Suspect identified in assault on cop, dog
Tucson police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man suspected of assaulting a University of Arizona police officer and his service dog last week.
Jeremiah Thomas, 23, is accused of injuring the officer and his dog May 28 when the officer tried to detain him at a midtown business, according to a Tucson Police Department press release.
The officer was investigating a separate incident at the business, in the 2000 block of East Broadway, when the man walked in with a box, police said. The business handles the shipping of packages.
The dog alerted the officer to the box, prompting the officer to stop the man.
A struggle ensued as the man tried to flee in his vehicle, police said.
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The officer and the dog were dragged onto Broadway as the man backed out of the parking lot.
Thomas is described as 6 feet 5 inches tall, weighing about 260 pounds. Police consider him armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.
Jamar Younger
Roommate arrested in Rita Ranch stabbing
A 49-year-old man was arrested Friday on suspicion of stabbing his female roommate with a double-edged sword at their Rita Ranch home, police said.
Damon Lee Klinesteker is facing various aggravated-assault domestic-violence charges in the stabbing at the home in the 10200 block of East Desert Mesa Drive, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
Pacheco gave this account of the incident:
Police received a 911 call from a nearby house in the 10200 block of East Desert Crossings Way stating a woman had been stabbed.
The woman told police she was getting ready for work when the suspect slapped her with the sword, then stabbed her in the pelvis.
A struggle ensued after she grabbed the sword, which was 2 to 3 feet long.
The woman pushed the suspect before running to the neighbor's house.
The man was gone when officers arrived. But police received another 911 call about a suspicious vehicle in the 3800 block of South Camino Ensenada Del Pantano.
Police found the car in a neighborhood near South Houghton and East Escalante roads.
Officers conducted a high-risk traffic stop before taking Klinesteker into custody.
Jamar Younger
Man gets 15 years in child-porn sharing
Tucsonan Kevin Deawne Martin, 40, was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for transportation and shipping of child pornography and possession of child pornography.
The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury. Martin was convicted by a jury in February.
In October 2006, an FBI agent investigating the online trade of child pornography discovered Martin was sharing images of child pornography via the Internet.
A subsequent forensic examination of Martin's computer revealed he possessed more than 200 images and videos of child pornography.
Kimberly Matas
