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A grand jury indicted the founders of a well-known Tucson development company, alleging they used thousands of dollars designated for a construction project to instead pay for personal expenses and other projects. Gadsden Company founders Adam Weinstein and Gerald Dixon each face 20 charges: one count each of conspiracy to…
The founders of a well-known development company in Tucson are in hot water after an arbitrator found they defrauded an investor. And that’s not the end of the legal woes for the founders of the Gadsden Company. They are now facing two separate lawsuits alleging they committed fraud. In both…
TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) – Justine Louise Wadsack, a former Arizona State Senator, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Tucson and several police officers. The lawsuit alleges conspiracy, wrongful prosecution, and violations of her constitutional rights following a traffic stop and subsequent criminal charges. Wadsack claims she was wrongfully…
March 14 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a judge’s sanction against retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz over his work on a lawsuit by failed Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake. Dershowitz and two other lawyers were fined $122,200 in 2023 for advancing frivolous claims in…
The media reacted as if the ex-recorder won his defamation suit against Lake. The facts suggest it was at best a draw. Will former Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer be buying a resort in the Cayman Islands soon? That might be the easiest way to tell how much dough…
An ongoing criminal case against a Cochise County leader accused of election interference will move forward after a state appeals court threw out a bid to dismiss the charges. The New Year’s Eve decision means Supervisor Tom Crosby still faces felony counts of conspiracy and interference with an election officer…
Arizona’s three most powerful government officials have in recent years turned to a nonprofit elections group for free work, giving access and influence to an outside organization that has targeted former aides to Donald Trump and tracks people who deny election results. States United Democracy Center’s ties to the top…
Police have provided new details about the Thanksgiving Day death of an 8-year-old boy injured at a luxury resort in Phoenix. The child, identified as Luke Linnett from Iowa, died on Nov. 28 after being struck by a piece of concrete from a “sprite” statue at the Arizona Biltmore Resort…
The 8-year-old boy who died after part of a statue fell on him at the Arizona Biltmore resort in Phoenix has been identified as Luke Linnett from Iowa. A memorial service was held Dec. 6 at the Lutheran Church of Hope-Waukee in Waukee, Iowa, to honor the boy who was a “bright…
Speculation is running rampant about who might become the U.S. Attorney in Arizona under the Trump administration. Quiet conversations in key corners are focused on a handful of attorneys who are believed to be best qualified to follow through on the clear mandate voters issued when they re-elected President Donald…