Piñatas Filled with 425 Pounds of…. Marijuana Seized

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A little more than candy was found in these recently discovered piñatas. A Tucson man has been arrested after his truck was caught smuggling a shipment of piñatas filled with marijuana and methamphetamines.

According to federal authorities, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Nogales used narcotic detecting canine dogs to seize more than 425 pounds of marijuana along with another seven pounds in methamphetamines. The driver, Juan Marcelo Armstrong, 24, was coming back into the United States when CBP officers ordered him and his truck to an additional inspection.

This was just one of two drug cases at that checkpoint that Friday. Earlier, 28-year-old Pedro de Jesus Magana-Caballero was also caught with drugs after his vehicle was ordered to have additional inspection. Like Armstrong, Megana-Caballero was caught by the noses of trained narcotic detecting canines who found an oil pan filled with methamphetamines.

Both Armstrong and Magana-Caballero have been arrested and turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations while the drugs and vehicles have been processed and seized.

If you or someone you know has been charged with a drug crime, then you need to retain a criminal attorney who can make sure your rights are defended and your freedom is not unrightfully taken away. There are many avenues that a skillful criminal attorney can take to either get the charges dropped or lessened, but timing is everything in these cases.

The Phoenix drug crime defense lawyers of The Law Offices of Howard A. Snader, LLC encourage you to act now if you are facing such serious charges. Do not allow yourself to be charged with a crime that was unlawfully brought upon you and an infringement upon your rights.

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Types of Domestic Violence

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Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, battering or intimate partner violence, occurs between people in an intimate relationship. Though every 9 seconds a woman is beaten, assaulted and verbally abused, women are not the only victims of abuse. Domestic violence against men and women takes many forms, the most common being emotional, psychological, physical and sexual.  Domestic crimes are not taken lightly in the State of Arizona, as more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends everyday.

Types of Domestic Violence

Emotional and Psychological:

  • Insults, name-calling, yelling
  • witholding money as a form of punishment
  • threats of physical abuse and retaliation, violence against children or getting custody of children
  • isolating from social contacts
  • telling the victim about own sexual affairs
  • humiliation in front of family members, friends and others

Physical:

  • Pushing, pulling, jerking
  • Kicking, hitting, punching, shoving
  • Slaping, biting, shaking, squeezing
  • Strangling, choking
  • threatening with objects to perpetrate violence
  • threatening with weapons (knives, guns, bats, brass knuckles)

Sexual:

  • Using sex as a reward or punishment
  • Forcing sexual contact, forcing intercourse
  • rape, including between spouses
  • using blackmail in sexual relations

Domestic violence can affect anyone regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic background, or religion. It occurs in same-sex relationships, between spouses, and an intimate couple. If you are accused, arrested, or think you may be accused of any of the violent actions listed above, you may need the help of a skilled and aggressive domestic violence attorney. The Law Offices of Howard A. Snader, LLC have helped many at-fault partners avoid criminal charges. In fact, due to Mr. Snader’s extensive knowledge of the criminal system in Arizona and domestic crime litigation, many of the charges have been reduced to misdemeanor assaults or disorderly conduct.

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Former Rep. Daniel Patterson Acquitted of Domestic Violence Charges

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Former Rep. Daniel Patterson was acquitted of domestic violence charges on Wednesday in Tucson, Arizona. Patterson was charged in February after an argument between he and his girlfriend turned physically violent. Police said Patterson claimed that his girlfriend hit him 20 times in the head and chest, and she alleged that he pulled her out of the car.

The domestic violence allegations prompted an ethics inquiry by the House, which also looked at his behavior in the Legislature. The House of Ethics Committee recommended that the independent (former Democrat) be expelled for ethical reasons, which include bullying fellow legislators at the Capitol and exhibiting rude behavior at committee meetings. Patterson resigned in April following the House’s recommendation for expulsion.

Patterson said on Wednesday that the prosecution was a “political witch hunt” and called the outside investigation a “piece of garbage” filled with anonymous allegations.

If you have been arrested or think you may be accused of a domestic crime, contact a Phoenix domestic violence attorney to defend your rights. Often, domestic violence charges are either dropped or reduced to misdemeanor assault or disorderly conduct.

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