TUCSON (Tucson News Now) - Police are looking for a man who held up a U.S. Bank inside a Safeway Friday afternoon.
Detectives say the suspect entered the bank located inside the store near Broadway and Houghton and demanded money from the teller. He implied that he had a gun, but no weapon was seen. Nobody was hurt.
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The man ran off with undisclosed amount of money.
He's described as a Caucasian or Hispanic male, 35 to 40 years of age, 6'00" tall, 170 pounds wearing a black baseball cap and a white long sleeve "Nautica" shirt and sunglasses.
Anyone with information is urged to call 911 or 88-CRIME
TEMPE — Police are looking for multiple suspects who shot an employee at a medical marijuana dispensary in Tempe on Thursday night.
Tempe Police say a group ranging from three to six men entered the AzGoGreen Co-op near Southern Avenue and College Avenue around 7 p.m. and confronted an employee.
The suspects hit and then shot the employee and fled on foot.
Officials say the victim, described as a male in his 30s, has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
Lt. Mike Horn says police are still investigating the suspects' motives and it does not appear they removed any property.
Horn says the business opened recently and is the subject of a police and Drug Enforcement Administration investigation.
Horn says police believe the business is operating outside of Arizona's voter-approved medical marijuana law.
TUCSON - On Sunday, a man with a shotgun robbed a south side Circle K, threatening the clerk and demanding money before fleeing on foot.
Pima County Sheriff's Department deputies were called to the Circle K at 5818 South Palo Verde Road at about 6:13 p.m. on Sunday, October 21, according to a news release from the department.
An unidentified man entered the store, and then threatened the clerk with a shotgun, the release states. Several customers were present, and can be seen in the surveillance video above. He demanded money from the cash register; when he got it, he fled the store on foot and was last seen running west on Milton Road.
The suspect was described as a 5-foot-10-inch to 6-foot tall Hispanic man with a light complexion, the release states. He was wearing khaki pants, black tennis shoes, a black long-sleeved shirt, a black baseball cap and glasses. Witnesses say he had a hoarse voice.
Anyone who can identify the suspect or has any other information on this case is asked to call 9-1-1 or 88-CRIME.
The former head of the local Hells Angels chapter faces a first-degree murder charge after Pima County Sheriff's deputies found a body buried on his property south of Three Points.
William Gary Potter, 54, was booked Tuesday into the Pima County jail on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with the death of Randall Scott Pfeil, 50, said Deputy Jason Ogan, a Sheriff's Department spokesmen.
Potter's wife, 51-year-old Karen Ann Potter, was also arrested and booked on suspicion of hindering prosecution, Ogan said.
Pfeil's body was found overnight in a shallow grave at a home in the 17300 block of South Sierrita Mountain Road, where deputies had gone to Monday afternoon as part of a missing persons investigation, Ogan said.
Pfeil was reported missing on Friday, Ogan said.
Deputies found an area of disturbed ground on the property, which according to Pima County Assessor's Office online records is owned by the Potters.
When deputies dug up the grave they found Pfeil, whose body had "obvious signs of trauma," Ogan said. An autopsy will determine cause of death, he said.
William Potter, also known as "Tramp," is a former head of the Tucson chapter of the Hells Angels, an international motorcycle club that has frequently been tied to criminal activity.
Potter was arrested in 1999 after federal agents raided a downtown business where he worked and found a cache of weapons, according to Arizona Daily Star archives. Potter was charged with felon in possession of weapons, and after pleading guilty in 2002 was sentenced to time served, federal court records show
Arrest warrants have been issued for two first-degree murder suspects in an Aug. 30 homicide, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said late Thursday.
The suspects, Juan Gabriel Salomon, 35, and Carlos Miguel Zacarias, 29, are considered armed and dangerous, the Sheriff's Department warned.
The homicide victim, Gray eagle Joseph Ortiz, 34, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound inside his home in the 5600 block of South Robin Avenue on Aug. 30.
Zacarias already had an active felony warrant for armed robbery.
Salomon is described as a Hispanic male, 5’09” tall, weighing approximately 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Zacarias is described as a Hispanic male, 5’09” tall, weighing approximately 210 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He also has a clown face tattoo on his right arm.
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call 9-1-1 or 88-CRIME.
NOGALES (Tucson News Now) - Three big methamphetamine busts at the border have landed three people in jail, and more than $1 million in drugs in the custody of Customs and Border Protection agents.
All three busts happened Wednesday.
The first seizure occurred after officers referred a 50-year-old Sierra Vista woman for additional questioning and a vehicle search when she attempted to enter the United States. A drug-sniffing dog detected drugs in the vehicle's fuel tank, and officers found 12 packages of crystal meth weighing nearly 19 pounds.
A couple of hours later, a 31-year-old Nogales, Sonora, Mexico man was selected for additional inspection of his Ford truck when he attempted to enter the U.S. Once again, a drug dog sniffed trouble, and officers found 20 packages of meth weighing almost 29 pounds.
A third seizure occurred last night after a 20-year-old Mexican national man living in Tucson was referred for additional inspection of his Chevrolet truck and a K9 alerted to drugs in the truck's tank. Officers found 20 packages of methamphetamine weighing more than 26 pounds.
