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On Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 at 6 a.m. the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the Florence Unified School District regarding a “hit list” which was discovered on the internet and reported to them by a parent of one of the students on the list.

The list was created by two female students; an 8th grade student at Walker Butte K-8 and a 10th grade student at Poston Butte High School, and placed on the social media site Instagram. Also on the media site was an icon of a pistol next to the word “hit list.”

Sheriff Paul Babeu blasted the Washington gridlock regarding the “Sequester Budget Battle” and says it is already harming public safety in Arizona by ICE’s mass release of hundreds of illegals and plans for the release of nearly 10,000 more criminal illegals from prison.    

Level 2 Sex Offender

Erwin Hickman

Convicted in 1997 of Sex with a minor in California.

Convicted in 2007 of lewd and lasvi acts with a child in California.  His victims were young girls known to him.

Around midnight on Thursday, Feb 21st Robin Byrd was located by Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, Search and Rescue Posse members. She was located along the Bluff Springs Trail deep within the Superstition Mountains. She was warmed up and is in the process of being flown down to an awaiting ambulance. She will then be taken to a local hospital to be evaluated.

On Saturday February 16th, 2013 at 8:19 p.m. a Coolidge Police Officer attempted to contact the driver of a station wagon after the vehicle had been observed speeding on Arizona Boulevard north of Gibson Avenue. The driver of the vehicle stopped at the “Bob’s Service Station.” As the officer was about to approach the driver, the vehicle sped off through a field. A pursuit ensued until the driver stopped his vehicle and dropped off three passengers in the area of Congress and Washington Avenue. The original officer stopped and detained the three passengers. The suspect vehicle accelerated and headed westbound.

On Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 a Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy stopped a 1994 GMC truck near the intersection of North Highway 87 and East of Steele Road in Pinal County. The registration on the truck was “Mandatory Insurance Suspended” per the Arizona Department of Motor Vehicle Division.

On February 1st, 2013 at 6:40 p.m. a Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy assigned to the Traffic Unit conducted a traffic stop on a 2000 Ford truck at the intersection of SR 287 and Arizona Blvd in Coolidge. The driver of the truck was identified per a pictured Arizona Identification Card as Deyanira Cordero (age 36 of Coolidge). Cordero did not have an Arizona Drivers License. The passenger in the vehicle was verbally identified as Jorge Luis Morales-Espinoza (age 37 of Coolidge). During a warrants check, the deputy discovered Espinoza had a Federal U.S. Marshal felony warrant for probation violation related to him illegally entering the United States.

On Thursday, January 31st, 2013 the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office received a call related to a 64 year-old female who had broken her right ankle while hiking near Freemont Saddle in the Superstition Mountains. The female was with other members of her hiking club at the time.

The caller stated the female was in extreme pain and not able to hike to safety due to the rough terrain and the extent of her injury.