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Amphitheater SD releases statement on accused teacher

Amphitheater SD releases statement on accused teacher

Robert Brush stayed silent and nodded today as the judge ruled he can't have any unsupervised contact with minors, no contact with his alleged victim and he isn't allowed to return to the high school where he taught for just under a year.

He's on administrative leave after being charged with one

Public warned of callers impersonating police

Public warned of callers impersonating police

If you get a call from a police officer asking you to dig into your wallet, hang up the phone and call 911.  That's the message from real police who say they're seeing more cases of fake cops trying to con people out of cash.

Lt. Kara Riley with the Oro Valley Police Department says

Authorities seek attempted robbery suspect with distinctive mask

Authorities seek attempted robbery suspect with distinctive mask

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying an attempted robbery suspect, in an ongoing investigation.

An attempted robbery was called in

Teacher accused of sexual misconduct with minors sentenced

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now)- A former Ironwood Ridge High School teacher charged with sexual misconduct with minors was sentenced to probation.

Melissa Dalton made a plea deal and was sentenced to eight years probation.

Authorities arrested Dalton last April. She was accused of having sexual contact with three male students.

Dalton was let go from the school shortly after her arrest.

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Search for suspect causes lock down of school on NW side

Police say the suspect ran away and headed for a trailer park and junk yard east of I-10.

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now)- A school on Tucson's northwest side was locked down today while police searched for a man who ran away from a nearby traffic stop.

A spokesperson for Laguna Elementary School at 5001 N. Shannon Rd. confirmed the school was locked down, meaning nobody in and nobody out. 

No one was injured in the incident.

It all started shortly after 10 a.m. when the Arizona Department of Public Safety pulled over a white Chevy Tahoe along the I-10 frontage road at West Sunset Road. 

Police say the driver of the Tahoe took off on foot and headed for a trailer park and junk yard east of the interstate.

A search for the suspect lasted more than two hours, police say.

The suspect was considered potentially dangerous because police found several weapons inside his vehicle, including an AK-47 assault rifle.

The suspect was never found.

Bomb threats investigated at 2 AZ Walmarts

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now)- Two Arizona Walmarts were evacuated Tuesday after receiving bomb threats.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department responded to the threat at a Walmart the northwest side. 

At roughly the same time, a Walmart Supercenter in Safford was locked down because of a similar threat.

The Tucson store, near Ina Rd. and La Cholla Blvd. was evacuated around 3:55 p.m., and all entrances were blocked as a precaution.

The Pima County Regional Bomb Squad investigated and found nothing. The store reopened at about 5:45 p.m.

Lights were flickering on and off in the store. Callers to Tucson News Now said the evacuation request resulted in a bit of a stampede. The people were sent to Fox and the Hound across the parking lot.

Elsewhere, the Walmart Supercenter in Safford was locked down because of a bomb threat.

Arizona highlights ‘Move Over’ law in March

Arizona highlights ‘Move Over’ law in March

Every day, emergency and public safety crews put their lives on the line to help motorists stranded along highways. Tragically, crashes involving emergency and other vehicles that are pulled over along highway shoulders claim hundreds of lives across the country each year.

Today Arizona is launching a campaign today to raise