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Detention Officer Accused of Coordinating a Gang Attack on Inmate

Man in Detention Officer Accused of Coordinating a Gang Attack on InmateAfter Standoff in Phoenix

Officer Works With Inmate to Coordinate a Gang Attack

 

A detention officer from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has been accused of working with an inmate to plan out a gang attack on another inmate in the Fourth Avenue Jail.

 

Twenty-nine year old, Kevin Holsome is the suspected dentition officer. He has been charged with participating in a criminal street gang.

 

Court Documents Showed that Holsome had talked to an Inmate about a plan:

purposely open his cell as well as other cells housing [the inmate’s] gang associates in order to assault

 

 

The detention officer is accused of having an argument with the targeted inmate. According to the court documents, the argument was over an intercom and the officer threatened to ” (cuss word) him up”.

 

Holsome assured the accomplice that he would open the inmates’ cell doors to let them carry out the attack. This would be while the targeted inmate would be out on his one hour of recreation time. The suspected accomplice is suspected of being a member of a Mexican mafia. Luckily, for the targeted inmate, the attack never happened.

 

The MCSO launched an investigation into Holsome after the targeted inmate had filed a grievance.  The attended inmate claimed that he had recieved threats from the detention officer back in December.

 

According to the court documents which detailed the detention officer’s threats and intimidation against the  victim inmate as well as the covert communication that the officer and suspected inmate used. They allegedly used hand signals to communicate.

 

The detention officer was place on “administrative leave” from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Holsome was arrested on January 13th but was later released on bond. MSCO stated that Holsome had been hired back in August 2012, he had no prior issues with the department.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/docs-az-detention-officer-conspired-with-inmate-to-attack-another-inmate

 

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Police Investigating Possible Kidnapped Male

Police Investigating Possible Kidnapping

Male Possibly Kidnapped From Parking Lot

 

According to the Mesa police, they are now investigating a possible kidnapping that happened early Saturday. According to the police press release the victim was in a parking lot of a Circle K which is near Southern Avenue and Horne. This was around one o’clock in the morning. It appeared that the young male was talking on his phone for a few moments before he started walking northbound.

 

The suspected vehicle was reportedly seen coming into the parking lot from the East, then the vehicle all of a suddenly stopped for a moment. Police say that the suspect vehicle lights were then turned off. It appeared as if whoever was in the vehicle was watching the male victim. The vehicle then drove over to where the victim was in the parking lot at the east end exit.

 

Group Possibly Kidnapped Young Male

 

Police say that four or maybe five suspects had gotten out of the vehicle then forcible “abducted the victim”. They then put him in the back of the vehicle. The vehicle was later found abandoned on southbound on Horne. Police have said that there haven’t been any reports of a missing person at this time however they just want to check and make sure that the victim is okay.

 

The male victim is described as a Hispanic male who is between eighteen and thirty years old. The suspects have been described as Hispanic males who are all between the ages of thirty to fifty years old.

 

Police have said that the suspect vehicle was a silver or maybe a golden Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe or GMC Yukon Denali. So pretty much a bigger SUV by Chevy. If anyone has any information about this case, please contact the Mesa Police Department at 480-644-2211.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/mesa/mesa-police-looking-for-possible-kidnap-victim

 

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Man Sentenced for 62 Years in Prison for 2013 Shooting

Man Sentenced for 62 Years in Prison for 2013 Shooting

Man Shoots Phoenix Officer and Sentenced for 62 Years

 

A convicted felon has now been sentenced to sixty-two years in prison for the 2013 shooting that had wounded a Phoenix Police Officer. These police officers put their life on the line to keep our lives safe, so I’m glad this officer will get some peace knowing that his shooter is facing the consequences. Not often enough, do the victims get to see justice from the suspects. This was a win for all wounded police officers.

 

The Maricopa County prosecutors say that the shooter, Brandon McCabe was sentenced on Thursday to an “aggravated term”.  He had been convicted back in August for attempted first-degree murder as well as: aggravated assault, criminal trespassing, misconduct involving weapons, and resisting arrest.  Quite a colorful past for our shooter.

 

McCabe Has Criminal Past

 

On January 6, 2013 Brandon McCabe was accused of shooting Police Officer, Peter “Chris” Bennett on that January night.  Luckily thirty-six year old Officer Bennett survived his gunshot wounds. He suffered injuries to his face, right hip, and right arm. Apparently Officer Bennett survived the wounds. He approached the shooter, McCabe in an area which has a pretty high burglary rate.

 

Brandon had ignored the Officer’s command and then the two then exchanged gunfire. McCabe was then arrested after he was found hiding in a nearby shed, like a little coward. He also had some gunshot wounds to both of his hands. Sounds like it would have been a crazy gun shoot out.

 

Hopefully less officers are injured keeping our streets safe. They work hard all year round with many hours, they definitely do not get paid enough. Let’s hope Officer Bennett’s recovery goes well and he’s back to being himself.  We need more police and more citizens like Officer Bennett and less people like McCabe in this crazy world.

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Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/brandon-mccabe-update-man-gets-prison-term-in-phoenix-police-shooting

 

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Car Wash Shooting

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Phoenix Car Wash Shooting Leaves One Dead

 

According to the Police, a suspect shot a man at a car wash in Phoenix and then had a seat on the ground nearby the incident. James Holmes who is a spokesman with the Phoenix Police said that the victim was a male. He was at a car wash that was near 3rd Street and McDowell Road on Sunday. The shooting happened around two, thirty in the evening. The suspect just walked up to the victim and shot him.

 

Mr. Holmes said that the suspect had walked only a short distance from the scene and then sat down under a tree while holding his weapon. The responding officers were luckily able to convince him to give him self up after some negotiations. Holmes also stated that the victim had died from his gunshot injuries. A police lieutenant who was at the scene told the local news that the suspect and the victim were related.

 

 Police Investigate Car Wash Shooting

 

The police were able to identify the victim. The Phoenix Police say that the victim was a fifty-four year old man named David Pacheco-Chavez. The car was that he was shot and killed at was the Los Olivos Car Wash.

 

Police are unsure of why the suspect would shoot his family member. Especially since the victim and suspect lived together. But apparently there might have been an on-going dispute between them. The victim, David Pacheco-Chavez was actually an employee of the Los Olivos Car Wash.

 

This might sound like a strange shooting and it is, but sadly these kind of random shootings aren’t uncommon. It’s sad that these family members couldn’t work out their differences peacefully instead of it ending with one of their lives.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/victim-idd-in-phoenix-car-wash-shooting

 

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Two People Dead After Double Shooting in Laveen

Two People Dead After Double Shooting in Laveen

Double Shooting in Laveen Kills Two People

 

According to local police, two people are now dead after a double shooting in the Laveen area on Thursday afternoon.  According to the report, the shooting happened around two,fifty in the afternoon. It happened close to the 55th Lane and Euclid Avenue.

 

Jonathan Howard who is a Phoenix Police Sgt. stated that the officers arrived to the scene and they then found one of the shooting victims was shot in the street.  Police said that the man wasn’t cooperative at first, however he did point out the house to the authorities and that is where they found a body of a second shooting victim inside of the doorway. The second victim had been shot several times.

 

A news video showed that the garage of the home, had some pretty significant damage. Police also believe that the suspect had crashed through the garage door when he tried to flee the scene.

 

There is no definite suspect description at this time. Police, however are looking for a red truck that has visible damage.

 

Police Think Double Shooting is Drug Related

 

The police have stated that even though the investigation process is still pretty early, there have been indications that the double shooting is a drug related crime. Police also believe that a family of “squatters” had been staying at the home and using it as a stash house to hide their drugs.

 

Both of the shooting victims have not been identified at this time. One of the victims is a Hispanic male and an adult Black male.

 

Police are asking that if anyone has any information about this double shooting, drug crime, please call the Phoenix Police Department at 602-262-6141 or the Silent Witness program at 480-948-6377.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/south-phoenix/phoenix-police-investigating-deadly-double-shooting

 

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Man Indicted for 1998 Toddler Murder

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Man Charged with Killing a Four Year Old Toddler in 1998

 

A family is finally getting some justice for their four year old little girl who was killed in 1998. The investigation was 17 years in the making.  The man who killed the four year old little girl from Arizona was finally arrested on Friday according to the prosecutors. It’s hard to believe that a case that has went on this long is finally getting some closure.

 

The man, Avelino Guzman Tamala was finally indicted last week for the murder charges of the 1998 death of Crystal Reyes. Tamala is fifty-one years old.

 

A col case investigative team from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office was finally able to recently, positively identify the four year old little girl’s remains. Her remains were found on December 1, 1998 near the community of Mobile.

 

The investigators had found some information that indicated that Crystal was actually killed in April 1997, while she was in the care of her mother and Tamala. Guess there goes the “relief for the worried parents” theory I had.  How sick is this? The little girl was buried in a desert not far from Mobile. The investigators were recently able to use Crystal’s biological father’s DNA to positively identify her remains. However, the prosecutors have not stated how the evidence connects Tamala to Crystal’s death.

 

 Breakthrough in Four Year Old’s 17 Year Old Murder Case

 

The officers with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Tamala without any complications on Friday. He is now to appear in court on February second for the initial pretrial conference.

 

The police are searching for Crystal’s mother, Anna Marlene Reyes who is now forty-eight years old.

 

The County Attorney, Bill Montgomery said that Crystal had been a victim of physical abuse. She even had to have her head shaved and was forced to live in a dog kennel. How sad, that poor child.

 

 Bill Montgomery’s Statement:

Thanks to the diligence of our cold case investigation team in cooperation with our law enforcement partners, we are now able to seek justice for an innocent child whose life was inexcusably and violently cut short.

 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/man-charged-in-1998-murder-of-arizona-girl

 

 

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