State Glance
2 killed in Tolleson crash; truck allegedly ran stop sign
TOLLESON — Two children were killed in a car accident Thursday near Tolleson, west of Phoenix, after the driver of a pickup truck allegedly ran a stop sign, authorities said.
Maricopa County Sheriff’s officials said the pickup truck crashed into a sedan that was carrying a woman and her two children, ages 10 and 12.
They said both children died in the crash and the mother was taken to the hospital with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening.
The names and genders of the children weren’t immediately released and neither were the names of the two drivers.
Sheriff’s officials said the truck driver was taken to a hospital to be checked out. They said neither driver appeared to be impaired, but the crash was under investigation.
Man accused in Ariz. bomb threat case arrested in Colo.
PRESCOTT — A former Prescott-area man suspected of calling in a bomb threat in July has been arrested in Colorado, according to authorities.
Yavapai County Sheriff’s
officials said 29-yearold Jake Ruether is facing charges of making terrorist threats, false reporting, threatening and use of an electronic device to terrify.
They said the charges stem from threatening calls Ruether allegedly made to the Prescott dispatch center on July 26 along with other government buildings.
Authorities said someone called the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center and said “there is a bomb in the building” and hung up.
Investigators eventually linked the call to Ruether, who allegedly made previous bomb threats against jails, police departments and court houses in Kansas where he also has ties.
Sheriff’s deputies worked with the U.S. Marshals Service to locate Ruether in Trinidad, Colorado.
Authorities said Ruether was found at a house Wednesday and he was taken into custody after a brief struggle.
Ruether is being held in Colorado’s Las Animas County Jail awaiting extradition to Yavapai County.
It was unclear Thursday if Ruether has a lawyer yet who can speak on his behalf.