Weekly Rewind: Suspect identified, accident on US 95, business buglarized, surplus property
Crimes in Yuma and El Centro, plus a surplus of property
Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - YPD says officers tried to make contact with 31-year-old Luis Arellano just before one Thursday morning. Arellano was in the drive-through at Quality Liquor at the time. Officers say the suspect backed up and pulled forward several times, hitting both a civilian vehicle, and a number of marked patrol cars. They say he also almost hit an officer.
YPD says, while this was going on, an officer's weapon unintentionally went off. No one got hurt.
YPD originally referred to the incident as an officer-involved shooting, but are now recategorizing it since the weapon discharged accidentally.
The Somerton Cocopah Fire Department reports a vehicle veered off the road at Avenue C on the northside of Highway 95, rolling before finally coming to a stop.
"Upon their arrival, they found a silver Nissan Infinity with severe damage that, apparently, had rolled multiple times," describes Fire Chief Paul De Anda. "A female occupant was lying on the sunroof and the male driver was lying on the ground approximately 30 feet away from the car."
At this time, investigators are unsure of what caused the driver to swerve off Highway 95 and roll into the desert. Witnesses say the Nissan Infinity was heading westbound when it happened.
A mother trying to survive the economic hardships of the pandemic to keep a roof over her kids heads, says she is now devastated after her business in El Centro was burglarized.
Bella Rosa is the owner of 'Body by Bella' in El Centro. She showed us what was left of her beauty contour salon.
Rosa says she lost about $5,000 dollars of equipment that she used for her clients after the burglary Monday morning.
The City of Yuma announces plans to hold a two-day auction Friday, October 22, and Saturday, October 23.
According to the City, a vehicles-only auction takes place on the first day, while all other surplus City property will be auctioned off on the second day.
Bicycles, cameras, kitchen equipment, cars and trucks, jewelry, flat-screen televisions, car audio equipment, children’s toys, video projectors, filing cabinets, watches, office supplies and equipment, computers, gun cases and holsters, knives, hand tools, electric tools, rifle cases, sports equipment, grounds maintenance equipment, and scrap metal.
The City also clarified that auctioned items are usually well used and in varying conditions.
According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), there have been over 44 million Coronavirus related cases within the U.S.
Taking those numbers into account, California makes up about 11% of cases and Arizona has about 4% of those related cases.
When it comes to vaccinations, the CDC states that 400 million doses have been administered, with California making up 8% of those doses, and Arizona at about 5.1% of doses administered.
