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  • Inmate gets 38 years in prison for Ariz. escape

    FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press

    AP Photo/Naz Stobe Kirst Convicted killer Tracy Province, center, is seen being escorted from a courthouse in Kingman, Ariz., Friday, after a judge sentenced him to more than 38 years in prison. Province pleaded guilty this month to state felony charges of escape, kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated assault and misconduct with weapons. FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced an inmate who escaped from an Arizona prison last summer to more than 38 years in prison, but a...

  • Inmate gets 38 years in prison for Ariz. escape

    FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press

    Inmate gets 38 years in prison for Ariz. escape FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press KINGMAN Ariz. — A judge on Friday sentenced an inmate who escaped from an Arizona prison last summer to more than 38 years in prison, but acknowledged the punishment meant little for a man already serving life for prior crimes. Tracy Province pleaded guilty this month to state felony charges of escape, kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated assault and misconduct with weapons. His sentencing clears the way for him to be sent to New Mexico, where...

  • Inmate gets 38 years in prison for Ariz. escape

    FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press

    AP Photo/Naz Stobe Kirst Convicted killer Tracy Province, center, is seen being escorted from a courthouse in Kingman, Ariz., Friday, after a judge sentenced him to more than 38 years in prison. Province pleaded guilty this month to state felony charges of escape, kidnapping, armed robbery, aggravated assault and misconduct with weapons. Inmate gets 38 years in prison for Ariz. escape FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced an inmate who escaped from an Arizona prison last summer to...

  • Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero

    FELICIA FONSECA, JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Writers

    Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero FELICIA FONSECA JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Writers ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — A forest ranger who alertly spotted a pair of fugitives at a remote Arizona campsite was hailed Friday as "a true hero" after his tip allowed a heavily armed law enforcement contingent to capture the couple. The efforts by the ranger came at great risk. Fugitive John McCluskey had a gun in his possession and said he wished he would have shot the forest ranger and arresting officers when he had the c... Full story

  • Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero

    FELICIA FONSECA, JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Writers

    Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero FELICIA FONSECA JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Writers ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — A forest ranger who alertly spotted a pair of fugitives at a remote Arizona campsite was hailed Friday as "a true hero" after his tip allowed a heavily armed law enforcement contingent to capture the couple. The efforts by the ranger came at great risk. Fugitive John McCluskey had a gun in his possession and said he wished he would have shot the forest ranger and arresting officers when he had the c... Full story

  • Passport flap raises sovereignty issue

    FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Writer FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.

    An American Indian lacrosse team's refusal to travel on passports not issued by the Iroquois confederacy goes to the heart of one of the most sensitive issues in Indian Country — sovereignty. The rights of Native nations to govern themselves independently has long been recognized by federal treaties, but the extent of that recognition beyond U.S borders is under challenge in a post- Sept. 11 world. After initially refusing to accept Iroquois-issued passports because the documents lack secur i ty f eature s, the Stat e D...