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Chandler police union digging in heels on contract, merit pay

Tensions between the city's management and its police sergeants continue to heighten as the union prepares to file a lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court over merit raises. The suit comes on the heels of two grievances that will lead to ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  21 Nov 2009

Tempe resident sentenced in child-porn case

A former flight attendant and Tempe resident was sentenced to six years in prison after federal investigators caught him sending child pornography to an undercover agent over the Internet. Marc David McCabe, 41, was convicted of sending the ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  10 Nov 2009

Teenager convicted in high-school bomb threat

A teenager who called in a bomb threat to Corona del Sol High School in order to cancel classes was found guilty Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court in Mesa of two felonies and a misdemeanor. Her co-conspirator accepted a plea deal last week. ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  5 Nov 2009

2009's Ostrich Festival points way for improved safety plan

Motorcycles stuntmen, jousters, fire jugglers and demolition derbies all came with promises that the most recent Chandler Ostrich Festival would be bigger and better than ever. And by all accounts, it succeeded. More visitors were lured by more ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  5 Nov 2009
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Chandler teens help clean up home, sell goods

An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of an elderly man whose body was found in the parking lot of Chandler Regional Hospital led a police detective to enlist a group of teens to help an overwhelmed relative. The man, whose name ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  30 Oct 2009

Chandler couple arrested on child-abuse charges

A Chandler couple has been indicted by a grand jury on child abuse charges after the woman's toddler arrived at the Banner Desert Medical Center with an unexplained broken leg and a spiral fracture. A grand jury indicted Matthew Lellemand, 32, on a ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  27 Oct 2009

Hike up 'A' Mountain spotlights greenhouse gases

More than 100 people, including Arizona State University and high school and elementary students and other Tempe residents, marched up "A" Mountain Saturday as part of a global effort to make a statement about reducing greenhouse-gas ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  26 Oct 2009
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Chandler detective suspended, demoted for domestic violence

The Chandler homicide detective who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge was given 10 days of suspension by the department and was forced to step down from the homicide unit, officials said. Brett Lockwood, 35, will return to the ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  26 Oct 2009

Chandler boy found with spinal fracture; couple arrested

A mother and her live-in boyfriend have been arrested on child abuse charges in Chandler after an unexplained injury to her toddler to an investigation and a discovery of methamphetamine and marijuana in their home. The boy was admitted at Desert ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  15 Oct 2009

Ohio teenagers say they had sex with Tempe youth pastor

Two teenagers in Ohio have come forward to claim they had sex with the same Tempe youth pastor who was arrested in early September on suspicion of sleeping with a 14-year-old girl from his church. Word that Joshua O'Bannion, 25, was arrested in Arizona ...

From MEGAN BOEHNKE, AZ Central.com,  7 Oct 2009

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