Law & Order
Man given life sentence for role in deadly crash
Adan Pineda-Doval, 22, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison by U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee for his role in an accident near Yuma that resulted in the deaths of 10 illegal immigrants. Pineda-Doval was transporting...
High risk search warrant closes Ave. A, Kofa H.S.
Kofa High School was locked down Thursday morning as a precautionary measure while Yuma police served a high-risk search warrant at the nearby residence of a suspect in a recent shooting. According to the Yuma Police Department spokesman Clint Norred,...
YCSO seeks public help catching illegal dumper
An illegal dump of construction debris took place Wednesday afternoon at Avenue 6E and the levee road. And the Yuma County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding out who did it. According to a news release, YCSO has a few details...
Man arrested in pot-smuggling attempt
A 30-year-old man was arrested at the San Luis port of entry Wednesday after officers found more than 235 pounds of marijuana in a van, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. A narcotics detector dog detected the presence of drugs in a van...
Sex offender back in custody
A man convicted of attempted sexual assault is back in custody after being arrested for failure to register as a sex offender living in Yuma. Raymond R. Powells, 40, was arrested at a home at 267 S. 15th Ave. by Yuma County sheriff's deputies responding...
Tucson family ID'd as I-8 accident victims
A Tucson-area family was identified as the victims of a vehicle rollover Wednesday in which one person was killed and five were injured on Interstate 8 near milepost 73. Scott Kennedy, 42, a front-seat passenger of the Ford Windstar van driven by his...
Fallen Yuma-area law enforcement officers honored
Over the past year, two Yuma-area law enforcement officers lost their lives in the line of duty. One was Winterhaven-based California Highway Patrol Officer Robert F. Dickey, killed in a traffic accident, and the other was Yuma sector Border Patrol Agent...
1 killed, 6 others injured in I-8 rollover Wednesday
One person was killed and six others were injured Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 8 in eastern Yuma County. According to Harold A. Sanders, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the accident occurred in the...
Fallen Winterhaven CHP officer being honored
A Winterhaven officer will be among more than 200 fallen California Highway Patrol officers to be honored at a memorial ceremony on Thursday at the CHP Academy in Sacramento. Officer Robert F. Dickey, who was killed in an automobile accident while on...
YCSO looking for sex offender
A sex offender has neglected to keep authorities informed of his residence, according to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office. Eddie Lee Cole, 34, was first convicted of sexual conduct with a minor in 1998 in Pima County, according to a YCSO press release....
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