State Glance
Sheriff’s Office: Suspect critically wounded in shooting
PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says detectives and members of a fugitive apprehension unit shot and wounded a suspect in Phoenix.
The Sheriff’s Office didn’t release information on circumstances leading up to the shooting Friday night but said a gun was recovered from the scene and that no deputies were injured.
The office said the suspect was transported to a hospital in critical condition. The suspect’s identity wasn’t released.
A sheriff’s spokesman, Sgt. Calbert Gillett, said a second suspect was arrested earlier without incident.
Sheriff’s office: Fugitive escaped from 4 bail bondsmen
HEBER — Authorities in rural northeastern Arizona say a handcuffed fugitive being transported back to North Carolina escaped from four bail bondsmen during a stop at a convenience store.
The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office said Robert Collins was last seen Wednesday running into a Heber neighborhood and that an area resident later reported a burglary in which a vehicle was stolen.
The Sheriff’s Office said Thursday it believed Collins was no longer in the area.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Collins was being extradited from metro Phoenix to North Carolina on burglary, vehicle theft and drug charges.
The Sheriff’s Office didn’t provide a description of the stolen vehicle or detailed information about Collins or his escape, and a sheriff’s spokesman didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry Saturday by The Associated Press.
Off-duty Arizona highway officers stop wrong-way driver
PHOENIX — Two off-duty Arizona highway officers have stopped a wrong-way driver travelling on a Phoenix highway.
The Arizona Department of Public Safety says they received reports Friday about a vehicle driving against traffic on Loop 101 near the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
Officials say a department trooper performed a traffic break to stop drivers and help avoid a high-speed crash with the oncoming vehicle.
Two off-duty department troopers, a husband and wife, happened to be on the highway at the same time.
Authorities say the couple exited the highway, got on the opposite direction to drive parallel with the driver, hopped the median and put the car in park.
The department did not cite the driver but expects to contact the Motor Vehicle Division about a driver’s license reexamination.