PUBLIC SAFETY
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BIZARRE CRIMES PARTY FOUL 16 arrested at house party Jan. 26
WEAPONS OF CHOICE
FOOD FIGHT Couple beat workers over chicken nuggets Sept. 12 Police arrested Sheree N. Ross, 44, and Tavarus D. Ross, 43, after the couple hurled cups of soda and a display case at Burger King employees. Officers found a “breath- less” employee lying on the floor, surrounded by spilled food and damaged items. Workers said Sheree Ross was angry over a long drive- thru wait and the number of chicken nuggets in her order. Staff said Sheree Ross threw soda at an employee through the window. The MAIDEN VOYAGE Teen's first time driving ended in DUI Aug. 24 A Maricopa teen skipped the usual first-drive jitters and ended her behind-the-wheel debut with a DUI arrest. InMaricopa unearthed bodycam footage and police reports from the unusual arrest of two minors in Maricopa in July. The high-school couple guzzled more than gas before Mr. Right took his sweetheart out for her first driving lesson — but neither kid has a license. Maricopa cops pulled over a suspicious Toyota Prius on White and Parker Road near Honeycutt Road late at night
employee reportedly threw the cup back at her. Sheree Ross threw glass display cases and ordered workers to fight her. Tavarus Ross allegedly tried to fight a female employee before hurling a glass cookie display case at another employee who was under age 18, who sustained an injury to his hand. Sheree Ross was charged with criminal damage and disorderly conduct. Tavarus Ross was charged with disorderly conduct, criminal damage and aggravated assault using a dangerous instrument. A continuance was issued Nov. 14 in Sheree Ross’s trial. The cases are pending. July 4. The car didn’t have working lights, according to the police report. “Is this your first time driving a car?” the cop asked. “Yeah,” said Kaitlyn, whose last name was redacted from police documents. Romeo and Juliet denied drinking, but after a sobriety test, Kaitlyn admitted to sipping on a White Claw. It was more than a sip as she blew nearly double the legal limit for adults. Kaitlyn’s foray into motor vehicle operation ended with cops lodging charges of DUI, underage drinking, driving without a license and driving with no lights. Her boyfriend picked up counts of underage drinking and underage tobacco use after a hot pink Elf Bar vape slipped out of his pocket.
minor, faces an additional charge of underage possession of marijuana, police said. Underage on this charge refers to those who are younger than 21. Officers said the trespassing involved 16 males and females, ranging from 15 to 20 years old. Sias tried to run from officers and was tased. Police later learned he had a loaded handgun. The silver Smith & Wesson reportedly fell and landed between his feet. Sias was later found to have marijuana on his person and in his vehicle, according to Maricopa police. In December, police released body-worn camera footage of the incident, revealing cops tased one teen in the garage. into her backyard and taken her two French bulldogs before getting away in a Dodge Charger. An officer en route to the home was flagged down by the caller’s husband, who told officers he saw and heard men jumping over the wall of his backyard with his dogs, which he valued at $25,000. After a pursuit around the neighborhood, police finally caught one of the culprits, and more importantly, recovered the two dogs. The other three remain at large. Both dogs were returned to their owners.
Eggs MPD arrested Joseph L. Ricketts, 39, after he allegedly threw a carton of eggs at his girlfriend and threw her against a truck and punched her. MPD responded to Anderson and Steen Roads after a woman reported her boyfriend attacked her. She told officers she was on her way to pick up a visibly upset Ricketts up from work when she spotted him walking along the roadside. Ricketts got into the bed of the truck his girlfriend was driving and continued yelling at her. The woman got out of the truck and told Ricketts to get out of her truck — and her life. The woman told officers Ricketts then threw a carton of eggs at her and pinned her against the truck. She collapsed as Ricketts allegedly punched her in the back of the head.
A weekend house party at a vacant home in The Lakes at Rancho El Dorado ended with the arrest of 16 people, 10 of whom were minors. Demani L. Spivey, Kenyon G. Womack, Keyaun D. Christian and LaBron Peace were arrested and booked into the Pinal County jail on suspicion of first-degree trespassing and resisting arrest, police said. Desmond S. Lewis and Kevin K. Sias were arrested and booked on suspicion of first-degree trespassing, resisting arrest and misconduct involving weapons. Sias, who is not a PAW PATROL Pooch poacher nabbed in bulldog theft ring April 3 Darius Villela of Maricopa was accused of stealing two pure- bred French bulldogs from a Glennwilde home and fleeing police in March. Three other suspected bulldog bandits remain at large. In the wee hours of the morning, MPD was called to a home on West Capistrano Drive on a reported burglary when a caller informed dispatch someone had jumped
Two hours later, police found Ricketts driving near Honeycutt Road and Tarragona Boulevard and tried to stop him. They said he threw methamphetamine out of his window near Desert Wind Middle School. Ricketts later admitted to punching his girlfriend and hurling a brick at her car because he was angry, cops said. He also admitted to throwing the meth out of his car when officers initiated the stop. Police charged Ricketts with domestic assault and criminal damage related to the attack on his girlfriend, along with possession of dangerous drugs and possession of dangerous drugs in a school zone.
French fries
Maricopa police arrested 51-year-old William Brennan after he admitted to hurling French fries at his wife at the McDonald’s restaurant on West Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway around dinnertime. Someone at the restaurant called the police and followed the couple in their car until the cops intervened. Police pulled Brennan over on West Green Court in Desert Passage. He got out of the car with his hands in the air. Brennan told officers he didn’t mean to hurt his wife. He said he threw the container of French fries at her instead of his fist. Brennan was booked on domestic violence charges, including one for assault, and could face three years behind bars. There are no further details available on Brennan’s charges.
Ab roller
ab roller away. The daughter told officers she mistakenly hit her mother on the forehead. Retana Escoto told officers she was tired of her daughter making accusations she was a “bad mother.” Police believed Retana Escoto was the primary aggressor after interviewing four witnesses, all of whom were children. Escoto was booked into the Pinal County jail on two domestic violence charges, including aggravated assault with a dangerous instrument.
MPD arrested a mom after she and her daughter exchanged blows with exercise equipment. The spat started over accusations of being a “bad mother.” MPD said Flora E. Retana Escoto, 45, tried to hit her daughter with an ab roller. Police responded to a home on West Amsterdam Road in Maricopa Meadows after the daughter reported a domestic aggravated assault. She told dispatch she struck her mother in the head with the ab roller after her mom swung at her with the same item.
Officers found Retana Escoto near the front door and she was bleeding on the pavement from a head injury. Police spoke with her adult daughter, who told them how the argument escalated. Retana Escoto allegedly tried to attack her daughter, who managed to wrestle the
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