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Current H1N1 wave may have peaked in US, officials say
... Prevention said Friday, though it is still rising in Hawaii, Maine and some isolated areas. Officials with the Pima County Health Department agree with national reports that the Tucson area may have hit a peak with the novel H1N1 influenza. But ...
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10th person - a child - dies of H1N1 here
... Officials: Disease still no more lethal than seasonal flu By Stephanie Innes ARIZONA DAILY STAR A young girl in Pima County has died of 2009 H1N1 influenza a ' the 10th confirmed death here from the novel flu strain this year, health officials said ...
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Man gets 4 1/2-year sentence for March home invasion
... a March home invasion was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Thursday. Prosecutors asked Judge Richard Fields of Pima County Superior Court to sentence Diamond J. Taylor, 20, to 7 1/2 years, but he found mitigating factors existed, said defense ...
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Man avoids death in plea deal
... on an attempted murder count, which may be served at the same time as his life sentences, depending on what Pima County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Lee decides. Prosecuting Attorney Susan Eazer said "while there was reluctance at first" on the part ...
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Border agent convicted of rape, faces 5 to 14 years
... Patrol was convicted Friday of raping a fellow agent after a night of playing softball and drinking beer. A Pima County jury found Brian Dick, 36, guilty on a single count of sexual assault. He faces between five and 14 years in prison when he's ...
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Half-ton of pot in vehicle lands 2 men in custody
... vehicle. Robert Andrew McShane, 39, and Juan Pedro Grijalva, 36, were arrested Thursday and booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of transportation of marijuana for sale, said Deputy Dawn Barkman, a Pima County Sheriff's Department ...
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TEP gives out $100K in grants
... activities. - $10,000 to Casa de Esperanza, which provides adult day care to low-income seniors in southern Pima County. - $10,000 to Casa de Los Ninos for its Crisis Shelter, which provides services for abused and neglected children. - $10,000 to ...
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Questions raised on defendant who's 'ill'
... Instead of skin, fat and muscle over his internal organs, he has a layer of synthetic mesh and skin. The Pima County Attorney's Office was content to wait until Thran got better before taking him to court until he was re-arrested after a 100 mph ...
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Drug bust on Tucson's eastside
The Pima County Sheriff's Department's Rincon District Directed Patrol Unit is credited with a drug bust and seizure of money from a stash house on the eastside of Tucson.
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Pima County Health Department reports 10th H1N1 death
The Pima County Health Department has confirmed the 10th H1N1 death in Pima County.
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Tucson home invader sentenced to prison
... during a March home invasion, a 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Prosecutors asked Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Fields to sentence Diamond J. Taylor to 7 1/2 years. Defense attorney Richard Bock said the judge ...
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Tucson jury convicts border agent in rape of colleague
... Border Patrol was convicted Friday of raping a fellow agent after a night of softball playing and beer drinking. Pima County jury found Brian Dick, 36, guilty on a single count of sexual assault. He faces between 5 and 14 years in prison when hea s ...
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Deputies find pot, money in Catalina Foothills investigation
... in their vehicle. Robert Andrew McShane, 39, and Juan Pedro Grijalva, 36, were arrested Thursday and booked into Pima County jail on suspicion of transportation of marijuana for sale, said Deputy Dawn Barkman, a Pima County Sheriffa s Department ...
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Young girl marks 10th H1N1 flu death in Pima County
A young girl in Pima County has died of 2009 H1N1 influenza - the 10th death from the novel flu strain this year, health officials confirmed today.
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Tucson home invader sentenced to prison
... during a March home invasion, a 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Prosecutors asked Pima County Superior Court Judge Richard Fields to sentence Diamond J. Taylor to 7 1/2 years. Defense attorney Richard Bock said the judge ...
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Tucson home invader sentenced to 4.5 years
... a March home invasion was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Thursday. Prosecutors asked Judge Richard Fields of Pima County Superior Court to sentence Diamond J. Taylor, 20, to 7 1/2 years, but he found mitigating factors existed, said defense ...
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Arizona Illustrated
Our Roundtable guest this week if Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll. This week the show is being produced on the road in Green Valley in front of a live audience.
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Forum raises red flag on teen prescription-drug abuse
... she said. "Kids think they are safe because they are prescription. They don't know how it will affect them." In Pima County, nearly one out of three high school seniors is abusing prescription drugs, according to the Arizona Youth Survey. ...
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Law and Order briefs
... sexually explicit images to a female student, police said. Sheridan Gomez, 26, was arrested and booked into the Pima County jail Tuesday after he sent a Cholla Magnet High School student the obscene photo, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police ...
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Dragon's Palace OK'd on 2nd reinspection
... health inspection after failing two previous ones, a Health Department supervisor said. The restaurant failed Pima County health inspections on Nov. 2 and Nov. 13, then passed its reinspection Wednesday. The inspection also included a food-safety ...
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