Miguel Torres

2 days ago | azcentral.com | Miguel Torres

Lori Vallow Daybell's attempt to dismiss an attempted murder charge in Arizona was denied by a judge. Daybell is currently serving a life sentence in Idaho for the murders of her two children and her husband's former wife. The attempted murder charge stems from a 2019 shooting involving her niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux. A Maricopa County judge has declined to toss an attempted murder charge against Lori Vallow Daybell ahead of her second Arizona trial.

4 days ago | azcentral.com | Miguel Torres

Saul Bal, accused of killing Phoenix Police Officer Zane Coolidge and wounding Officer Matthew Haney, has filed a motion to have his case sent back to the grand jury. Bal's defense argues that prosecutors withheld evidence supporting a self-defense claim, specifically that Bal may not have recognized the officers as police. Prosecutors contend that body camera footage and witness testimony show Bal initiated the violence and that his alleged burglary precludes a self-defense claim.

6 days ago | azcentral.com | Miguel Torres

Casey Purington received time served and three years of supervised release for cyberstalking a federal judge after a legal battle with car insurer. Purington blamed the judge for unfavorable rulings in his lawsuit against GEICO, leading him to write threatening emails and make threatening calls. Purington maintained his frustration with the legal system and said he planned to renounce his U.S. citizenship after serving his sentence.

6 days ago | azcentral.com | Miguel Torres

“I want to see him die,” Eric Hampton, a friend of Renee Cooksey and Edward Nunn, said of Cleophus Cooksey. Hampton broke down remembering the day he learned his friends had been killed. ”It just hurt my heart," Hampton said. "They were like my Arizona family."The courtroom viewing gallery was nearly empty as Eric Hampton, a longtime friend of Renee Cooksey and her husband, Edward Nunn, remembered the couple.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Miguel Torres

Cleophus Cooksey Jr. is on trial for eight counts of first-degree murder in a series of 2017 killings. Police found Cooksey’s mother and her husband shot dead in their apartment, with Cooksey behaving erratically at the scene. A neighbor testified to seeing Cooksey’s mother alive moments after hearing gunshots, and later witnessing Cooksey ranting about Trump and the FBI.