For Star subscribers: A spate of fatal road-rage encounters here are too few to show a local pattern of increased violence in traffic disputes, Tucson authorities say. But national figures show it's a growing problem.
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For Star subscribers: Bad driving has been a problem that has worsened here since the pandemic, officials with police agencies across the metro Tucson area say.
Jose Castillo Hernandez, 40 pleaded guilty in March to cyberstalking a co-worker, authorities say.
A 69-year-old motorcyclist was killed Thursday after crashing into a raised median then a tree planted in the median, Tucson police say.
A 19-year-old Tucson man was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after two men arrived at a Tucson hospital with gunshot wounds, police say.
17-yer-old Sofia Hurtado was staying with her adult cousin and his family in Tucson in March 2020 when she was killed and dismembered.
Dennis Francis Kaleohano Kelly pleaded guilty in November to federal drug-trafficking charges, federal prosecutors say.
A 38-year-old man from Rio Rico lead a drug trafficking organization that distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl across the U.S., federal prosecutors say.
Murad Dervish was convicted in May of murder and other charges in the on-campus killing of Thomas Meixner, a University of Arizona professor who was the head of the school's Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences.