BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 12, 2012
MCSO and Rural/Metro respond to domestic scene in Cave Creek
CAVE CREEK – Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call last Wednesday afternoon at a home in the 6600 block of East Cave Creek Road where a domestic dispute was taking place.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 12, 2012
A-frame signs remain bone of contention in Carefree
‘I hate to see the visual clutter. I don’t see a need for it.’
RIO VERDE – The year-long petition drive to form a special taxing district for fire protection in the Rio Verde Foothills area ended in failure on Nov. 30.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 5, 2012
Desert Hills teen commits suicide
Contrary to popular belief, depression and suicide rates do not rise around holidays
DESERT HILLS – Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home on north 16th Street near Maddock Road early Tuesday evening after a family friend discovered a 16-year-old male Sandra Day O’Connor High School student dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 5, 2012
Burglars hit another Carefree residence
Captain Rich Burden said he can’t stress enough how important it is for people to call 911 as soon as they encounter any suspicious activity
CAREFREE – On Monday, Nov. 19, burglars hit a home in Carefree in the vicinity of Pima and Cave Creek roads. Although the homeowner was not home at the time, her daughter was in the guesthouse with her baby.
BY LINDA BENTLEY | DECEMBER 5, 2012
Second Amendment victory for Illinois citizens
‘[T]he constitutional right to carry ready-to-use firearms in public for self-defense may well not exist’
CHICAGO – On Tuesday, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the denials of declaratory and injunctive relief in two materially identical suits challenging an Illinois law, which forbids a person, with few exceptions mainly for law enforcement, hunting and members of shooting clubs, to carry a gun ready to use, in other words, loaded, immediately accessible, easy to reach and uncased.
