Month: June 2019

A judge has reduced bail for a Florida ex-deputy charged with 11 crimes for failing to confront the gunman in the Parkland school massacre. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer set bond at $39,500 for 56-year-old Scot Peterson, down from the initial amount of $102,000. Scherer also eliminated a previous requirement that Peterson wears a GPS monitor.

The Latest on the sexual abuse case against R&B singer R. Kelly (all times local): 9:45 a.m. Singer R. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 11 additional sex-related felonies during a court hearing in Chicago. Prosecutors did not ask the judge to raise the bond amount for Kelly during Thursday’s hearing in Cook County court.

The Latest on the arrest on child rape charges of Naasón Joaquín García, the leader of the La Luz del Mundo church (all times local): 6 p.m. An attorney for the leader of a Mexico-based evangelical church says his client’s $50 million bails on charges of child rape and human trafficking is “outrageous” and unreasonable.

When dog owners go through a stressful period, they’re not alone in feeling the pressure — their dogs feel it too, a new study suggests. Dog owners experiencing long bouts of stress can transfer it to their dogs, scientists report in a study published Thursday in Scientific Reports. The Swedish researchers focused on 58 people

Prosecutors have added rape and sodomy charges against the uncle of a 5-year-old girl whose remains were found after she went missing late last month in Utah. Elizabeth Shelley’s mother last saw her on May 25 at 2 a.m. at their home in western Logan, according to Police Capt. Tyson Budge. That was also the

Niels Hoegel liked to bring about cardiac arrests in his patients by injecting them with overdoses of heart medication and other drugs because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them. Sometimes he succeeded in bringing them back, but in at least 87 cases they died, making him what is believed to be

An activist group called Arizona Patriots has made several visits to the border surrounding Yuma County to speak out against the asylum seekers entering the United States. During one visit they went to the border to pick up clothing and other items they claim were left behind by the migrants and tried to gain access

Residents in Somerton for the first in decades can expect higher utility rates after the city voted to raise water and wastewater rates during Tuesday nights city council meeting. The wastewater base rate will increase by $6.97, according to The City of Somerton and go into effect next month. The newly approved water base rate,

Three high school students were arrested after they were found in possession of more than 3,200 blue M30 pills, also known as fentanyl , during a summer school class Wednesday, according to the San Luis Police Department. Police said at 9:24 a.m., school resource officers arrested two 18-year-old female students, identified as Noemi Hernandez-Madrigal and

Tres estudiantes de secundaria fueron arrestados luego de que se les encontró en posesión de más de 3,200 pastillas azules M30 , tambien conocidas como fentanilo , durante una clase de escuela de verano el miercoles , según el Departamento de Policía de San Luis. La policía dijo que a las 9:24 a.m., los oficiales

A Guatemalan woman was found dead by Yuma Sector Border Patrol after she became sick on the Barry M. Goldwater Firing Range Monday and was left behind by the group she was traveling with. According to Customs and Border Protection ( CBP ), Mexican emergency services informed the Yuma Sector Operations Center at about 4:38

Yuma City Council approved the preliminary budget for the upcoming fiscal year during a meeting Wednesday. The budget, excluding the Yuma Visitors Bureau, is $224,696,487, according to the City of Yuma. The budget includes pay increases for first responders, a capital improvement budget of $41,909,592 and cuts to several city departments. City administrator Jay Simonton

Pese a que aún no se registran las altas temperaturas en Mexicali, el calor ya cobro la vida de una persona. Se trata de una mujer de 85 años de edad que se expuso por tiempo prolongado a los rayos del sol y fue abatida por un golpe de calor , así lo informaron hoy

Un hombre acusado de conducir bajo la influencia y estrellarse contra otro automóvil , matando a un conductor, se declaró culpable en la corte el miercoles . La policía de San Luis ( SLPD ) dijo que Brian Silva-López estuvo involucrado en una colisión de dos vehículos en la víspera de Navidad de 2018. SLPD

The Arizona Public Service has scheduled planned upgrades throughout Yuma that could affect residents Wednesday evening. According to the Arizona Public Service ( APS ) outage map, the first planned upgrade will begin at 7 p.m. and will affect 16 customers in the areas of 3rd Street to 4th Street and 14th Avenue to 13th