BY LINDA BENTLEY | FEBRUARY 16, 2011
‘Carefree Truth’ and letters from the dead
It didn’t take long to find out Laurette Bouthillier was Hollis Pagliaro’s mother, who died in 1996 at the age of 86
CAREFREE – Carefree resident Lyn Hitchon makes no bones about who she likes and doesn’t like and runs a website called “Carefree Truth,” which often contains information to the contrary. Keep Reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | FEBRUARY 16, 2011
CCUSD loses bid in court for increased funding
Plaintiffs were acting like spoiled children
PHOENIX – Oral arguments were held on Feb. 9 in Cave Creek Unified School District, et al. v. Dean Martin, et al. before Maricopa County Superior Court Judge J. Kenneth Mangum, who issued his ruling later that day, granting the state’s motion to dismiss. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Lunsford enters no contest plea to 2008 murder and arson
With the death penalty now off the table, Lunsford could be facing as few as 10 years or as many as 34.5 years in prison
PHOENIX – On Feb. 10, Justin Wade Lunsford, 29, entered a plea agreement, pleading nolo contendere, or no contest, to an amended charge of second degree murder and arson of an occupied structure in connection with the July 8, 2008 murder of Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Hermann in Cave Creek. Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Rancher to seek Ninth Circuit panel rehearing
‘We wanted a jury instruction on self-defense’
SAN FRANCISCO – On Feb. 4, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld an Arizona U.S. District Court jury verdict against rancher Roger Barnett that found in favor of illegal aliens who sued Barnett for “assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress.” Keep reading ...
BY LINDA BENTLEY | FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Boxing promoter fraud case hits new snag at sentencing
Wilcoxes’ motion to quash subpoenas denied
PHOENIX – Earlier this month, boxing trainer Joe Diaz and his fighter Ramon “Yori Boy” Campas, the victims of boxing promoter Peter McKinn’s elaborate scheme to defraud them out of a $5,000 payment in May 2004, subpoenaed McKinn’s so far uncharged co-conspirators: Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband Earl Wilcox, former Boxing Commission Director John Montano and former Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley, to testify at McKinn’s sentencing hearing on Feb. 7. Keep reading ...
