VOL. 18 ISSUE NO. 34   |   AUGUST 25 – 31, 2010

BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 25, 2010

Cave CreekCitizen urges town not to let neighborhood be ‘darkened by greed’

CAVE CREEK – The town’s website describes a general plan as a “policy statement on how the community wants to develop.” It needs to be flexible “to accommodate change and environmentally sensitive growth, while balancing the welfare of the community with individual private property rights.” Keep Reading...

 BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 25, 2010

ccusdCCUSD coddling criminals who care for children

In 2008, Anderson received a H.U.G. Award, an ANCHOR Award in 2009, and in 2010, she pled guilty to a drug paraphernalia charge

CCUSD – Last week Sonoran News received correspondence from a person who did not specifically request anonymity but whose name we will not disclose, asking, “Did you know that Community Education has a person who works around preschoolers but sees a parole officer once a month? Did you know that Community Education also has a person with a drug charge that is working around K-6 graders?” Keep Reading...

BY LINDA BENTLEY | AUGUST 25, 2010

carefreeCarefree bank robber pleads guilty to robbing four banks

Yanni was a star running back in high school with the Steubenville Catholic Central Crusaders

PHOENIX – Last week, Micheal Yanni, 26, pled guilty to four counts of bank robbery for robbing banks in Scottsdale, Phoenix and Carefree in 2006 and 2007.

In 2008, Scottsdale Police Department (SPD) received a message on its anonymous tip line identifying Yanni as the bank robber. Detectives from SPD and the FBI’s Bank Robbery Task Force followed up the lead and ultimately arrested Yanni. Keep Reading...


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