Joshua Briese, who had been with the department for less than a year and was still in field training, died after responding to a disturbance call early Saturday.
The Arizona Supreme Court and the state bar association are grappling with how to apply professional standards of conduct, as a rise in sanctions and disciplinary scrutiny is prompting debate about exactly when lawyers who bring election challenges are crossing the line.
At a hearing Wednesday, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors waived attorney-client privilege to allow County Attorney Kent Volkmer to publicly refute allegations made against himself and County Recorder Dana Lewis.And supervisors scoffed at one of their colleagues’ threat of legal action against Lewis, the county’s top election official.
A Maricopa woman was sentenced today to 26 years in prison for killing a woman and seriously injuring another man in a high-speed three-vehicle crash in November 2022.Pinal County Superior Court Judge Danielle Harris sentenced Chelsea Edwards, 20, to the lengthy term in Arizona Department of Corrections.