Man wanted in murder case arrested in AZ

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

Federal authorities say a California man wanted in an Alabama murder case has been arrested near the southern Arizona border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that 50-year-old Jose Manuel Martinez was taken into custody and turned over to San Luis police. They say Martinez is from Delano, Calif. CBP officers arrested Martinez on Friday after a records check showed that he ...

PHX school uses music to reach students

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

PHOENIX - A local high school has found a way to help some of their at-risk students through the power of music. Students at the Arizona Collegiate High School, some with problems ranging from attendance issues to being on probation, are using music to improve their lives. Photojournalist Chencho Flores went to a recent recital and brings us their ...

PCSO Car hits Valley school bus

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

SAN TAN VALLEY - A woman had to be extricated from her vehicle Monday after her SUV hit a school bus with 47 kids on board. According to Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Tammy Ingersoll, the accident happened around 4:10 p.m. near Quail Run and Belle Vista in San Tan Valley. Ingersoll said the school bus was carrying 4th, 5th and 6th graders from Magma Ranch K-8 school. Officials ...

VIDEO Funnel touches down in OK

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

OKLAHOMA CITY - A massive tornado tore through parts of Oklahoma Monday, leveling neighborhoods and leaving young children trapped inside their schools. Video footage from Moore, Okla. and Oklahoma City showed the funnel reaching the ground and later growing to a width of about one ...

Tempe PD names man killed by train

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

fatally struck by a train in Tempe. Tempe police say 27-year-old Shane Tsosie was the man killed when he was struck by a southbound Union Pacific train about 7:40 a.m. Sunday. Police say Tsosie was on the tracks near 10th and 11th streets when he was struck. It wasn't immediately clear Monday if Tsosie was a Tempe resident. The train conductor reported the collision to the police. Police ...

$1M in marijuana seized at border

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

NOGALES, AZ - A 44-year-old man was arrested Friday for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana into the United States. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Mariposa Commercial Facility used an x-ray scanner to discover the drugs, which were concealed in a shipment of 1,000 bags of charcoal. The marijuana was valued at just more than $1 million, ...

Border patrol seizes $1M in drugs

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

YUMA, AZ - Border patrol agents in Yuma seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine at a checkpoint Friday. Agents reportedly stopped a man driving a Chevy Silverado at the Highway 95 checkpoint. During a search of the vehicle, agents discovered the drugs hidden in the gas tank. A total of 42 pounds of methamphetamine and 2.2 pounds of cocaine were seized. The drugs were ...

Queen Creek students badly hurt in crash

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

GILBERT, AZ - Four high school students were seriously injured in a Sunday morning crash in Gilbert that police say likely involved alcohol. Two of the students are currently in critical condition with potentially life threatening injuries, police said. The other two occupants of the white truck were seriously injured, but their injuries were not life threatening. The Queen Creek High School ...

Amys Baking drops news conference

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

SCOTTSDALE - Amy's Baking Company has canceled its Tuesday press conference that would have answered questions about controversy surrounding the business ...

Arias attorneys will put one witness on Arias

San Diego Union-Tribune - Monday 20th May, 2013

Jodi Arias looks at her family on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

Search begins for survivors in OK

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

The city of Moore, Okla., was hit by a mile-wide tornado on Monday afternoon. People wearing neon-green vests were joined by residents in the search through rubble. Neighborhoods are flattened and homes blown apart. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department says an elementary school took a direct hit from the mile-wide tornado, but did not say which school was hit. There were no ...

Dealt with tornadoes 6 fast facts

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

A second day of powerful storms and severe weather unleashed a massive amount of destruction on parts of Oklahoma, including a mile-wide tornado Monday afternoon. The same swath of Midwest states frequently face these deadly phenomena, which have so far left buildings and neighborhoods in their wake. Here are some fast facts about severe weather from ...

First Solar rides renewed solar investing interest to new high

Phoenix Business Journal - Monday 20th May, 2013

Panels from Tempe-based First Solar. First Solar Inc.s stock price hit a 52-week high on Monday, the result of another good earnings report. Tempe-based First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) has been benefiting from a return on higher revenues and some quarterly profits of its own and other companies. Today the good news came from JA Solar, which didnt even make a profit. The last couple of years have not ...

US court rules casino site issue still undecided

Arizona Daily Sun - Monday 20th May, 2013

A federal appeals court says a key legal issue remains unresolved regarding whether a southern Arizona tribe was rightfully awarded reservation status for its planned casino site in the Phoenix area.The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued an opinion that replaces a September ruling on the Tohono O'odham Nation's planned casino resort in the Phoenix area.The property is ...

Aftermath Tornado Hits Ok

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

OKLAHOMA CITY - A mile-wide tornado churned through the Oklahoma City suburbs, destroying homes for the second day in a row Monday, as part of a severe weather outbreak that was expected to spread in other parts of the Plains and ...

Insys Therapeutics completes $37M IPO to back medical marijuana drug

Business Journal - Monday 20th May, 2013

Insys Therapeutics Inc. has completed its $36.8 million initial public offering to help bolster sales of its medical marijuana drug. Insys Therapeutics Inc. has completed its $36.8 million initial public offering to help bolster sales of its medical marijuana drug one of a handful of Arizona IPOs within the past seven months. The resurgence of IPOS in Arizona is a sign that the economy is ...

Navajo Nation opens flagship casino in Arizona

Associated Press - Monday 20th May, 2013

A grand opening for the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort is set for Friday. It's the Navajo Nation's first casino in Arizona, about 20 miles east of ...

US attorney in Arizona improperly leaked Fast and Furious memo

The Guardian - Monday 20th May, 2013

Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday.There was substantial evidence in the 2011 incident that then-US attorney Dennis Burke's motive for disclosing a memo by federal agent John Dodson was ...

Arias trial wraps for day after series of motions

St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Monday 20th May, 2013

Defense attorneys for Jodi Arias asked the judge to remove them from the case and declare a mistrial Monday, arguing the frenzy surrounding the case has created a modern-day witch hunt.The judge denied both motions, and Arias planned to take the stand Tuesday. Jurors will find out then if she tells them the same thing she told a local reporter: She'd rather be executed than spend her life ...

Inmate found dead at Mohave County jail identified

Arizona Daily Sun - Monday 20th May, 2013

An inmate found dead in a Mohave County jail has been identified as a 28-year-Bullhead City man.Mohave County sheriff's spokeswoman Trish Carter says Gilberto Alvarado Avila Jr. died Saturday after being discovered being unresponsive in the jail's medical unit.Avila was later pronounced dead.According to Carter, Avila was initially taken into custody by Bullhead City police and booked ...

Agree Obama approval rating still high

ABC 15 - Monday 20th May, 2013

A new poll shows that President Barack Obama's approval rating hasn't suffered as a result of three recent controversies. The CNN/ORC International survey, released Sunday, showed that 53 percent of respondents approve of the job Obama is doing. In April, the same poll put his approval rating at 51 percent. That gain is within the poll's sampling error, so it doesn't ...

Football player Daryl Washington pleads not guilty

San Diego Union-Tribune - Monday 20th May, 2013

PHOENIX -; Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of assaulting his ex-girlfriend, who authorities have said is the mother of his baby ...