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Juan Ricardo Hernandez Mendivil, 24, from Mexico, was arrested April 16, 2013, after he was stopped by Pinal County sheriff’s deputies, who found 27 bundles of marijuana, weighing 567 pounds in his pickup truck. The street value of the marijuana is estimated at $400,000. He was arrested and …

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Austin Hansen, 20, was arrested for disorderly conduct and aggravated assault at about 5:30 a.m. April 13, 2013. He is suspected of stabbing a man at the Country Thunder music festival in Florence.

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Department of Public Safety officer Steven Svestka, 41, of Show Low, was arrested at about 10 p.m. April 13, 2013 at the Country Thunder music festival in Florence. Police were called when Svestka became disorderly at Moonshine Willy’s bar and refused to leave the women's restroom, according…

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Dakota Blake Williams, 23, of Coolidge, was arrested March 26, 2013 on suspicion of sexual assault. Williams is suspected of the Feb. 17 assault of a woman he met at a Casa Grande convenience store. He offered her a ride, but instead pulled into the desert and assaulted her, sheriff’s invest…

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Job Anthony Sanchez, 37, of San Tan Valley, was sentenced on March 28, 2013, in Pinal County Superior Court to five consecutive life sentences for 18 charges ranging from child molestation, sexual conduct with a minor and exploitation of a minor. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office was contact…

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Vincent Chavez, 36, was arrested March 25, 2013, in Oracle and is facing charges of theft of means of transportation and burglary. He also has outstanding warrants from Pima County.

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Corey Deandre Allen, 28, was arrested by U.S. Marshalls March 8, 2013, in Leadville, Colo. He was wanted by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the Nov. 25, 2012, shooting death of a San Tan Valley woman.

Wanted

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault that happen in the Casa Grande area Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. A 32-year-old woman was at an AM/PM convenience store on Florence Boulevard in the Casa Grande area when the susp…

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Charles Vega, 37, former fire chief of Hayden, was arrested Feb. 20, 2013, for theft and trafficking in stolen property. He is suspected of stealing money from the volunteer fire department’s annual dance fundraiser in December. He is also suspected of stealing four chainsaws from his former…

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Norberto De La Vega, 59, of California, was arrested after a traffic stop revealed he was hauling 1,243 pounds of marijuana hidden in a load of squash in his tractor-trailer. The marijuana has an estimated street value of nearly $925,000. De La Vega was placed under arrest and faces an array…

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Norberto De La Vega, 59, of California, was arrested after a traffic stop revealed he was hauling 1,243 pounds of marijuana hidden in a load of squash in his tractor-trailer. The marijuana has an estimated street value of nearly $925,000. De La Vega was placed under arrest and faces an array…

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Corey Deandre Allen, 28, was arrested by U.S. Marshalls March 8, 2013, in Leadville, Colo. He was wanted by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the Nov. 25, 2012, shooting death of a San Tan Valley woman.

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Claudio Santiago Orundo-Canez, 27, (pictured) and Dimas Daniel Orundo-Lopez, 40, were arrested and booked into the Pinal County jail Feb. 25, 2013, facing charges of possession and transportation of marijuana for sale. Lopez also was charged with felony flight in connection with a car chase…

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Dimas Daniel Orundo-Lopez, 40, (pictured) and Claudio Santiago Orundo-Canez, 27, were arrested and booked into the Pinal County jail Feb. 25, 2013, facing charges of possession and transportation of marijuana for sale. Lopez also was charged with felony flight in connection with a car chase …

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Korrin Harmon, 34, of Florence, was arrested at about 8:30 p.m. Feb. 16, 2013, after leading Coolidge police officers on a high-speed chase.

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Ramon Montijo, 52, was arrested after a background check during a routine traffic stop in Pinal County showed an outstanding warrant for a felony probation violation. Previously he served a partial prison sentence in Arizona for an "aggravated felony." Before being deported to Mexico, Montij…

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Deyanira Cordero, 36, and Jorge Luis Morales-Espinoza, 37, were arrested Feb. 1, 2013, in Pinal County after sheriff’s deputies made a traffic stop and learned both were in the U.S. illegally. Morales-Espinosa had been deported on five separate occasions since 2005, and had a Federal U.S. Ma…

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Pinal County sheriff’s detectives and the FBI are trying to find these three men in connection with an international fraud investigation that began with a cyber attack on security systems store chains. More than 400 fraudulent credit and debit card transactions in Pinal County alone may be l…

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Anthony Lara, 19, of Casa Grande, was booked into the Pinal County jail Dec. 17, 2012, on three counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony offense, one count of possession of marijuana, nine counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of possession of a stolen…

Odd insult for cops by driver busted with pot, guns

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Pinal deputies make million dollar pot bust

Deputies from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office seized 1,550 pounds of marijuana valued at more than $1.1 million Dec. 12, 2012. Deputies in the sheriff’s aviation unit, acting on behalf of the West Desert Task Force, spotted a 2000 Chevy Suburban in the desert covered with a tarp and partia…

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Trinidad Cordova-Villena, 28, of Mexico, was arrested Dec. 4, 2012 and booked into the Pinal County jail for for felony flight, possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana for sale and transportation of marijuana. After leading deputies on a high-speed chase, Cordova-Villena was arreste…

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Abdullatif Ali Aldosary, 47, was charged Nov. 30, 2012 with detonating a homemade explosive device outside a Casa Grande Arizona Social Security Administration office. No one was injured in the blast, and authorities say the damage was minimal. Aldosary is charged with maliciously damaging f…

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Abdullatif Ali Aldosary, 47, was charged Nov. 30, 2012 with detonating a homemade explosive device outside a Casa Grande Arizona Social Security Administration office. No one was injured in the blast, and authorities say the damage was minimal. Aldosary is charged with maliciously damaging f…

Wanted

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Corey Deandre Allen, 28, of Phoenix, is wanted by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the Nov. 25, 2012, shooting death of a San Tan Valley woman. Allen stands 5-foot-5-inches tall, weighs 105 poun…

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Victor Gutierrez (top), 46, and Mark Jimenez, 34, both of San Manuel, were arrested by Pinal County sheriff’s deputies Nov. 24, 2012, when they were found in a hand-dug tunnel they used to access an abandoned mine shaft and steal copper from BHP Mine in San Manuel. They were booked into the …

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Allan Wells, 20, of Casa Grande, and an accomplice were booked into the Pinal County jail on suspicion of burglary and theft related to a Nov. 14, 2012 break-in at a Casa Grande home that netted thieves more than $5,000 in jewelry, guns and cash.

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Justin McWhirter, 22, of Casa Grande, and an accomplice were booked into the Pinal County jail on suspicion of burglary and theft related to a Nov. 14, 2012 break-in at a Casa Grande home that netted thieves more than $5,000 in jewelry, guns and cash.

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Tucson exotic dancer Maria Bustamante, 33, was arrested Nov. 9, 2012, and booked into the Pinal County jail on suspicion of human smuggling. Bustamante was driving on Interstate 10 near Picacho when she was pulled over with six undocumented Hispanic men in her minivan.

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Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has arrested four suspects in connection with the death of an unidentified man whose decomposing remains were found in January 2011 partially buried tool box near Kearny. Suspects, from left, Paul Goga, Gilbert Evora, Joshua McGuire and Javier Santos. Goga and E…

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John Contreras, 31, of Tucson, was arrested early the morning hours of Sept. 25, 2012 for aggravated assault on a police officer, among other charges, after allegedly ramming a deputy driving a Pinal County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle and engaging in a high-speed chase.

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Saul Martinez, 23, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, who had been previously deported from the U.S. on three separate occasions was arrested Sept. 15, 2012, after pointing a stolen handgun at a weekend security guard at a Stanfield elementary school.

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Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies found several marijuana plants growing in the home of Tydel Ray, 45, of San Manuel. Deputies went to Ray’s home to give him an update on a case of arson, in which his vehicle was set on fire. In addition to an update, he was booked for Cultivation of Marijuana…