Alpine News

New judge sought in case of St. Johns boy

Arizona Republic - Mon Nov 09

Defense and prosecution lawyers in the case of a 9-year-old Arizona boy charged with killing his father and another man want a new judge appointed so a plea deal doesn't fall through.

Plan to imprison 9-year-old killer prompts outcry

Arizona Republic - Mon Nov 09

What's to become of a 9-year-old boy who pleaded guilty in connection with a murder? That question has twisted the Apache County justice system in knots for nearly a year as attorneys, psychiatrists, victims, probation officers, a judge and residents of St.

Eastern AZ boy's attorney seeks new judge in case

KGUN-TV Tucson - Mon Nov 09

A plea deal for a 9-year-old eastern Arizona boy who had been charged with killing his father and another man could be in jeopardy.

Get a jacket ready: BIG winter blast coming to Arizona

KNXV - Mon Oct 26

May snow in Alpine, Arizona PHOENIX a ' Are you ready for a winter blast in Arizona? A Pacific storm system will move into the state on Tuesday, kicking up winds and blowing dust across the Phoenix area.

Murder Sentencing for 9-Year-Old Delayed

MyFoxPhoenix - Thu Oct 22

Sentencing for a 9-year-old eastern Arizona boy who pleaded guilty to killing his father's roommate was delayed on Thursday because details of where the boy might receive psychiatric treatment -- required under the plea deal -- remain unresolved.

Plea deal for St. Johns boy could fall apart

KTVK Phoenix - Thu Oct 22

The plea deal in the case that stunned the country -- an 8-year-old St. Johns boy accused of double murder in the shooting deaths of his own father and his father's friend -- could fall apart.

Prosecutors seek sentencing delay for boy in slaying

Arizona Republic - Thu Oct 22

Prosecutors in St. Johns have asked a judge to postpone today's planned sentencing of a boy who admitted to negligent homicide in the shooting death of his father's friend.

Arizona man's own actions led to murder confession

Sierra Vista Herald - Sat Oct 03

He wanted to tell the police chief that cops from out of town were in hisA jurisdiction.

Apache County reels from more violent deaths

Gallup Independent - Fri Oct 02

It was less than one year ago that the small town of St. Johns, Ariz., population 3,865, was thrust into the national spotlight when an 8-year-old boy was charged in the killings of his father and his father's friend and just last month three people were charged with killing a 16-year-old. Now St.

Officials Discuss Motives in Slaying

MyFoxPhoenix - Fri Oct 02

ST. JOHNS, Ariz. - An Arizona man went on a vengeful killing spree over the last two years because he wanted to rid society of less-than-desirable people, including a drug-using Vietnam vet, a sex offender and a teenager struggling to kick a drug habit, prosecutors said Thursday.