Murderer took his motive to the grave
By Linda Bentley | January 14, 2009
‘He always said he’d take his own life before he’d ever go to prison’
CAVE CREEK – Jamie Seely, 48, has been left stranded by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office without her belongings, purse, money or ID since Tuesday, Jan. 6, as she tries to sort out why James Fraser, 53, someone she’s known for more than 20 years, shot and killed her best friend Mary Raver, 40, whom he’d never met before, and then committed suicide.
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Peloquin gateway property now in foreclosure
By Curtis Riggs | January 14, 2009
10.3 acres to be sold at trustee’s sale
CAREFREE – The property formerly at the center of long-running litigation between developer Michael Peloquin and the Town of Carefree is now in foreclosure.
Peloquin, a longtime Valley developer who has filed several lawsuits against Carefree, had been seeking to build a resort on residential property on 10.3 acres at the northwest corner of Carefree Highway and Tom Darlington for many years. The land is located at one of the three gateways to Carefree.
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Taking hawks not state-sanctioned – poaching update
By Linda Bentley | January 14, 2009
If what they were doing was legal, they wouldn’t have been lying
DESERT FOOTHILLS – Following last week’s article, “Taking Harris Hawks not a crime in Arizona,” a call from Spur Cross Conservation Area Supervisor John Gunn and Wild at Heart’s Bob Fox filled in a rather large gap and answered the question as to why the threesome that had taken a Harris Hawk lied about who they were and what they were doing, if what they were doing was legal.
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DMX’s new reality show - court and jail
By Linda Bentley | January 14, 2009
Looking for a new lease on life as a minister?
CAVE CREEK – Earl Simmons, also known as rapper DMX, wasn’t signing autographs in front of Cave Creek Municipal Court this time around when he was brought into court from custody in a Maricopa County striped jail uniform.
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To Jon Pearson Carefree is all about the people
By Curtis Riggs | January 14, 2009
Retiring town administrator reflects on 22 years
CAREFREE – While long-time town administrator Jon Pearson has seen an abundance of change in the 22 years he has been in charge he talks most about how things resemble what they were a couple of decades ago as he prepares to retire on May 1.
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