Month: March 2019

A jury has sentenced a neo-Nazi to life in prison for his murder conviction in the 2009 killing of a white woman during a dispute with her black boyfriend at a Phoenix park. The sentencing verdict Thursday spared 37-year-old Travis Ricci a possible death sentence. Prosecutors say Ricci attacked Kelly Ann Jaeger and her boyfriend,

Surge nuevo peligro en las redes sociales, esta vez en los vídeos de personajes animados para niños. De acuerdo a reportes de padres de familia mientras sus hijos ven videos en Youtube de lo que parece ser caricaturas un personaje en particular con el apodo de “Momo” da instrucciones a los pequeños para que se

The Imperial County Deputy District Attorney’s Association will begin an Unfair Labor Practices strike on Tuesday. The ICDDA said this strike has been provoked by the County of Imperial’s failure to negotiate in good faith. It said the county refuses to fairly bargain with the ICDDAA as a separate bargaining unit by declaring that all

Border Patrol agents arrested an 18th Street gang member suspected of illegally entering the United States near Calexico Wednesday afternoon. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Border Patrol agents found a man who was suspected of illegally entering the country near Calexico. The man was arrested by agents and

A man facing 14 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor took the stand Friday during his own trial. During the court appearance, Levi Madrigal denied that he created or possessed child pornography. He is out of custody on bond. Madrigal was arrested back in December of 2016 by U.S. Marshals. Reports said Madrigal could

Gila Ridge High School had more than two dozen students place in the top 10 of their competitions last week while participating in the Spring State Career Development Event for Future Farmers of America, according to the Yuma Union High School District. Here is a full list of results for Gila Ridge: Soils- 6th Place

The City of Yuma is going to be on the lookout for drunk drivers this coming St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Officers are conducting a DUI detail on Friday, March 15 , Saturday, March 16 , and Sunday, March 17 , 2019. Additional officers will be used to rove city streets looking to stop and arrest

Several residents in Yuma have been waking up their car windows broken, but nothing has been stolen out of their vehicles. “I got up to someone knocking on my door that somebody threw a brick and when I came out and I look out and there are five or six cop cars surrounding the area

The U.S. government ran an operation to screen journalists, activists, and others while investigating last year’s migrant caravan from Mexico, a San Diego TV station reported Wednesday, citing leaked documents. Dossiers that included photos from their passports or social media accounts, date of birth and other details were kept in a database and some freelance

E l patronato de la Agrobaja se prepara para recibir al turismo y empresarios que deseen conocer los productos hechos en Baja California, en esta edición la expo , traerá novedades como es el caso del mercado de la nostalgia donde se exhibirán productos de 14 estados de la R epública M exicana . Durante

Deputy Police Chief Susan Smith was selected as the next chief for the Yuma Police Department during a city council meeting Wednesday. Smith served as the city’s deputy police chief since 2012 and rose through the ranks with YPD since 1995. “With her background, experience and leadership while bringing in a number of new technologies

UPDATE (7:50 P.M.) According to the San Luis Police Department, 15-year-old Perla Alvarez has been located and is back home with her parents. {“author_name”:”San Luis AZ Police Department”,”author_url”:”https://www.facebook.com/SLPDAZ/”,”provider_url”:”https://www.facebook.com”,”provider_name”:”Facebook”,”success”:true,”height”:null,”html”:”&#lt;div id=”fb-root”&#gt;&#lt;/div&#gt;n&#lt;script async=”1″ defer=”1″ src=”https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;&#lt;div class=”fb-post” data-href=”https://www.facebook.com/SLPDAZ/posts/2221761184577419″ data-width=”552″&#gt;&#lt;blockquote cite=”https://www.facebook.com/SLPDAZ/posts/2221761184577419″ class=”fb-xfbml-parse-ignore”&#gt;&#lt;p&#gt;Update: Perla has been located and is back home with her parents.&#lt;/p&#gt;Posted by &#lt;a href=”https://www.facebook.com/SLPDAZ/”&#gt;San Luis AZ Police Department&#lt;/a&#gt;

Two women were hospitalized Wednesday morning after fire officials said they were involved in a packing machine accident in an agricultural field at County 20th Street and South Highway 95. Somerton Cocopah Fire Department said firefighters responded to a report of a woman with an injured hip injury in an agricultural field. Upon arriving on

Firefighters responded to a two-vehicle crash Wednesday morning that left one woman injured at County 11 3/4 Street and Avenue G. According to Somerton Cocopah Fire Department, personnel responded to a report of a two-vehicle accident at County 11 3/4 Street and Avenue G at 11:04 a.m. Firefighters arrived on scene and discovered a black

UPDATE Firefighters were quick to extinguish a fire that damaged a home’s patio area and a bedroom at the 1300 block of West 13th Street Wednesday afternoon. The Yuma Fire Department said firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the rear of 1365 South 13th Street and found the home’s rear patio area on