Los Angeles district attorney announces sex trafficking charges
The press conference will also address how the DA’s Office and “its partners are working together to combat human sex trafficking” in the…
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Acting DHS secretary issues two directives
In a press release, the directives were said to be “essential to ending the invasion of the US southern border and empower law enforcement to protect…
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Latest on the serial burglar arrested by YPD
The suspect, a 43-year-old man, is being held at the Yuma County Jail, and is facing 18 charges, with eight of them being felonies. He also has a…
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Liquid methamphetamine seized at Calexico East Port of Entry
In a press release, the incident happened at around 2:50 p.m. when two people, a 52-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man, in a 2002 SUV applied for…
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DOJ sues Walgreens over allegations of dispensing unlawful prescriptions
The government claims Walgreens knowingly filled the prescriptions, many for opioids even though they didn’t have a legitimate medical…
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Level 3 Sex Offender Notification – Edward Powderly
The Yuma Police Department (YPD) has issued a notification regarding 53-year-old Edward Powderly, who is living at the 1100 block of S. Franklin…
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During that time, Yuma Police received a total of seven reports of vehicle burglaries at various retail establishments. Stolen credit cards…
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Yuma mother speaks out after vehicle crashes into home
The homeowner of a house that was crashed into speaks out and is asking the community for…
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Second court appearance for alleged agriculture thief
The man suspected of stealing agriculture equipment made his second court…
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Calexico man arrested for check fraud
A man from Calexico was arrested for check fraud after police say he tried to cash in checks at a local business on two different…
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Officers find $44k in unreported cash at San Ysidro Port of Entry
Officers from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found over $44,000 of unreported cash inside a vehicle at the San Ysidro Port of…
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Calexico man pleads guilty to attempting to smuggle unauthorized pesticides into United States
A man from Calexico pleaded guilty Thursday for conspiring to smuggle over $3 million worth of pesticides from Mexico, according to the U.S.…
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Suspect formally charged after leaving serious crash on Avenue A
The man accused of trying to leave the scene of a crash where a man was thrown out of his vehicle was charged in court…
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Over 20 defendants charged with child sex abuse in Arizona
22 offenders were charged with federal crimes involving child sex abuse since October 2023, according to the United States Attorney’s Office District…
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Yuma child abuse convict sentenced
41-year-old Christiano Toilolo was sentenced to 17 years in prison on one count of child abuse, along with 36 months of probation for aggravated…
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Two women murdered in San Luis, Mexico
Two women killed in San Luis, Mexico and were found to have signs of…
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Yuma man arrested for stealing agricultural equipment
In a press release, YCSO’s Criminal Investigations Bureau initiated an investigation on Monday “after receiving information” about agricultural…
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536 defendents charged with federal crimes since 2021
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program targets high-level drug traffickers, money launderers and criminal…
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Murder suspect makes court appearance
22-year-old Johvan Herrero is facing one count of murder after 28-year-old Nicholas Spence was found stabbed in early January. Spence died at the…
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Texas man accused of stalking Caitlin Clark appears in court
55-year-old Michael Lewis was charged with felony stalking after being arrested in Indianapolis on Sunday. The court entered a preliminary plea of…
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