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The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office will be the first law enforcement agency in Arizona to begin using a new technology in their jail that will enable inmates to receive visitors through computer terminals. Inmates at the Pinal County Adult Detention Center will be able to visit with their friends, family and attorneys without the visitor having to travel to the facility. iWebVisit.com is the inventor of this third generation technology which allows visitation via the “cloud” from any home, office or other remote location with a high speed internet connection. Using their sophisticated and secure patent pending technology, iWebVisit.com will have a number of Video Visitation Stations in the detention center which will allow inmates to participate in pre-scheduled visits. iWebVisit.com debuted the technology at a facility in Washoe County, Nevada in 2010. The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office will be the first Arizona law enforcement agency to use the new technology. Since the technology unveiled in on April 15th, 2013, there have been more than 60 remote visits. The cost for iWebVisit.com is $15 per 30-minute remote video visitation session.

UPDATE: ALL CLEAR GIVEN at 3:45pm  Walmart has been reopened. Per PCSO, container was filled with paint.

Around 1:45pm this afternoon the Walmart at Hunt Hwy and Gary Rd in San Tan Valley was evacuated after a suspicious container was found in the parking lot.

A 5 gallon Home Depot paint container was found between 2 vehicles.

All employees and customers were instructed to leave their items and immediately evacuate the store and parking lot and no injuries were reported.

The store will remain closed until a full investigation is completed and the area is deemed safe to re-open.

County crews are preparing to apply Asphalt and Rock Dust Palliative (ARDP) to several areas in the Javalina Estates are of the county.  Javelina Estates is located south and east of the Town of Florence.

ARDP helps cut down on dust by providing a protective rock and emulsion seal on the road surface.  The application of this material is highly weather-dependent with ideal conditions taking place in the spring and fall.

Animal Care & Control officers seized 26 medium sized dogs and other animals from a home yesterday.  The property was located in rural Pinal County’s Thunderbird Farms area, south of the city of Maricopa near the Ak-Chin Indian Community.  The animals were kept in a double-wide manufactured home on a large rural lot.

Victim’s family threatens $4 million lawsuit against Pinal County— DPS investigators recommended manslaughter charge in ‘reckless’ 97 mph wreck— County Attorney Voyles claims political ties with Sheriff not a factor in declining prosecution

The family of Jeffrey Sorenson, 57, a retired Army officer and former Department of Defense executive who was killed in a car accident last year, has filed a $4-million notice of claim with Pinal County as the first step in a wrongful death lawsuit.

On Thursday, April 11, 2013, Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles filed State’s notice of intent to seek the death penalty for Cory Allen, a Phoenix man arrested for the murder of a San Tan Valley woman.

On April 10, 2013, at 2:00 p.m., the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Veja Truck Stop to meet with a father and son who found human remains in the desert on their search for meteorites.

Since taking office in January as San Tan Valley’s representative on the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, I have enjoyed getting out and meeting you.  On Saturday, the management of the Pet Club store in San Tan Valley welcomed Pinal County Animal Care & Control for an adoption event.  I am pleased to announce that the wonderful people of San Tan Valley provided new homes for four cats and four dogs.

It is no secret that in recent years, Congress has had a low approval rating.  People are tired of the political rhetoric and lack of action—especially when it comes to jobs and the economy.  However, it is rare to see a poll conducted to survey rural citizens about their local governments.

After the events that have unfolded in the past few weeks, I would venture to guess that if the residents of the Town of Superior were surveyed and asked their opinion of their local government, it would be shockingly low.

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted down an application for a special use permit that would have placed a medical marijuana dispensary in Dudleyville, a small town in rural eastern Pinal County.

In 2010, voters approved Proposition 203, better known as the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.  The law gives patients, who are prescribed medical marijuana, the chance to obtain small amounts from tightly-regulated dispensaries.  If the patient is not within 25 miles of a dispensary, they are legally able to cultivate their own marijuana.