Work-crew inmate back in custody
An inmate from the state prison on Wilmot Road who walked away from an off-site work crew was recaptured about four hours later Friday, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections.
Michael A. Morris, 46, was found in the 400 block of West Simmons Street, near North Oracle and West Prince roads, according to the Tucson Police Department.
Morris disappeared from the work crew at about 12:15 p.m. when they were in the 1400 block of South 10th Avenue, south of downtown.
He was a minimum-security inmate housed in the Catalina unit of the prison.
Morris is serving five years for theft of means of transportation and identity theft.
Jamar Younger
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A Tucson man is facing between 10 and 22 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in a November 2008 shooting.
Daniel Taddey admitted he shot Frank T. Gonzales and will be sentenced next month by Pima County Superior Court Judge Howard Hantman, said Deputy Pima County Attorney Mark Diebolt.
On Nov. 13, 2008, Tucson police received a call from a resident in the 700 block of East 35th Street saying a gunshot victim was knocking on the door.
Gonzales mentioned an "Eddie" and a "Danny" to police before being taken to the hospital, where he died, court documents indicate.
Ivan Chaparro-Garcia, Carlos Eduardo Taddey, Jose Taddey, Daniel Taddey, Gilbert Gonzalez and Gustavo Rodriguez were subsequently indicted in the case.
Chaparro-Garcia and Gonzalez both pleaded guilty to hindering prosecution. Chaparro-Garcia was sentenced to 3 1/2 years and Gonzalez is awaiting sentencing.
The case against Jose Taddey was dismissed after Gonzalez and Chaparro-Garcia said Jose Taddey wasn't there.
The cases against Carlos Eduardo Taddey and Rodriguez are pending.
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