Arizona Department of Public Safety task force members served a search warrant in Yuma on Tuesday for narcotics and possible illegal aliens.During a search of the residence, 30 pounds of marijuana and over $5,000 in currency and various types of... Full story

I-8 car crash victims not from Yuma

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

None of the three people killed earlier this month when a pickup and semi-truck collided along Interstate 8 were from the Yuma area. The driver of the pickup has been identified as 67-year-old Gary L. Sharbono. His 38-year-old son, Christopher B.... Full story

Charges filed in 10-year sexual abuse case

BY JAMES GILBERT, SUN STAFF WRITER

A 28-count criminal complaint was filed against the Yuma man arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a female victim for 10 years.Jim Gaines, 51, of Yuma, has been charged with 19 counts of sexual conduct with a minor, eight counts of molestation of... Full story

'Undercover' robbery suspect charged

A Yuma man accused of posing as an undercover police officer to carry out an armed robbery has been charged with seven felonies.Esteban Duarte, 28, was charged with two felony counts of kidnapping, two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of... Full story

Man charged in false-officer robbery

BY STEPHANIE A. WILKEN, SUN STAFF WRITER

The Yuma Police Department has arrested one suspect in an armed robbery in which two men claimed to be undercover officers, said a police department spokesman.According to a news release from YPD, the armed robbery occurred just after noon Saturday... Full story

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