Brian Petersheim Jr.

United States

Multimedia Journalist at InMaricopa

Articles

With slate of Pacana upgrades nearly complete, city reflects on park's history

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

Pacana Park became Maricopa’s first municipal park when it opened to the public in 2006. The park at 19000 N. Porter Road has grown with the city. It has seen many improvements in these months leading up to the 20th anniversary of its groundbreaking this fall. The upgrades are meant to improve “safety, comfort and play,” according to Monica Williams, spokesperson for the city.
New police report says what led to, who was injured in Copper Sky pool brawl

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

Police documents released this morning tell more about what caused the melee at Maricopa’s public pool that landed 19-year-old Iyanna Shaw in jail over Memorial Day weekend. The fight was ongoing when Maricopa Police Department officers arrived at the Copper Sky Aquatic Center just after 4 p.m. Sunday and found “a large congregation of people leaving the pool area, all of which were yelling loudly at one another,” according to the probable cause statement obtained by InMaricopa.
Woman, 19, arrested in Copper Sky pool brawl caught on tape: video

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

A young woman ended up behind bars after things got wild at Maricopa’s public pool over Memorial Day weekend. Maricopa Police Department responded to the Copper Sky Aquatic Center after a fight that broke out near the outdoor pool ended inside the recreation center Sunday. The flight “between two parties” resulted in the arrest of Iyanna Shaw, 19. Police charged her with assault, endangerment and disorderly conduct, according to spokesperson Monica Williams.
Boy, 16, who crashed fleeing from troopers at 103 mph was not arrested: DPS

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety has disclosed new details about the C7 Corvette that smashed into the sign at the southern entrance to Maricopa’s Cobblestone Farms neighborhood after a dangerous flight from law enforcement late Saturday night. Just before midnight, an unmarked AZDPS state trooper on State Route 347 tried to pull over the Corvette for speeding. This comes at the same time state troopers say they are ramping up speeding arrests on that highway.
Out on ‘bale’ is Hidden Valley man accused by sheriff of grand theft tractor

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

When the sheriff of Pinal County told a room full of Hidden Valley homeowners (and one InMaricopa reporter) that his deputies had nabbed a suspected tractor thief south of city limits, we had to find out more. Back on May 8, deputies responded to a home on Barnes Road where a 78-year-old woman reported her tractor had been stolen. She told the deputies she had last seen the green machine April 19.
Where to see all art in Maricopa

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

With all the visible art been popping up around the city in the last few years, it can be hard to keep track of. That’s why we’re doing it for you. The first concerted splash of color in the city was painted onto a 60-foot-tall water tower along Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway in 2020. The vibrant graffiti-style art, commissioned on the privately owned structure, was just a taste of what was to come.
DPS: 1 detained, hospitalized after Corvette crash

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

A person was detained and taken to the hospital late Saturday night after reportedly crashing a C7 Corvette into the sign at the southern entrance to Cobblestone Farms. The crash scattered debris near John Wayne Parkway and Cobblestone Farms Drive South just before midnight, where reporters saw the white sports car with heavy front-end damage and deployed airbags, disabled next to the monument sign.
‘Sacred place’: Veterans Memorial unveiled near Copper Sky

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

Maricopa’s new Veterans Memorial has been a long time coming. Today, it was unveiled to an audience of veterans, families and friends. “This is a sacred place,” said Mayor Nancy Smith, standing at a podium in front of the granite memorial wall. “It’s a constant reminder of the cost of freedom and the importance of peace.”Near the granite wall at the corner of M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard and Greythorn Drive, near Copper Sky, are a bronze Battle Cross monument, benches and flagpoles bearing service banners.
FDA baby food recall prompts 4 health inspections. How they, 18 others fared

1 week ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

Food inspectors have been busy in the city since mid-April when InMaricopa reported that five establishments had received excellent ratings. Since then, 22 food-furnishing facilities have been put to the test by Pinal County Health Department inspectors, who served up only excellent ratings. Here’s where they’ve been in recent weeks:On April 14, food inspectors found Bashas’ Starbucks and bakery were compliant with the county’s health code.
In Maricopa, sheriff makes promise on red-light cams: ‘We will never have them’

2 weeks ago | inmaricopa.com | Brian Petersheim Jr.

Tempe recently installed more than a dozen new traffic cameras at some of its busiest intersections. That’s something Pinal County likely won’t see anytime soon. “Red-light running cameras violate your due process rights and as long as I’m the sheriff, I will never have them in Pinal County,” Sheriff Ross Teeple said during the Arizona Republican Assembly’s Northwest Pinal County Chapter meeting at Maricopa’s IHOP Tuesday night.