(NBC Los Angeles) – It was a day full of sometimes shocking testimony in a Dallas courtroom Friday. Sentencing just ended for Kaylene Bowen-Wright, a mother who faked her son’s illness for years, causing him to get surgeries he didn’t need. Wright pleaded guilty to seriously injuring her son and faced up to 20 years
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The whirring sound of a power saw wakes up with the press of a button. The chirring from a piece of wood being split in two by the blurred blade follows it. Misty whizzing from the paint gun in conjunction with the beating rhythm of hammers. This is the symphony that comes out every day
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Four finalists in the City of Yuma’s search for the next city administrator were announced Thursday night. Michael Celaya , Jacob Ellis, Phillip Rodriguez and interim administrator Jay Simonton each have experience in local government, according to The City of Yuma (COY). Michael Celaya is the former city manager of The City of Page and
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In this week’s Cracking the Case, News 11 digs into the brutal murders of two homeless men dating back to 1983. Police said a person walking their dog found 29-year-old Richard Perry and 44-year old Russell White dead in an area just north of 1st Street and 1st Avenue. At the time, some water tanks
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Pacific Gas & Electric says evidence suggests it prevented wildfires with last week’s power shutoffs. The utility says inspections found more than a hundred spots where high winds impacted its system. The damage included downed power lines and trees that toppled into lines. It says any one of those problems could have started a fire.
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A local non-profit in Yuma wants to bring attention to one of the most under-reported crimes against women in the country, date rape. The Healing Journey helps victims seek help and come forward. Estrella Fitch said it also happens in the community, however, she couldn’t give an exact number of how many cases are in
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A former Fort Worth police officer now faces murder charges for shooting a man through a window in her home. Police arrested Aaron Dean Monday afternoon. Just hours before, Dean resigned from the police department. Fort Worth’s interim police chief says he would have fired the officer had he not quit. Dean shot Atatiana Jefferson
Continue ReadingSeems like crooks have brought new life to an old scam that involves traffic tickets. Even the Yuma Police Department said it looks real. However, what looks to be a traffic citation is nothing but a hoax, and there are several warning signs. First, the alleged sender appears to be the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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La empresa de seguridad privada ” Vigilantia “, fue clausurada por operar de manera irregular en Mexicali. La empresa ubicada en el Fraccionamiento Santa Mónica , al suroeste de la ciudad , no contaba con la autorización estatal de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública en Baja California. Libertad Lamarque , Directora de Servicios de Seguridad
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La policía de Yuma continúa investigando las circunstancias que llevaron a un apuñalamiento este fin de semana . Los oficiales dicen haber encontrado a un hombre herido con arma cerca de la Calle 12 y la Avenida B antes de la 1:30 la mañana del domingo . Los paramedicos llevaron a la víctima al Centro
Continue ReadingFire investigators now say that enormous wildfire north of Los Angeles started under a high-voltage transmission tower. Arson investigators say they know exactly where the Saddleridge fire began, but they still don’t know how it started. Southern California Edison owns the tower. It hasn’t commented on the investigators’ report. Ironically, the fire started the same
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A handful of states are celebrating their first Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday as part of a trend to move away from a day honoring Christopher Columbus. From Minnesota to Vermont, at least five states and Washington, D.C., have done away with Columbus Day celebrations in deference to Native Americans, though the federal Columbus Day
Continue ReadingA three-car collision on Sunday night sends at least four people to the hospital. The crash happened around 7:00 p.m. on the intersection of State Route 115 and W. Evan Hewes Highway near the city of Holtville . One of the cars involved was a Ford-150 truck. The driver, a 51-year-old man from Salt Lake
Continue ReadingYuma Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a weekend stabbing. Officers say they found a man with a stab wound near 12th Street and Avenue B just before 1:30 Sunday morning. Paramedics took the victim to Yuma Regional Medical Center. He was not seriously hurt. A short time later, police responded to another disturbance
Continue ReadingYuma Police say no charges have been filed in connection with a weekend shooting. Officers say it now appears the person who pulled the trigger did so in self-defense. The shooting happened just before midnight Sunday in the 4000 block of West 21st Place. That’s near Cibola High School. Witnesses told KYMA they heard arguing
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Being stuck in the middle of a fire can be scary, that’s why the Yuma Fire Department is continuing to help the community in ways that fires can be prevented. With Fire Prevention Week and October being Fire Prevention Month, officials want the community to be vigilant every day of the year. Kitchen fires from
Continue ReadingYou have probably noticed the cost of your online orders increasing this month. It’s not your imagination, Arizona is now enforcing a sales tax for out-of-state and online companies. Azcentral reports the change was implemented on October 1 and is projected to rake in millions of dollars for Arizona. But how much it will cost
Continue ReadingA scam in the form of an email notifying you to pay for a ticket is circulating Yuma county. Yuma police warn residents to not fall for this. The Motor Vehicle Department ( MVD ) will never send an email telling drivers to pay for a ticket. Traffic tickets are always handled by the courts
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A man walked from an Indianapolis suburb to Wisconsin — a 351-mile journey — to have sex with a person he believed was the 14-year-old girl he had been talking to on Facebook, prosecutors said. Instead, 32-year-old Tommy Lee Jenkins had been talking to a Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputy working with the Internet Crimes Against
Continue ReadingPolice in Glendale say a man has been fatally shot after officers responded to an illegal party in an industrial district in the city. They say officers received reports about multiple shots fired around 2:45 a.m. Sunday at a warehouse just south of Northern Avenue on 68th Avenue. Police say the first officer who arrived
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