State Glance
US Marshals: Arizona murder suspect on 15 Most Wanted list
PHOENIX — Federal authorities have increased the reward amount for information leading to the arrest of an Arizona murder suspect who escaped from a transport vehicle with his fugitive wife last month.
The U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI and other agencies continue to search for 56-year-old Blane Barksdale and his 59-year-old wife Susan Barksdale.
Authorities say the pair overpowered two guards on Aug. 26 in Utah and took control of a prison transport van that was taking them to Tucson.
The U.S. Marshals had been offering rewards of up to $10,000 for each suspect.
The agency announced Monday the reward for information leading directly to Blane Barksdale’s arrest is up to $25,000 now and he’s been added to their 15 Most Wanted list.
Susan Barksdale’s reward amount remains at up to $10,000.
Man arrested after concealed gun discharges in Arizona store
BUCKEYE — Police in Buckeye say a man has been arrested after a handgun concealed in his pants pocket discharged in a store.
No injuries were reported in the Sunday evening incident.
Police say 18-year-old Maurice Eugene Weaver Jr. is jailed on suspicion of disorderly conduct involving weapons, endangerment, discharging a firearm in city limits, carrying a concealed weapon and criminal damage.
Officers were dispatched to the Walmart after someone reported a gun was fired inside the store.
Police found a bullet impact in the floor, fragments of the bullet and a shell casing.
They say Weaver was detained in the parking lot and he allegedly admitted to having the gun in his pants and saying it went off inside the Walmart.
It was unclear Monday if Weaver has a lawyer yet.
Phoenix neighbors’ argument ends in stabbing death, arrest
PHOENIX — A Phoenix man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his neighbor to death.
Phoenix police said Monday that 32-year-old Luis Lino has been booked on suspicion of first-degree murder.
According to investigators, Lino and Javier Martinez, also 32 years old, got into an altercation Sunday.
At some point during their argument, Martinez was stabbed. He later died from his injuries. Officers apprehended Lino shortly after.
It was not immediately known if Lino had retained an attorney.
ATV crashes kill 2 brothers minutes apart in North Dakota
ECKELSON, N.D. — Authorities say a North Dakota man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash while searching for his brother who had died in a similar crash minutes earlier.
The Highway Patrol says the two crashes happened about 10 minutes apart Friday night near Eckelson.
Authorities say each brother was driving an ATV to a farm. Forty-three-year-old Kyle Foster of Tucson, Arizona, was the first to roll his four-wheeler into a slough. He died at the scene.
His 47-year-old brother, Jeremie Foster of Fargo, made it to the farm and then began to retrace his route to find his brother. He lost control, rolling into a ditch, and died on the way to a hospital.
Authorities say neither brother was wearing a helmet and that alcohol was a factor in both crashes.