Arizona

TL/DR - Yosvany Maza-Portilla, a Phoenix man, has been indicted on 20 counts of organized retail theft, reportedly stealing cosmetics worth over $11,500 from Ulta Beauty and Sephora stores over 15 months. Maza-Portilla faces two separate indictments: the first comprises 19 counts of thefts that occurred from May 2022 to August 2023, and the second…

TL/DR - The article details the allegations surrounding the "fake elector scheme" purportedly orchestrated by Donald Trump's campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The scheme involved fraudulent or "fake" electors in seven states, with a total of 84 individuals signing and submitting fake electoral college…

TL/DR - Former Phoenix homicide detective Jennifer DiPonzio has forfeited her license to be a police officer in Arizona after ABC15 highlighted repeated mistakes in her evidence handling. Her errors, which included failing to properly document, impound, and handle various types of evidence, impacted at least 37 active court cases and 61 police…

TL/DR - Nathaniel Anthony Vensor, who was accused of shooting in the Chandler Fashion Center Mall parking lot, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. During the incident, Vensor fired 30 rounds from an illegally modified AR-15-like gun, causing the mall to go into lockdown and sparking community-wide panic. Vensor, who also had a violent…