Month: February 2019

A former corrections officer in Douglas has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison in a child pornography case. Prosecutors say 33-year-old Josue Eduardo Cota of Douglas was sentenced Wednesday. Cota will be on lifetime supervised probation after serving his prison term, and he must register as a sex offender. Authorities say Homeland Security

Police are informing the public of a level three sex offender who is now residing in Yuma. The Yuma Police Department said 54-year-old Lawrence Cole Jr. now resides in the 1300 block of East 16th Street in Yuma. He is described as five feet, 10 inches, 215 pounds, with black hair, and black eyes. According

Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever. He became yet another victim killed by a flood of illicit fentanyl smuggled from Mexico by the Sinaloa cartel into the Southwest — a profitable new business for the drug gang that has made the

A man wanted on a federal warrant from California is now behind bars after trying to flee, according to the U.S. Marshall’s Service. Thirty-two-year-old Feliciano Cardenas, who was wanted for a probation violation, tried to flee from the U.S. Marshall’s Service, Border Patrol, and Yuma Police Department Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Marshall’s Service.

Millions of people meet their significant other through online dating sites each year. Some millennials are growing frustrated and tired with the impersonal nature of Tinder and Match.com. Now, some are turning to old-time matchmakers to find their perfect mate. Matchmakers say they use a combination of intuition, logic, and skill to make the perfect

The FBI has released sketches drawn by an admitted serial killer of some of his victims, along with other information on a string of unsolved cold-case homicides to which investigators say the man confessed. The bureau updated on Tuesday information it had posted in November on its website. The update included drawings made recently by

Journalists were given a glimpse Wednesday of a newly expanded south-Florida detention facility where nearly 150 teenage migrants sleep in rows of bunk beds in a large windowless room and use portable toilets housed in adjacent tents. The sleeping area in a converted Job Corps building in Homestead, Florida, is just part of the growing

U.S. officials are hailing the conviction of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman as a victory for the Mexican people, but in the drug lord’s home state of Sinaloa, cradle to his powerful cartel, many residents say they don’t expect violence and trafficking to abate. As news that the Sinaloa Cartel kingpin will likely spend the rest

Yazmin Salazar is speaking out to the community on her Anosmia diagnosis and how she has used her platform to spread awareness on the condition. Anosmia is better known as the lack of smell or odor. Some are born with the diagnosis, and some develop it over time. Anosmia affects about six million people in

While dual-military life is rewarding, time apart can strain communication. For one local couple, they did not; however, let their dream of serving in the Army put a strain on their relationship. Aram and Auri Molina’s relationship blossomed almost by fate. The couple first met in college, and unknowingly followed each other to their place

An Arizona man is suing a suburban Phoenix police department for excessive force after he claims officers used a Taser on him 11 times, including purposefully on his testicles. The Glendale Police Department denies most of the claims. (Feb. 12) Below is the bodycam video provided by the Associated Press.

A man in eastern Arizona has died after authorities say he asked another man to shoot his bulletproof vest. The Graham County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened Monday evening as 25-year-old Parker Ray Lynch and two male acquaintances were shooting together in the area of Central. All three were firing rounds from a .223

One dozen Central Americans were apprehended by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents around 10 a.m. Wednesday morning near County 9th Street and the Levee road. The scene is an everyday reality for the hundreds of Border Patrol agents that patrol the Yuma sector, according to Border Patrol’s Agent Jose Garibay. During Wednesday’s apprehension, the group

Autoridades del departamento de salud informaron en Mexicali que se han detectado 12 casos sospechosos de Rickettsia en Mexicali y Tijuana de los cuales se confirmaron 5 personas contagiadas que se encuentran hospitalizadas; 2 en Mexicali y 2 más en Tijuana. El director del departamento de salud en Baja California, Nestor Hernández, informó que luego